Food For Thought!

I sometimes curse god for giving me such a high metabolism rate! I seem to get hungry often but cannot eat a lot at one go. My stomach is way too small. :(

This often leaves me in the question of what to eat the next time I am hungry which is almost always in the next two hours. Being a grad student here in the US makes my life all the more complicated. Not that I don't have choices here but I have very little time to drag my ass around in search of food.

The sheer association of food with home makes things not just complicated but emotional and nostalgic too. Bangalore probably has a food joint every 100 feet. You see all sorts of multicuisine restaurants to Udupi Upahars and Shanti Sagars who serve hot Rava Idlis.

Talking about Bangalore food, how can one ever forget the street vendors? The innumerable street vendors on Thindi Street, around Krishna Rao Park, Gandhi Bazaar and Malleswaram 18th Cross! Coming to think of it, street food according to me is not just food, it is a phenomenon. It is a way of life. It is a way of destressing yourself after a bumpy 2 hour ride from Electronics City. It is an occasion to meet friends and socialize.

I made Bhelpuri at home one day here in San Jose. It tasted just as perfect but there was something missing. I was wondering for long what was missing and it turned out that the only thing missing was the paper cone that it is usually served in. There is no fun eating Churmuri or Bhelpuri at home. It is a social concept! You have to eat it with a bunch of people, on a dirty sidewalk, in paper cones, giggling and gossiping! That's where all the taste comes from!