Allô Chatrath

 Two meals from two different places.    This is the  meal that I got in Air India's Chennai -Delhi flight on 1st March. I would call this roti as half burnt. I wont be surprised if the Air India authorities see it as a crisp karari roti!  I also could not help noticing two other negative points in Air-India's flight...It was a big plane with a very large number of passengers. Ground staff seemed to be struggling to check the boarding passes in  an organised manner....And more than that it was announced on landing at T3 that the checked in luggage could be collected at Belt 1. It was incorrect information. The luggage came on Belt 7. This is the meal that I had in a roadside joint in Panchkula for Rs.70. Tasty and good looking too.

 How little do we know of our neighboring countries and the impact exerted by Indian culture there. Our knowledge is generally limited to our Ayodhya in India - the birthplace of Lord Rama and we may not be aware of how powerful an impact Ayodhya has had on Thailand. The Empire of Ayutthaya was a Siamese kingdom that existed in Southeast Asia from 1351 to 1767, centred around the city of Ayutthaya, in Siam, or present-day Thailand. It was considered one of the three great powers of Asia, alongside Vijayanagar of India and China, and is seen as the precursor of modern Thailand. The Historic City of Ayutthaya, founded in 1350, was the second capital of the Siamese Kingdom. While discussing the history of Ayutthaya, one has broadly the Ayutthaya kingdom, and Ayutthaya town in mind of, say around 1540 AD. 86 kilometres north of Bangkok, once the capital of the Thai Empire, Ayutthaya was an impressive city; with three palaces and over 400 temples. The ruins that now rem...

For my young and not so young friends, there is a young, pretty, talented singer and song writer to watch.  She is Camilia Cabello. Her mother is Cuban and father Mexican and she is...simply stunning.  Take a look:                                         Okay friends, I hear you. Here is another photo of hers: Getting carried away by her looks? Please don't forget that she is a singer and a song writer. So here is a clip of one of her songs- Havana                                        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQ0mxQXmLsk  

For non-veg lovers.........Photo sourced from Nazia Khan's Kitchen  

                                                      Ma-Muahg Si Chum, Sukhothai, Thailand   #    

                                               My kind of food. Photo sourced from 'Desi Food'.