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I really want restaurants to stop with this QR menu stuff. And especially the higher end ones. Not one digital menu comes close to the experience of a physical menu. Sigh.
TIL Maharashtra's state animal is the Indian Giant Squirrel, locally known as Shekru.
This week, I completed a year in Bangalore. And in this one year, I've managed to document eating at/from at least 123 places.
👉 Here are my favorites and regulars in Bangalore — restaurants, cafes, bars, pubs — 58 places made the cut so far.
sahilk.in/blog/bangalore
I've never been asked for my degree. I didn't go to IIT/IIM. I was super lucky to have figured a path that worked out for me. There are many like me, but in the larger picture, we're a one-off, and not the norm.
The big name institutes/companies open doors. Get your education.
Me: Looking for apartment
Owner: For Hindu vegetarian only
Hindu: Looking for apartment, but vegetarian only?
Owner: That's not an issue, as long as you're Hindu
BTW, this owner works in Dubai. Fine working in a Muslim country and making money there.
Fuck you.
Babe, wake up, new Koramangala hipster Sunday morning routine just dropped.
Walk to Sour House, have eggs and coffee, pick up a baguette, walk to Nari & Kage, pick up cheese, walk back home.
Any Bangalore girl willing to marry me so we can have an amaze apartment in the center of the city?
Bhindi is literally the most underrated vegetable ever. Bhindi appreciation tweet.
Guess this is where it won't catch fire, hopefully.
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IDK... BLR just put up with a charade?
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Why do British People put up with this charade?
I am so glad that we have no kings & nawabs to deal with in India 
Really wish more burger places understood the importance of the bread rather than just piling on more ingredients between them.
New Koramangala bakery — Bäcker. Started two months ago and opened the cafe space just a month ago. Had a Leipzig and iced coffee.
Overheard two separate chats 10 mins apart how they heard about Bäcker from the Nari & Kage folks. Love small brand owners supporting each other.
Having to remove work details from the bio because the last time I remotely commented on anything, they ended up on the company LinkedIn asking how can they employ such people. And this is just 0.0000000000000001% harassment a privileged person like me faces.
Due to lockdown, ferries are no longer circulating in Italy, so dolphins are emerging near cities. twitter.com/MichelaMeloni1
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Sorry, not sorry.
Homemade noodles with chicken broth, soy, miso. Chicken marinated in fish sauce and soy sauce. Soy cured soft boiled egg. Scallions. Carrot kimchi.
This bugger is 12 years old today. So many years of him being stuck with me and tolerating me. ❤️
Paytm folks on my timeline, I hope you understand this is wrong, and fix this.
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What have we come to, making people agree for credit report access at login itself?
Mahavir ki Tikki. Second generation now. ₹15 a plate of two tikkis. Just look at that crisp crust. 🤤🤤🤤
Saturday morning well spent with INTACH Bengaluru's Parichay Heritage walk of All Saint's Church.
Bangalore, which is the best cocktail you've had in this city and where?
Please don't say "at my house" and the likes because then you'll have to invite me. 🙏👀
Was thinking of the caramel custard that had made at dinner in August. So I made some yesterday.
They have data on fitness influencers?!
Feels like for a moment things are okay and then shit hits the fan again. Then I see people I've known whatabout around. And they'll gaslight. Fucking infuriating. I want to scream my lungs out at people. I chose to stay over a decade ago. I still want to. But fuck this shit.
Came with a 3-day timeline to close a place in BLR. 😅
On the fifth day, I have the keys to a place in a peaceful corner of Koramangala. Back month end with boriya bistar. 🙌
No sink in the hall. No wardrobes, so no ugly woodwork either. Just the blank canvas I wanted. 💯
42 places. 85 cocktail recommendations. I think it'll take me at least two years to go through this list. 😅🍸
Compiled all the responses from Twitter and Instagram, and double-checked the names against the menus. sahilk.in/blog/bangalore
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Bangalore, which is the best cocktail you've had in this city and where?
Please don't say "at my house" and the likes because then you'll have to invite me. 
Wait what... "India makes USB Type-C charging mandatory for device makers from March 2025"
Just crossed into Karnataka. Pune and Maharashtra, you've been absolutely fantastic the last 15 years.
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Nice of @airvistara to put me on an earlier flight because I'm early. :)
Bento Bento in Indiranagar is doing a ramen menu this weekend — pork & chicken bowls w/ shoyu, and vegan bowl w/ oat milk broth.
From last night's preview:
— Firm springy in-house noodles
— Fat-trimmed chashu, as many aren't comfy with fatty pieces, lends to a lighter bowl
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Please don't ask your househelp/security guards etc to go get groceries for you. Do it yourself. This person said “but you're exposing yourself”. Yeah, and what about them? I fucking hate people so much.
