A small restaurant tucked inside a building this was the old Mandarin if I am not mistaken and just before Nagarjuna on Indiranagar double road. Initially a colleague recommended to me stating that the south India meals is awesome there and I was like Kadai crust doesn’t mean south Indian hence didn’t visit for months and once again another colleague mentioned and I thought let me go and see . For someone like me who loves food and loves to try ,what will happen and why judge by a name I thought ? We(friends) visited and from then we visit several times in a week. Its a place which serves comfort food for us . Simplicity and there is no “soda” in the rice like my friends say 😉 . We feast on Sambhar , Rice and fish fry on most days and Prawn pepper , Dosa or Biriyani on others . I wanted to start my food blog with a really simple place with tasty food and lovely staff.

When you enter the place you will get to see a lot of post-its which are compliments , feedbacks , reviews by the regulars . Without much ado let me talk about the food 🙂

Images : The Sambhar is typical Tamil Nadu style and is very homely , the one in the image was raddish sambhar . The fish fry is done perfectly and it doesn’t smell. Ok here is the explanation while I am a sea food lover I cant stand the smell, I really hope some of you understand what I mean . . My smelling and tasting capabilities are very strong :), while all on the table might say no smell, I can find it and I am unsure this is a blessing or bane .The prawn pepper fry was ok as I am not a fan of batter fried food as feel meat has to be relished in its simplest form and batter is reserved for chinese . Lastly the egg biriyani which is very simple , not a shoo shah food .

The Dosa picture is missing and I would say its a must try as it reminds me of my amma’s kitchen.

I say this is an AYE place for me!

In this busy world “now” is just another word , a word which is perhaps used without understanding the depth it carries. I have been making efforts to live in the “now” from a long time now, while I have not mastered the art yet , I still wanted to share what I know with few to whom it may matter . Oh by the way, that is my hand and the tattoo symbolises “Now” 🙂

The word “now” is powerful because that is all we have , we dont have yesterday or then …All we have is “now” .. We dont have tomorrow or later , its again just the now. What we want to do has to be done now, our life is now , its basically now or never . There is a reason why “now” is referred to as “present”, it is a gift that the Universe has bestowed upon us but wait! who has the time to understand that ? We have so much to do, errands to run , projects to finish , for some reason we humans believe that we have a guaranteed life span of 75 years and we will live life then . I get amused when people say 5 years later I plan to start travelling , my mind quickly plays a monkey and guffaws and tells me, ask your dear friend how does he know future? I hush him up and smile.

We postpone the good to the end , is it because we have grown up reading stories which says and “they lived happily ever after ? ” , are we living a life of a fairytale ? I really hope that comes true though..

There are simple ways of being in the present .

1.) concentrate on our breathing . Notice . Be there . It helps us realise how fragile our life is , it is working an a breath 🙂

2.) Take regular intervals in a day and say for 2 minutes just concentrate on the breath ,take nice long breath and just be

3.) when thoughts occur on our mind (monkey) about what happened in the past and what may happen in the future, just listen to the thoughts , understand what it has to say .. Don’t associate with it , but watch it and let it go …

4.) If a negative thought arises , listen to the thought and say this thought is trying to say something and understand the good part of it , the part for which the thought arrived and divert the attention towards it . Negative becomes positive in no time ..

5.) Make it a habit to listen to the mind chatter and recollect what it said and be aware of what it said and move on . This sharpens the awareness in us

I wanted to share what I know as this has helped me immensely and I am a believer that the more I share , the more I learn. If there is anything I can do or if there is anything you want to ask me about the “Now” , please feel free to email me on bindugopinath20@gmail.com

Stay in the Now!

Stay Happy!