Okay dude, I like food! =D

Now since I have been gaining a lot of weight for the past few weeks, I thought, hey! Why not talk about food? 

So, India is, without a modicum of doubt, the land of food. No I am not trying to comment upon India’s self sufficiency in food production. Rather what I have experienced is that, despite having quite a low Per Capita Income,India never fails in coming up with the most extravagent fares for the foodies. While the Indian curry is a rage abroad, the middle  & high income Indian is adding inches to his midriff with the help of those potfuls of sugar,spice & everything nice.

The Indian Society allows for indulgence in food on numerous occasions, I would merely like to bring out a few of them here, some situations where food is your primary concern & some fixes where food is far from your mind.

The Shaadi Dinner-

• You fill up to the point of bursting. payment is made by the plate & the fact that the waiters have started giving you the evil eye about three helpings ago is irrelevant as you step up to fill your plate yet again.
• A shaadi dinner serves to challenge the laws of geometry of a human stomach (in common parlance, how does it all fit in!)

The First date dinner-

• Fancy restaurant,
• Butterflies in your stomach thus not very interested in eating much.
• looking at your date, the sparkle in your date’s eyes seems priceless,for everything else there is mastercard ( I hope, else you are screwed).
• Have given her an expensive gift. Money is mere paper in front of the magical essence of love.
• Typically, the menu would be gourmet, you want to show that you enjoy culinary experimentation because  it seems sophisticated.

• Will not let her pitch in for the bill.

The Nth Date dinner   (where “N”  is greater than 10)

• Cheap Dhaba, swatting flies, irritable about having to miss the IPL match for the date your partner insisted upon
• Slow to pick up the check hoping that she will offer to pay, since u gave up being the financial scapegoat long ago.

• Have stopped experimenting beyond butter chicken , dal makhni, after all these dishes didn't become standard fare by a coincidence.

Friend’s Brithday-

• Hog, quantity is very much similar to the shaadi dinner, though maybe u respect the fact that your unfortunate birthday pal needs to have at least bus fare money, so u don't order too many dishes.

Your Birthday –

• Almost don't eat, worried about the bill because some people whom u expected to turn down your invitation have turned up.
• Keep feeling your back pocket for the reassuringly (though very rarely) fat wallet.

A Homely Dinner-

• Hardly eat anything. those who believe that there is nothing as good as mom cooked food, yeah right, You haven't been to good restaurants, maybe you need to pick up The Times Food Guide. XD

The day before an important exam-

• Stomach is feeling queasy, as if you have just seen a B grade Bollywood flick.
• You can hardly nibble on anything though mom wants you to eat well so that you get energy for the exam.(How much energy does it take to write an exam, especially if your preparation level prevents you from writing much in the exam.)

The midnight snack-

• Quiet , You don’t want your parents to wake up and scold you for not having a proper dinner. Ah, The blessed packet of Maggie.

I end here in the hope that you would help me add some more, which may have escaped my mind.

P.S. Chocolate Ice cream with Chocolate Sauce is really not tasty, as sumptuous and tempting as the dish may sound. I had the regrettable urge to try the heady cocoa concoction and my advice is,Do NOT try it.