tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85098122418709109242024-03-05T15:19:24.648+05:30Holy Cow! It's IndiagGbamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03220815352203544132noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8509812241870910924.post-7623960190945352952016-01-30T23:21:00.000+05:302016-01-30T23:21:43.514+05:30Miso-based Ramen Soup
Following up on my previous post, here is the "semi-spicy" miso-based Ramen soup. Actually I like this one better personally :) Give it a try, too.
Ingredients (1 serving):
a) miso (Japanese miso is preferable, but Korean bean paste would also work fine!) --- 1 tbsp
b) grated ginger and garlic (or ginger garlic paste) --- 1/3 tbsp
c) Toban Djan (Chili Bean Sauce) --- 1/3 tbsp (you gGbamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03220815352203544132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8509812241870910924.post-72741618926003346182016-01-28T19:07:00.001+05:302016-01-30T09:12:41.262+05:30Tasty fresh "Ramen" is finally here in Banglore!!
There are some restaurants which have started to serve "Ramen" in Bangalore, such as Harima, Uno-In, and Fatty Bao.
But, you really don't need to go to a restaurant to taste authentic Ramen any more. Yes, you can make it at home :)
Nishiki Noodles, a startup based in Bangalore that was established by a Japanese entrepreneur, has been making its own "fresh" Ramen noodles here in gGbamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03220815352203544132noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8509812241870910924.post-17216845080424295522015-05-17T20:22:00.001+05:302015-05-17T21:58:54.795+05:30100% Natural Italian Gelato in Bangalore!
Bangalore has become a very convenient place for expats over the past 4 years. Now another great shop has opened up here in Indiranagar, Bangalore!
Milano Ice Cream is an authentic Italian gelato shop opened by an Italian couple.
All 100% natural. They make their own gelato from farm fresh milk every morning.
We just fell in LOVE!
Here is the location. Try and you would fall in gGbamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03220815352203544132noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8509812241870910924.post-31306271063256818412015-04-12T10:54:00.000+05:302016-01-05T15:25:48.964+05:30Cook in India : Methi salad
Having been in India for 4 years, I "finally" realized that I could use "cheap" and "local" veggies to make some awesome dishes!
What You Need:
<For Salad>
1) Methi! --- Methi leaves can be found in most of the veggie shops in Bangalore, and they are so cheap! All you have to do is to clean them very thoroughly(!) before you make them into a western-style salad.
2) Green peas --gGbamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03220815352203544132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8509812241870910924.post-48003930908629492312012-07-25T16:45:00.001+05:302015-02-05T09:45:33.428+05:30Japanese style Pork Rib Stew
Now I am in India, cooking Japanese has been a challenge. But, since I brought back my hubby's favorite Sake, I challenged on making what's called "Buta no Kakuni" type of dish. The only pork meat we could get that is similar to the texture of Kakuni would be the ribs (although all of them comes with sizable bones), so we did. And, instead of using Naganegi for the garnish, I used what's calledgGbamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03220815352203544132noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8509812241870910924.post-76368129559946260102012-02-19T15:45:00.000+05:302016-01-31T09:03:46.937+05:30Exploring South India - Part 6: Mysore
My hubby was still very sick the next morning, which was really rare for him who typically conquers any kind of sickness in 24 hrs. He tried to eat breakfast to regain energy, but of course it didn't work well. He went back to bed, and we decided to hold off on any sightseeing activities until he felt better.
It was around noon when he finally thought he could get up and visit Mysore Palace, gGbamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03220815352203544132noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8509812241870910924.post-74654616219577350822012-01-22T23:14:00.000+05:302012-01-22T23:14:04.360+05:30Exploring South India - Part 5: Ooty to MysoreThe morning in Ooty was incredibly cool. When I woke up, I realized my throat was sore and felt like I was coming down with something. It was probably due to the combination of 1) taking a cold shower the previous morning in Kochi as the hot water was not available, 2) being in a car for more than 8 hrs straight, 3) coming to a ultra cold place from a ultra hot place, and 4) just being tired gGbamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03220815352203544132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8509812241870910924.post-41422628767128655192012-01-16T22:42:00.000+05:302012-01-16T22:42:26.431+05:30Exploring South India - Part 4: OotyAlthough we wanted to spend more days in Kochi, it was time for us to start heading back up north. The next destination we planned was Ooty. By then, we knew the 5 hr estimate given by Google Maps would not be doable and were expecting to arrive at Ooty late. We left Kochi around 10am, went over the rough road up to Coimbatore, and headed north to Ooty. The road to Ooty was a mountain road, gGbamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03220815352203544132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8509812241870910924.post-37489018729939568252012-01-15T00:42:00.000+05:302012-01-15T00:42:11.149+05:30Exploring South India - Part 3: Kochi Day 2It was already around noonish when we decided to take a short trip to Fort Cochin. We asked our driver to drop us off at the ferry dock and headed over to Fort Cochin by ourselves. Fort Cochin was not as crowded as the previous day, which was Sunday. We walked around for a while and first visited Old Courtyard for lunch, which was highly recommended by the owner of our hotel. The food was good, gGbamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03220815352203544132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8509812241870910924.post-89358823580067242032012-01-11T22:42:00.002+05:302012-01-11T22:43:38.445+05:30Exploring South India - Part 2: Kochi Day 1Kochi or Cochin, whichever you may hear, is one of the major cities in the state of Kerala, God's Own Country, famous for Ayurvedic treatments, yoga, and backwaters. Kochi is famous because of its ports and the western influence by Portuguese, Dutch, and British. In fact, it has one of the largest Christian populations in India.
