Mcdonald’s Kitchen tour
I may well be eating more at McD’s than I do at home, and as a possible privilege of frequenting their store the McDonalds staff was kind enough to invite me on a tour of their kitchen.
The tour begins with a ”You got to wear the hair gear to prevent any ‘hair in my burger’ situation”, followed by a show of the equipment ( the deep fryers for the wedges, fries, cold storage in the kitchen area, the grillers, wrap station etc.). The vegetarian and non-vegetarian sections are well separated leaving absolutely no room for any mix-up of the chicken with the potato 
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We also got a live demonstration of the ‘making of a McChicken’. With proper planning and mind-blowing equipment it is no wonder that they keep up fast service.
For a kitchen that looks just enough to accommodate the staff and all the equipment, the doors magically open up to cold storage, dry storage, office area, dishwashing and hygiene section.
The impressive equipment, friendly staff and a super clean kitchen certainly won them points all the way. Not to mention the coupon’s provided at the end of the tour as a sign of appreciation.
Can we ever forget ?
Watching my three year old niece grow up reminds me a lot of my childhood. Not just memories of prancing around and how good it felt to be thrown high up in the air – but also memories of a familiar pattern of parenting.
When it comes to dealing with a naughty child, I was quite amazed at the similarity of parenting that my brother showed to those used by my father years ago.
While a tough parent always made us pledge that we would never be like that, in retrospect I truly admire the tricks and techniques my parents used to bring up, us, three little brats .
The truth is, while we may take years to ‘forgive’ all the ‘injustices’ , we can never forget just how fine everything turned out.
Reviews
Restaurant : Sigree, Hyderabad
Lunch here was by chance, but boy am I glad we went. This restaurant from the Speciality group, kept scoring with its great food courses and service.
For cocktails, we tried the Hawaiian Iced tea and Sangria both well made, this was followed by the in-house recommendation of paneer rawalpindi starter which was spicy and very well done (although I would have loved if they had a little more salad to cut the spice). For the main course we tried multani paratha and tawa veg ..both phenomenal , the tawa veg used European veggies like cherry tomatoes, radish, zucchini (definitely a gamble that paid off ). For dessert we stuck to safer options of gulab jamun and makkhan icecream - nothing extraordinary, but no complaints either.
Although this time I stuck to trying out the vegetarian offerings, I have all the reason to believe that their non-vegetarian dishes would be good too.
A definite recommendation for Indian food.
Book : Isn’t it obvious by Eliyahu Goldratt
Classic Goldratt, concepts of retail inventory and supply chain based on holding high inventory are challenged in a narration involving a ‘real’ life situation. Although, the logic may not come as an eye opener for people familiar with TOC or even basic operations. The narrative does provide a ease of understanding to new readers of the concepts. A definite suggested read if you like the previous books or are just beginning to understand ‘operations’.
Sales : Samsonite Black label sale, Hyderabad
Some amazing discounts on great pieces. Sales on till 14th Feb 2010.
What next?
Nope, this is not about the latest fad that hit town, but rather about the very many annoyance’s that we continue to endure as people copy popular ‘trends’.
Like for example, a camera near any form of water body is enough reason to make people leap and give you a ‘Titanic pose’, not the Kate Winslet one, this one:
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The other day when rushing past the stinky Hussainsagar lake, I saw a couple try their version (obviously, in their minds the pose is still in vogue). With no wind or icebergs and the water 10 meters away, I wondered how these two douche bags planned on pulling it off .
The outstretch may have worked a decade ago, but today the odds were in favour of a splat!!
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Through the day .
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Flying Colours
Many people (mostly women, although some men joined in to keep it interesting) were/are updating their ‘facebook status’ with a colour – apparently for a cause.
The only mission the ‘campaign’ accomplished was a generate a whole lot of curiosity to a question, that turned out to be colours of a womens bra. A friend of mine took it to another level with her status reading ‘white with blood stains’ – which made me wonder “What’s for dinner?”.
The point being – how effective are these viral campaigns on social networking sites? This one for example did make everyone search the trend to find out that it was meant to generate ”Breast cancer awareness’. Honestly though, how many of the people who participated were not already aware of breast cancer?
The fad spread and quick but what needs to be measured is its true effectiveness – did it translate to real research on the subject, or make people go for a check up?
If only, all those who had updated their status, told us if they passed the check-up with flying colours.
First comes the..
There have been many, many weddings spanning the entire last year and a very eventful January 2010.
Everyday, my facebook/orkut homepage’s along with my inbox are splashed with links to wedding albums.
As I witness all my beautiful friends get hitched and disappear into bliss, I cannot help but think “First comes marriage, then comes baby”. Just a matter of when 
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Oh boy!!! or girl …