Gentle Whispers

While I've already done the Happiness is tag once before, I've had food on my mind an awful lot lately. I'm comfort-eating myself all the way to obesity, but I just can't bring myself to care somehow. Anyhoo, Happiness is.. A steaming cup of tea and Parle G biscuits Brun maska and chai Cheese maggi (Double points if it's eaten in a ramshackle hut in the middle of nowhere in Ladakh) Fresh off the tawa alu ka parathas dripping with butter Mutton and cheese burger from Bembos Fiery Mangalorean sorpotel and sannas Tibetan momos from Dharamsala Mashed potatoes with salt, pepper and butter Candies classic roasted chicken Biryani made with fragrant rice and melt-in-the-mouth mutton Cheesy bhajji with warm buttery pav Paya soup from Bara Handi nalli marke Blueberry cheesecake A jar of Nutella and a big spoon Hot McDonalds' french fries sprinkled liberally with salt Rajma-chawal and fried fish Reese peanut butter cups Mangalorean chicken curry and panpoles/Neer dosas Ch...

than finding hair in your food? Finding a dead cockroach in your bowl of noodles. What makes it worse? It happens in your college canteen. The place you've eaten at almost everyday for the last three years.

I've decided to go on a diet and I've already hit the cravings phase. And for the entire two days that I've been on it, I've stuck to it faithfully. And now I feel I absolutely need to eat something on my list or I will die. I live on melodrama. And what I'm longing for are :- 1) Potato Wedges and French Fries with extra mayonnaise on the side from McDonalds. (Theirs is the only mayonnaise I like. Anybody else know where I can get some?) 2) A large Mutton with Cheese burger from Bembos 3) Spicy Goan Sausages with plenty of freshly baked 'pav'. 4) Mutton Biryani from my friend Sarah's house. 5) Kheema Pav from Khayani near St Xavier's College. 6) Bheja Masala from Paramount restaraunt in Mahim. 7) Seekh Kebabs from the lane leading to the Mahim dargah 8) Maggi noodles with Cheese. (The only dish I cook) 9) Tandoori chicken from Bandra station 10) Mashed Potatoes and Fish from Molly Malone's Irish Pub 11) Chicken Schezwan Noodles ' Anda Marke...