No time to waste, so lets get down to the deets. In no particular order.
Thindi Walk in Rajajinagar with Aarti.
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| Thindi Walk |
- We started at a Chiblu idli van that is yet to be found on Google maps. Mandya Halaguru Chiblu Idli, Rajajinagara. -pillowy, fresh chiblu idlis, love rice bath items (pudina, puliyogare and chitranna), masal vadE. All good!
- THE Ajji hotel with the sakkath khara kanninda neeru baruthe chutney, fantastic chitranna, idli and bondas.
- Sri Guru raghavendra dosa and veg corner. Shavige bath, Kesari Bhat and vade
- Siri coffee Mane for some fresh coffee
- Manjunatha fast foods - Puri with Sunday special tarkari sagu (brilliant!), garlic chutney smeared masal dosE, soft thatte idlis with a dash of ghee
- Davangere benne dosE angadi, open dosE, benne Khali, benne masalE
- Lastly, we went to O.G. Varier bakery - a very famous one
Restaurants explored -
- Kampot Bellandur - Went with office colleagues for Kajal's farewell. Good Asian food. Not much crowded and no music.
- Biergarten Bellandur - Went with Rick and team. Good beer and near to office. It is a huge place inside.
- Street 1522, Sarjarpur road with Masi - Good variety of food. Nice combination of food court and restaurant.
- Multiple visits to Deck of brews from office
- Hotel Annapurna Tiffin Center - Nearby office. Took a cab once and had breakfast before going to office.
- The Filter Coffee - Tried both Indiranagar (with Manas) and the Brookfiled one (with Rick)
Movies / TV Series
- Kill - John Wick equivalent from India. Loved it. 3.5/5
- Amar Singh Chamkila - Biopic done well. I liked it a lot. 3.5/5
- Barbie - 3/5
- Watched Oppenheimer again. I think it is just brilliant. 4.5/5
- Broadchurch - Season 1 & 2. 4/5 . Both David Tennant and Olivia Coleman are awesome!
- The Bear season 3 - 3.5/5 Still has a lot of heart but story does not move that much forward.
- Masala series - Tracker (2.5/5), Poker Face (3/5)
- Masala movies - The Union, Twisters (2024), Twister(1996), Anyone but you.
- Rewatched Ted Lasso during my Dengue time.
Travels
- Trip to Mussourie
- Surya Top Trek with IndiaHikes
- US trip - LA, Vegas and Grand Canyon. Details to come
- Kathmandu + Vipassana - Details to come.
Books
Started a book club in office to read management books.
- On Leadership - HBR's 10 best reads
- No Rule Rules - Netflix and the culture of Reinvention by Reed Hastings and Erin Meyer
- The Wind Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
- Siddartha by Herman Hesse
- The Art of Living - Vipassana meditation as taught by S.N. Goenka
- The devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino
What Else
- Got Dengue - Was out for 2 weeks. Kanishka and mummy fed me lot of juices which helped me recover soon.
- Did a fruit only detox diet from Team Sharan for a week.
