3 days for the price of 1!

Monday was a crazy day at work. I know I’m much to blame because post floods I haven’t ventured into office (though I did do a lot of stuff from home)…. There was one meeting after another & by the end of it all I was pooped (even though I postponed the last meeting to Tuesday!).

Went for Music Ministry meeting “late” but they were already saying the final prayer (didn’t realise just how late I was!). The up side of it all is that I managed to sit down with Jan at home & had a relaxing 1/2 hour chat with her before heading home & to bed. Thank God for amazing friends.

Tuesday was only a little less insane than Monday. Had a string of meetings (first one early morning) at the Grand Hyatt. Heard long horror stories about how they survived the floods (& they even helped tons of other stranded folks, God bless them!) but how from the high vantage point they saw tons of others who didn’t - Kalina was definetely the worst hit area in Mumbai. It’s only when we hear story after story of the unbelievable things people went through on the 26th, that we truly understand how blessed we are. Was quite the 5 Star day, moved to a next set of meeting at the Taj Land’s End before calling it a day but apparently was not done…

Apparently the amazing (seriously!) Ty was in town just for a few hours before flying off to Europe. Had an absolutely brilliant night - he is so completely funny & down to earth & just plain amazing! Had dinner in Jamavar (the Indian speciality restaurant) though I was already totally stuffed from all the snacks I ate in his room (yes, made a total pig out of myself).

Jamawar was lovely. It’s run by Chef Farman Ali and Chef Venketash Bhat and the menu includes spicy moghalai dishes (which I especially appreciated given my cooking 101 class!!) I would never go to an Indian restaurant by choice (esp. when Citrus is next door!) but Ty wanted to eat Indian, so off we went.

The first thing that hit me was the ambience which was breath-taking (dim & colored lighting, most romantic). As far as food is concerned, have never been unhappy about dining at the Leela (7 restaurants to choose from!) & this time was no different. Recommend the Tandoori Platter (the prawns were the size of my closed fist) though everything we ordered (including the Aloo Mehti, which had great crunchy garlic) was fabulous. It’s not cheap of course (an average dish is about INR 600 + taxes) - but it is a five star experience - and if that’s your thing, you won’t be dissapointed at Jamawar! I certainly loved it.

Didn’t have the luxury of getting up late on Wednesday though - had another morning meeting - though sensibly had fixed it up near to home. Didn’t go into the city as I had a cooking class in the afternoon. It should have been my last Moghalai class but I missed Monday’s class so still have one to go.

Learned to make:
* Kadai Gosht
* Achari Chicken
* Amritsar Maachi
* Keema Nan
and the usual million variations

Was totally surprised how easy everything was. I already feel so confident (though it’s a totally different thing cooking at class & cooking at home) and it’s a far cry from my first class (where I couldn’t even put on on the gas range! lol)

Spent the evening with Sonya who’s totally showing (in other baby news, both Kath & Bens have delivered - girl & boy respectively - praise God!!) didn’t intend to stay long but was really too tired to move. Finished the night off with an early dinner (& looooooong conversations which we never can finish- what else is new???) with Art.