A variety of utensils surround an idli mold, which I do not yet know how to use. The spatula on the left, however, is great for sticky brownies, and the one on the right is fantastic for rice. I think the things on top and bottom are for gripping hot things such as idli molds.
Apologies in advance for making you hungry, dear readers. But just as a party always ends up in the kitchen, this blog, it seems, always comes back to food.
About six months ago, a coworker of mine alerted me to the daily presence of a white van outside an office building two blocks away from our building. It seemed to attract numerous South Asians, and so one day I stopped by to ask what was going on.
It turns out that a local vegetarian Indian restaurant sends its daily lunch menu via e-mail, takes orders via e-mail, and distributes the tasty bundles to diners from the aforementioned white van. It’s strictly cash-and-carry.
I might order their food once a month; it’s a bit spicy, but the Southern Indian menus are always a treat, as it’s hard to get good Tamilian food here. Receiving their e-mail menus, though, is a daily bright spot, and today I had a fun e-mail exchange with them.
Their consistently alliterative and enthusiastic menu alone is worth posting:
1. Lucious Lemon Rice
2. Curry 1: Marvelous Mutur Paneer!!!!!!!!
3. Curry 2: Awesome Alu (Dry)
4. Mahaparathas MMmmmmmmm
5. Tasty Toor Dhal
6. Dessert: Great Gulabjamans YYYYYYYYeah!
7. Yogurt for Yogis
8. Complimentary Pickle
But today, my friends, comes welcome news during these troubled times: they have lowered their prices due to cheaper gas and a better supplier. Eight bucks gets you every item listed above; you just subtract a dollar each if you don’t want yogurt or dessert.
I e-mailed them to ask how the system got started and they replied with this:
“Necessity is the Mother of invention. We needed to get this wonderful food to you- how else in this age? Try it today is GREAT! :-)”
So I wrote back:
“I promise to order next time you offer Tamilian food – it’s hard to get decent idli in this town, and yours are great. I’m still curious -- did a patron who works at XYZ Co. suggest the system?”
And they replied:
“Ok. No.”
I like to think the brevity of that last reply is due to the speed with which today’s orders were pouring in.
Apologies in advance for making you hungry, dear readers. But just as a party always ends up in the kitchen, this blog, it seems, always comes back to food.
About six months ago, a coworker of mine alerted me to the daily presence of a white van outside an office building two blocks away from our building. It seemed to attract numerous South Asians, and so one day I stopped by to ask what was going on.
It turns out that a local vegetarian Indian restaurant sends its daily lunch menu via e-mail, takes orders via e-mail, and distributes the tasty bundles to diners from the aforementioned white van. It’s strictly cash-and-carry.
I might order their food once a month; it’s a bit spicy, but the Southern Indian menus are always a treat, as it’s hard to get good Tamilian food here. Receiving their e-mail menus, though, is a daily bright spot, and today I had a fun e-mail exchange with them.
Their consistently alliterative and enthusiastic menu alone is worth posting:
1. Lucious Lemon Rice
2. Curry 1: Marvelous Mutur Paneer!!!!!!!!
3. Curry 2: Awesome Alu (Dry)
4. Mahaparathas MMmmmmmmm
5. Tasty Toor Dhal
6. Dessert: Great Gulabjamans YYYYYYYYeah!
7. Yogurt for Yogis
8. Complimentary Pickle
But today, my friends, comes welcome news during these troubled times: they have lowered their prices due to cheaper gas and a better supplier. Eight bucks gets you every item listed above; you just subtract a dollar each if you don’t want yogurt or dessert.
I e-mailed them to ask how the system got started and they replied with this:
“Necessity is the Mother of invention. We needed to get this wonderful food to you- how else in this age? Try it today is GREAT! :-)”
So I wrote back:
“I promise to order next time you offer Tamilian food – it’s hard to get decent idli in this town, and yours are great. I’m still curious -- did a patron who works at XYZ Co. suggest the system?”
And they replied:
“Ok. No.”
I like to think the brevity of that last reply is due to the speed with which today’s orders were pouring in.
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Well, keep sending us to the kitchen if you must! It is a warm, friendly place to be and who knew there was so much variety in the Midwest? Great post!
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