There was a long ass line at Rameshwaram. Thatte idli is goooood, but IDC has better ghee masala dosa.
⚡️ Personal update, folks!
— Yesterday was my last day at @getmarkk.
— I'm moving to Bangalore soon!
More below... 👇
I see a dog?
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Apparently, if you can see two people hugging, you're left-brained, and if you can see a dinosaur, you're right-brained. What do you see in the mountain?
What a bummer that there aren't any good hatchbacks anymore. Everyone wants a crossover/SUV.
Boys flirting then: I know how to play the guitar. I can teach you.
Boys flirting now: I know crypto. I can teach you.
My mom used this alone at home during a lockdown thing as another excuse to bring up my marriage. Indian mothers, I swear.
Lunch was at We Idliwale. Idlis with chicken kundapur and mutton salna. And so well priced! If only it wasn't all the way in Baner.
Can everyone visit Bangalore once together so that we can be done with the "flight was two hours, cab to the city was two hours" format?
Point out that being able to do a startup, especially trying out multiple ideas over years until you land on that one, is possible because of privilege.
And all the folks blind to their privilege come out with pitchforks. "How dare you, we just persisted and worked hard."
Let them call ghee whatever they want. It's not like they don't mention that it's originally called ghee. How would you explain a crepe to an Indian who doesn't what it is? You'll give them a local reference point right? Just stop with the fucking misplaced rage.
Can't move post lunch. But very proud that I managed to wear a mundu by myself and it stayed intact all through.
Me: Oh, they do an affogato. The menu says with gelato.
Me: Which gelato do you use? Or is it in-house?
Staff: We use Amul Vanilla ice cream.
Me:
Chicken ghee roast stuffed bread. Idli mutton saru. Idli chicken kundapur style. 💯
So... and I made pork burgers tonight.
— Pork shoulder patties by me
— Brioche buns by Floyd
Chalo, kaun fund kar raha hai humara pop-up.
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If you couldn't get a slot at Naru today, go to Kuuraku. :)
One of my current favorites. Excellent yakitori and karaage. Good ramen. Get the almond jelly with mango sauce for the dessert. And the mango beer cocktail.
No fastest finger first, but suggest booking a table.
At some point we got lost. At another point it was foggy and cold enough to numb our hands.
I was asked what'd be the first thing I'd go eat once I'm back in India. Well...
Being a Khan and being in the newspaper on bdays goes together right?
I'm in today's on a piece about coffee equipment. 😅😅😅 lifestyle.livemint.com/news/big-story
And a lockdown self portrait that I took for the piece...
Reading out the preamble at the Collector's Office. Tomorrow's protest at Pune University is confirmed. 5:30pm.
Oh no because of the certificate in the photos poor Toshi couldn't be renamed to George
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This is Toshi. He just graduated puppy elementary. Worked so hard for this. 14/10 nobody tell him how much debt he’s in
Conçu. Massive new place on 12th Main. Cafe from Hyderabad, that's supposedly known more for their food than coffee. Tried the creme brulee berliner and chocolate eclair. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Everyone's arguing over Archie's trailer. Instead, I'm still wondering how did Dot switch over the acting from singing. Please go listen to Everybody Dances to Techno.
Good to be back in Bangalore. Catching up with at Humble Bean that's opened a week ago in Indiranagar. Lovely little spot.
Drop a picture of your pet that looks like an album cover.
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Drop a picture of your pet that looks like an album cover. twitter.com/rohshah07/stat…
Thought I'd compile a list of my favorite/regular places (about 50?) to eat in Pune — especially since so many are visiting this weekend for and . sahilk.in/blog/pune-food
Influencers are posting about the vegan lifestyle and saving animals while people are dying in this country. Not a single word on the protests. 👏👏👏
Alright, let's do this. My DMs are open if you want to name your company/workspace (along with any excuses they've given). Feel free to respond to this and I'll keep compiling them in the thread.
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Someone with a lot of following should do a name and shame thread like @dhh for Indian companies that are still not giving WFH. Friend's company has 600 people coming in every day and their attempt at WFH was counted as a leave and pay was cut. What a dumpster fire this'll be.
Last year, and I started a cookbook club in Bangalore.
wrote about #BCBCBath: cntraveller.in/story/the-firs
I think my food shot looks in place in CNT. 😄
"I feel like we’re all gambling away our mental health by WFH everyday."
Why do people love generalizing? You do you. Let others be.
Starting '22 with egg puffs, bun omelet, and some chai. ✌️
Happy new year folks!
