Sabotaged by the menu – part II

The combination pandemic age and alcohol has a tendency to bring forth a host of interesting stories. Nope, my Covid-era sagas are not ending so soon. So in 2021, when we got vaccinated after the deadly second wave and started coming out of our shells to experience our normal lives, my mother and sister hatched…

Sabotaged by the menu – part 2

Yesterday, I posted a meme reel on how a McPuff never breaks cleanly. The reel got the average engagement that I am getting on Instagram currently. But a few school and college friends reached out. McDonald’s pizza Mc Puff was a novelty for us 90s kids when the parcel-type dishes were unheard of. Before wraps…

My kitchen disasters XII – how not to use guacamole 

The perfect avocado never exists! And if they do, they are ripened in an artificial manner.  Because the perfectly ripened avocado only exists in the time when you are not bothered about it! Or when you are in a parallel universe! 🤓 Come Covid-19, (Yes, we are still in that cooking disaster era) people were…

Sabotaged by the Menu – Part 1

I put on around 6 kgs during Covid work-from-home period. Then I got into IIMB and was happy that the intense curriculum and the ensuing hard work will help me in getting back to original svelte form. Oh, how wrong I was! And how much I underestimated the mess menu at IIM Bangalore!  My father…