I had heard so much about Kochi but didn't quite know what to gGbamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03220815352203544132noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8509812241870910924.post-5326676878374263922012-01-04T22:31:00.000+05:302012-01-04T22:31:57.961+05:30Exploring South India - Part 1: TirupurAlthough extremely busy, we said to ourselves that we needed to take at least one long trip to explore more about India before 2011 ends. We thought about the northern India, but it required more planning due to our furry son gG (yep, he comes wherever we go). So, we decided to instead take a non-controversial route around southern India.
In conjunction with my recently opened online shop, one gGbamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03220815352203544132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8509812241870910924.post-8889217342736331042012-01-01T15:31:00.001+05:302012-01-01T15:33:03.802+05:30A Happy New Year!OMG... time flies. It has been a while since I last posted. :(. I was tied up with too many things in December, which is called "Shiwasu" in Japanese, which means even the teachers would run around being busy. I guess teachers were not supposed to be busy in the old Japanese culture. I was busy keeping the online shop going (it was going better than I expected, which made me busier), socializing gGbamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03220815352203544132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8509812241870910924.post-87039064694788307562011-11-30T14:22:00.006+05:302011-11-30T14:42:53.038+05:30Whew!! The online shop is finally open!It has been almost two months since I started to develop a concept of building the online shop that sells unique handmade items that I found here in India. Yep, I have been networking, gathering items, collecting information, building site, etc. And today, I finally managed to launch it!! It has been a long winding two months for sure. Whew!
The site, called Indo no Mori, is completely targetinggGbamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03220815352203544132noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8509812241870910924.post-19508362566686298112011-11-03T15:59:00.004+05:302011-11-04T12:31:41.794+05:30My yoga experience in India: Part 1My hubby and I hired a yoga teacher about a month ago. Ever since then, we have been practicing yoga three times a week here in our living room. We were lucky to be able to find a teacher who was willing to come to our house, as it conserves us lots of time - not to mention about the traffic here in Bangalore.
We had a couple of trial lessons before we decided on the current teacher who had a gGbamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03220815352203544132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8509812241870910924.post-11149530161484504162011-10-30T15:01:00.002+05:302011-10-30T15:06:23.591+05:30LaaJawaab in IndiranagarFood: ★★★★★
Service: ★★★★★
Ambience: ★★★★☆
This restaurant which is located on CMH Rd and is only 2 mins walk from our house had been on our radar for a while. And, one day one of our Indian friends mentioned how great the food was there, we immediately decided to go. Indeed, it was great! And to our joyful surprise, the guy who used to host the restaurant called gGbamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03220815352203544132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8509812241870910924.post-20183512226054120902011-10-30T14:21:00.002+05:302011-10-30T14:26:45.167+05:30southindies in IndiranagarFood: ★★★★☆
Service: ★★★★☆
Ambience: ★★★★★
This is another restaurant that we enjoyed a while ago in Indiaranagar. It is on the 100 ft Rd between CMH and Old Madras Rd. The restaurant, as you can tell by its name, is totally dedicated to the authentic south Indian dishes. It is a higher-end restaurant, and the service is just wonderful.
You can choose to go for an al a gGbamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03220815352203544132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8509812241870910924.post-85348418404238436132011-10-14T08:35:00.000+05:302011-10-14T08:35:25.115+05:30Hoysaleswara Empire: Halebid and Belur - Part 2Being very satisfied with Chennakesava Temple, we headed to Halebid which is only 10-15 mins away from Belur. The temple there is called Hoysaleswara Temple and is a bit larger than the one in Belur. The temple, dedicated to Shiva, was completed in 1121, four years after Chennakesava Temple.
