PS2 files-part 2

Koramangala- The place where we stay has given us the advantage to try restaurants of all
kinds.Some of our regulars:

a. Chandani Chowk: Floor is made of gravel,seats of stone,speakers in the shape of matki, bill comes in jewellary case and waiters wear a turban :D.So you can imagine. Somewhat expensive,but worth it. The only place where I had tea in kullar(mud vessel) and perhaps the maximum I spent on a cup of tea out here.Same goes for jalebi(but yah not served in kullar :P).
b. Dal roti: Due to some reason,we are no more welcome there(thanks to amogh) :D.Neways a nice place to have proper north Indian food. Malai kofta and Egg parantha(not as a combo :P) are just too good!
c. Yo China: One advice,never go there. Pathetic service and arrogant waiters.
d. Pizza places:The usuals; Pizza Hut,Domino's,US Pizza,Pizza Corner. Saved us often. More of a default option.
e. Anand: Perhaps the only place where I can eat decent aloo tikki and mirchi bada!Not to forget dhoklas. The taste atleast seems familiar to the North Indian food.
f. Mast Kalandar: Khichdi!!! You get a 'close to' home cooked khichdi. What more can you ask for.
g. Fornetto's- This is a newbie. Serves free soup in the beginning and is offering 50% discount. Cheapest food at good quality.On the last day we have planned to drink the free soup and get away after that ;).
h. Curry House- Awesome egg curry and gajar ka halwa(ya I know,weird combo).
i. Corner House: Death bar chocolate.Say no more.
j. Gangotri: Ask Prasoon. He is crazy about it.Infact they have even asked him to be the new face and brand ambassador of the restaurant.
k. Juice junction: Fruit basket and paneer cheese sandwich. Yummy.
l. Casa Picola: Pasta and stakes.
m. Gramin: Proper North Indian food with good ambience. And a place where you get decent lassi.
n. Aangan: Kadi Pakoda \m/
o. Kormangala Biryani House: As the name suggests,Best biryani in the area.
p. Paramount: Appam chicken :P. Dosa in chicken. sounds awful,but trust me its good.
q. Mushroom: Biryani and decent food.
r. Barista: I'll write a post about this place later.Just crazy about this place.
s. More than paranthas: Never been there. Suyog spent 700 bucks for 2 paranthas :P. so I guess you can skip it.
t. Parantha place:Just below our house. 15 bucks one parantha \m/.
u. Bakery: It had to be mentioned. egg patties have been our savior and so is the tea and bun which has been my breakfast(whenever I had a breakfast i.e)
v. Oasis: The best food court in any mall. You'll find from anything and everything under the roof.Also a place where you can watch cricket and not order anything :P.
w. Ammi's Biryani: The name suggest what its famous for.
x. Pizza port:I have not included in the usual pizza places because this is one of its kind. Everything you get here is like 1+1 free :D. Ideal place for home delivery.
y. Ghar ka khana: Another ideal place from where you can get food delivered home.
z. Kebab Magic- For non veg lovers :P

Am sure this list gonna help next sem guys. Bahut mehnat ki itni sari jagah dhoondne mei :D. phew.

PS:still more to come ;)

PS2 files-part 1

I guess time to bid goodbye to Bengaluru is closing in.With less then two weeks left, I have so much to write about this place. Well I'll keep posting whenever I find time.Some of the unforgettable memories.And am sure this gonna help other batch mates coming next semester:

1.FORUM on weekends: Watching movie at PVR in forum mall has almost become a ritual here. Sometimes we have seen movies for the heck of it and I am even embarrassed to mention such movies! Tops the list is Mission Istanbul,so you people can imagine ;). The best of them(serious this time :P) was perhaps Dark Knight which I saw with some 20 more Bitsians.

2.Church Street and around:This place is in midst of bustling Brigade road and has the best food joints and pubs in town. It is said if you have not tried each and every restaurant on this street, your visit to Bangalore is not complete.Here are few of its gems(I'll refrain from mentioning the dishes as it will make the post too long,personal inquiries are welcome ;)). Three Quarter Chinese(awesomest chinese food), IndiJoes and Yokos(best sizzlers in town), Soul(pasta and stake), Javacity,Koshi, Stakehouse(name suggests what its famous for),and many more(please pardon me for forgetting few).And yah,there is amoeba where you can do bowling and play video games :D.

3.Rock gigs: This city offers the best gigs in the country and you can find rock fans in plenty! Best places to watch a gig are Legends of Rock, La rock, Purple Haze and Hard Rock cafe. We were fortunate enough to witness the last gig of Kingfisher rock fest at HRC. That place is a must see(eating there is not advisable :D,unless you visit there on the day you receive your salary).

4.Team trips:I was lucky to get a team where outings are frequent. Some of the awesome places we have been to are guhantara(cave resort,already written a post about it), then there is E zone where we did karting, paint ball, etc, Cosmo mall(bowling, video games etc) and few other places.

5.Hukkah places: Must have tried every place that offers hukkah in town.Mochas(obb
tops the list),had also become our weekend ritual until we found other places.It was like movie+mochas+dominos=weekend in our early days here.Then we found places like paramount(not all that great though,roof top ambience is good), soul(awesome hukkah with coke base;food is also great), Hypnos(one of the rare places that offers hukkah+drinks),to name a few.

6.Traffic police encounters:I won't say these were good,but yah unforgettable for sure.Its like you have to pay a road tax of 2.8k if you want to drive in Karnataka and obb I dint pay it.So I had made this calculation that even if am caught 6 times and charged 300 on an avg( with my bargaining expertise :P),I'll save some 1k bucks.But am doing better,getting caught once a month on an average(fingers crossed).

PS1: more coming later
PS2:Don't ask about my haircut

Hariyali Chicken

For all veggie lovers,the title has got nothing to do with food,so please carry on :).. n for the cannibals,I assure you its still spicey and worthy enough to read..Well continuing from my previous post,we started our journey on friday to 'guhantara',a cave resort,at around 9 am.. In the middle of the journey somebody suddenly asked, "are there any interns"? and unfortunately I was the only one..fir kya tha,they called me up front and started ragging( and mind it, I was never ragged in college :P)..initially they told me to do the normal proposing to a girl and stuff, acting as bus conductor etc..but I did a grave mistake by wearing a t-shirt with the caption "Life is unfair. So many girls,so little time".. One of them asked me to elaborate on that for 5 mins..then came my reply "It does not hold true for Broadcom, where there are just 4 girls out of 30 in my department..here I have so much of time,but no girl around :P "..(btw neither does it hold true for BITS :D)
Now you all must be wondering, what the hell is hariyali chicken and what the crap am I talking about :P..enough of suspense,I guess..each of us was given a colour to chose once we reached the resort..I chose green and my team's name was "Hariyali chicken"..other teams were "Blue tooth","Orange Flame" and "Pink Panther"..Had lot many games such as advertising product,Dumbsheras etc.. Later we played beach volleyball and cricket..after the lunch(which itself will need a post to describe,am skipping it for your sake) we all dropped in the swimming pool followed by rain dance in the evening..we were declared the winner because of our innovative name and enthusiasm in all games and we won most of them...on our way back,"Singh is Kingg" became the slogan of all the drunkards..whatever the song others might be singing, "Singh is Kingg" somehow managed to come in every song..I guess all sorts of permutation and combinations of rythms and tones must have been experimented with "Singh is Kingg" that day.. it was really hilarious..
The best part about the trip was that not even once I felt that I am working in a company and not a student anymore(this thought haunts me many a times)..It was so much fun interacting with managers,singing songs with them,dancing and playing..indeed it was the most memorable day in Bangalore so far..