Archive for June, 2007
Back from Kuala Lumpur
The great extended weekend in Kuala Lumpur is over. Now back to work in Bangalore. And how great it has been! I didn’t expect Malaysia to be such a beautiful place (judging from the impression of KL). Being a Muslim country, I expected something rather restrained and closed. But, by contrast, an amazing model of blending heritage with modernity into a super-functioning infrastructure. The Petronas Towers being one example of it.
When one lives more than three years in India and comes to another place to witness how infstructure works, inevitably the question pops up: Why can they, and why can’t India? But also in comparison to other places, Munich pales in the comparison to KL of an efficient check-in with non-stop transport from the central station to an airport which is 78 km outside. Anyway, Kuala Lumpur is a fantastic place to hang out, relax, stay in excellent hotels for unexpensive money, go shopping and especially find an amazing mix of culinary influences.
The entire picture set is here on my Flickr-account.
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Andhra Food: NUMBER ONE! :-)
One of my favorites in India is Andhra Style, a very diverse and spicy meal which is served on a banana leaf and when it all arrives, it looks like this:
Yesterday, we ate at “RR” on Bangalore’s Church Street, my other favorite is Nagarjuna on Residency Road. The best: It’s all you can eat, where the waiters come up with curries and rice and ask you over and over again if you really don’t want any more. Best-best is the price: Rs. 70/- which is around EUR 1.40 per meal.
Who wants to try to cook himself, here’s the recipe. Afterwards we went to Blue Bar in the Taj Westend Hotel which the barkeeper performing Tom Cruise-like in “Cocktail” a few tricks with burning bottles.
And tonight Aeorosmith is playing live in Bangalore with coming for an after-show to Blue Bar. I’m afraid I’ll pass on that one as I’m rushing off for an extended weekend to Kuala Lumpur :-)
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