Passing through the people trying to sell us postcards and guidebooks, we went into the site which had a gGbamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03220815352203544132noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8509812241870910924.post-88827195269246836142011-10-07T23:38:00.004+05:302011-10-07T23:46:26.139+05:30Hoysaleswara Empire: Halebid and Belur - Part 1Yesterday was a Hindu holiday celebrating Dasara (or spelled as Dussehra) which is also known as Vijayadashmi ("Vijay" meaning victory and "Dashmi" meaning tenth day). It is believed that it was on that day that Lord Rama killed the demon-king Ravana and rescued his abducted wife Sita. So, it was the celebration of the day that good conquered evil. We were planning to go to Mysor for a big gGbamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03220815352203544132noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8509812241870910924.post-78296866968901090502011-09-28T10:32:00.000+05:302011-09-28T10:32:32.330+05:30Wanna keep looking young? Eat Amla!Here is another wonderful fruit from India again :) This time, it was Mary who introduced me to this new fruit called Amla. She told me she used to eat them all the time at school but had completely forgotten about them until she recently read an article about Amla's wonderful medical power.
Amla is rich in vitamin C and also contains tannin like in green tea and wine. It is typically eaten gGbamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03220815352203544132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8509812241870910924.post-28787193970456804972011-09-20T12:30:00.002+05:302011-09-20T12:33:10.655+05:30phobidden fruit in Indiranagar
Food: ★★★★☆
Service: ★★★★☆
Ambience: ★★★★★
This restaurant, which looked like a little hide-away, was highly recommended by my friend, and finally we had a chance to go there. The restaurant is a bit difficult to find as the entrance is small, but it is on 12th Main west of 100 Ft Rd. Close to Yamaha store.
We went there for lunch on Sunday, and the place was pretty relaxed. Ambience was greatgGbamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03220815352203544132noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8509812241870910924.post-10433851432781167972011-09-15T23:10:00.001+05:302011-09-15T23:11:04.115+05:30Fish bone stuck in your throat?So... I had a fish bone stuck in my throat for nearly a week, and it got so bad that I finally decided to go see a doctor (yep, I am not so fond of hospitals). First, I tried a doc near our house that my great neighbor Leela introduced me to. The doc was professional yet old and didn't have any kind of new-and-high-tech-looking devices in his small office. He looked into my throat with his gGbamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03220815352203544132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8509812241870910924.post-14651495388993924572011-09-06T23:07:00.000+05:302011-09-06T23:07:57.882+05:30Ganesh Chaturthi - Bye bye Ganesh~I already wrote about this on my Japanese blog, but thought I would share briefly here for my English-speaking friends as well.
Ganesh Chaturthi, which starts on the fourth day of the waxing moon period in late Aug to early Sept, is one of the most important festivals for Hindus. This year, it started on Sep 1.
Around this time, people buy Ganesh statues made of mud or clay, or, nowadays, gGbamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03220815352203544132noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8509812241870910924.post-57156349537037418182011-08-17T21:56:00.001+05:302011-08-18T07:46:11.510+05:30Trying my hand at Biryani!I confess.... I had never heard of Biryani until I came to India despite the fact that I LOVE Indian food and have eaten out in many Indian restaurants. But Biryani is literally all over the place at least in Bangalore. Almost every restaurant has Biryani on the menu. So, I asked our super housekeeper Mary to teach me how to make Biryani. The whole process took about an hour, but here is howgGbamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03220815352203544132noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8509812241870910924.post-27064824531175507282011-08-05T08:25:00.002+05:302011-08-05T10:22:25.574+05:30Bindi and the sixth chakraAs you probably know, bindi is a red dot typically put on the forehead of a married Hindi woman here in India. Nowadays, it is becoming more like a fashion I heard. There are lots of cute and decorative sticker-type bindi that you can buy at the local jewelry stores (I also heard that you can buy at any "fashion stores" = clothing stores, but I haven't tried yet), and I also gGbamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03220815352203544132noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8509812241870910924.post-58204447434550415772011-08-02T12:39:00.004+05:302011-08-02T13:22:20.627+05:30Edo, Japanese restaurant, in BangaloreFood: ★★★★☆
Ambience: ★★★★☆
Service: ★★★★☆
We were so happy that one of the Japanese ladies that I met told us about this restaurant. Immediately off we went :)
It is in a 5-star hotel called ITC Hotel really close to UB City. The ambience is superb. Although it is located on a ground floor and you don't get to see starry sky or anything, but you get to see a rather zen-like garden gGbamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03220815352203544132noreply@blogger.com0