Saturday, July 27, 2019

'Breakfast at Tiffany's ?' - by K J S Chatrath


A dear friend asked me this morning if I had finished my breakfast. Yes, was my reply, adding that it being a Sunday morning  I had gone out for breakfast. Ah, so you had breakfast at Tiffany's, poked my friend. No, I had breakfast at Anupam's, I snapped back. 
 One may recall that Breakfast at Tiffany's was a 1961 American romantic comedy based on Truman Capote's novella, and starring Audrey Hepburn and George Peppard. The movie had won two Academy Awards.

In 2012, the film was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry.

I remember that when this film was released in New Delhi, Laguna- the most chic restaurant of those days located on Janpath, had come out with an ad, "Breakfast at Tiffany's, but lunch at Lagunas". Those were the days...   ...

 
                                                       Anupam's, Sector 11, Panchkula.

 My breakfast. They make it only on Sunday mornings and there generally is quite a rush there.

 Bon apetit!



Sunday, July 14, 2019

'Roti or tortilla' - by K J S Chatrath


This photo was taken in the interiors of the Salta Province of Argentina in 2017. But hey, how come you have a chappati (roti) in your lap, you are sure to ask.

Naw...it is 'tortilla' the pancake eaten routinely in the Latin American countries. In fact tortillas are also made in homes and then supplied to the restaurants for serving.These are also made in the bakeries, as those below:
Weather it is roti or tortilla, depends on weather you are in India or in one of the Latin American countries even though there are some differences in the process of making, flour used and the method of eating.

Rotis/chappatis that I had in an Egyptian restaurant on the outskirts of Cairo in 2012.

 And the real Indian  things- this one is a baked in a clay oven (tandoor) and is called tandoori roti.

Can we not say, Hum Ek Hain or we are all ONE!

I would invite you to see my other posts on this subject:

'Indian roti/chappati/phulka?' -  by K.J.S.Chatrath;  https://indianrestaurantsworldwide.blogspot.com/2017/10/indian-rotichappatiphulka-by-kjschatrath.html

; https://fiftyplustravels.blogspot.com/2019/06/tortillas-of-argentina-by-k-j-s-chatrath.html

Wednesday, July 10, 2019