Posted by wannabauthor on March 7, 2011 · Leave a Comment
To read the first part in this series, click here. 4 years of hawker centre dining in Singapore has brought out the food enthusiast in me. I have mastered the art of eating with chopsticks, grown to tolerate tofu in large amounts and have a new-found fondness for soya milk. But there are days when … Read more
Filed under NRI, The 'Burps' and 'Glugs' of my Days · Tagged with Asia, biriyani, bread, calories, chapathi, cooking, food, hawker centre, home, Indian cuisine, Malaysia, murtabak, naan, nasi biryani, Singapore
Posted by wannabauthor on March 4, 2011 · 3 Comments
I have never blogged about food before. Well yeah, there that was offhand entry about my salad nightmares with the family, but other than that nil. So when I was asked to write about my expat life at Singapore, predictably enough the first thing I thought about was the local food. Not much of a surprise … Read more
Filed under NRI, The 'Burps' and 'Glugs' of my Days · Tagged with Asia, cooking, cuisine, curry, dining, dosa, food, food court, gravy, hawker centre, home, ice cream prata, Indian, Local food, Malaysia, Roti, roti john, Roti prata, Singapore, snacks, thosai
Posted by wannabauthor on December 8, 2010 · 2 Comments
If you thought hired help was all about cleaning and tidying, think again.
Filed under NRI, People say I have a dry humour. Perhaps. · Tagged with bathroom, cleaning, cooking, dust, employer, Furniture, help, hire, house-wife, India, kitchen, maid, money, NRI, People say I have a dry humour. Perhaps., room, salary, serials, servant, sweep, tea, tidying, wipe
Posted by wannabauthor on September 20, 2010 · 3 Comments
All hail the wonder grain – Rice!!!
Filed under NRI · Tagged with Agriculture, Atkins, Bollywood, carbohydrates, carbs, Cereals, cooking, diet, Field Crops, home, India, Rice, Rice-arian
Posted by wannabauthor on August 20, 2010 · 14 Comments
A crowded Indian restaurant. A waiter with a wandering eye. A beautiful customer and an unwanted occupant at the table.
Filed under 100 % Fiction, Stuff which made me feel sappy, The 'Burps' and 'Glugs' of my Days · Tagged with clean, cooking, crowded, dahi puri, eat, food, girl, hungry, Indian, intruder, lime juice, man, Restaurant, waiter
Posted by wannabauthor on July 28, 2010 · 5 Comments
I have been ‘tagged’. In bloggers terms, that means I have to write about a topic that my ‘tagger’ has written about. In this case, the topic in question is 10 surprising things about me which people do not know. Also the 10 things should be clear no-no’s as per the ‘invisible book of gender … Read more
