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Rohan at 9 months

Rohan turns 9 months old today. His past month in pictures...

Fun with Mcdonald's Piri Piri fries

McDonald's is relaunching its Piri Piri Fries in Bangalore. I was invited for a fun afternoon with son and wife to our neighborhood McDonald's. 

Here's a photo tour of the McDonald's Piri Piri experience...

The Piri Piri spice mix needs to be mixed with the regular french fries...

Piri piri is the Swahili word for 'pepper pepper'. It is also called African bird's eye chili. Use the 'Shake Shake Bag' to mix it...

And the spicy Piri Piri fries are ready...

The McDonald's Piri Piri fries seem to be made with the Indian palate in mind. It has an overwhelming garlic flavor which combines well with Piri Piri to give that extra zing...

They were far too spicy for the boy...

Piri Piri fries make great alien antenna too...

Chicken Maharaja-Mac burger...

Hot chocolate fudge to douse the fire...

 Some more fun...

Boy was so happy to own the Ninja Turtle toy that came with the Happy meal...

And to make things exciting, McDonald's have created the #UnshareMyFries game where Bangaloreans share their best and wackiest excuses not to share their 'Piripirilicious' fries to win a one-month free supply of Piri Piri fries! 

Visit www.unsharemyfries.com to participate.

Rainy New Year's Morning

It is a rainy new year's morning in Bangalore and the nature seems to be quietly appreciative of the new dawn... 

Happy New Year, folks! 

Great chicken festival

I had laughed out loud when I heard about the 'Great Chicken Festival'. 

But when I received MarryBrown's chicken hamper, I discovered some amazing global flavors. 

Subtle Manhattan, fusion Moroccan ,rich Caribbean, spicy Peri Peri, tangy Brazilian, and diverse Cuban flavors are introduced to tantalize taste buds and take you on a culinary world tour...

Here's what I found when I opened the Brown Bags...

Brazilian pocket wrap...

Burger...

Chicken drumstick tub...

 Chick-A-Bomb...

 Moroccan pocket wrap...

 Some more fries...

Tandoori Chicken wrap...

The festival is on till January 15, 2015. 
The international festive menu introduces 40 new products.
Visit http://www.marrybrownindia.com for more.

Lego toys are fun

I hope the holiday season so far has been going well for you all.

My son is happily engaged with Lego toys. Here are some of his activities...

His little Lego Christmas tree...

Petrol bunk...

And this one inspired by the Swachh Bharat cleanliness mission...

Top 10 Ways Legos Are Educational for Your Child: Learning with LEGO

Season's Greetings

Season's greetings and all good wishes for the new year!

My son Nishant with carol singers 

Yatrik - A brilliant and beautiful read

Although it invokes poignant anxiety  from start to end, Yatrik is such a pleasure to read.  A very innovative idea of storytelling. I highly recommend this short(262 pages), breeze of a read from Arnab Ray a.k.a GreatBong.

You can buy Yatrik by clicking the following links:

Flipkart: Yatrik : The Traveller

Amazon: Yatrik: The Traveller

Food tasting at Jive Pub, Bangalore

I was invited to experience the food fare at the newly opened Jive Pub in Bangalore.
Here's a photo tour...

The day's special cocktail happened to be Sex on the beach. The waiter chuckled at my soft gasp...

Sex on the beach was way too orangy for my liking. I opted for Margarita in various flavors and Pina Colada instead...

Grilled Vegetable Salad...

Potato Cheese Kurkure...

Chicken Wantons...

Bharwan Tangri Chicken...

Chicken Macau Roll...

Chicken Salad...

Stuffed Grilled Mushroom (my favorite)...

Tawa king fish...

Nachos...

Paneer Tikka...

Zaffrani Cheesy Chicken...

For main course, there was Naan bread to be had with Mutton Rogan Josh, Paneer butter masala and Dal Makhni...

Chicken Biryani...

And the dessert - Gajar ka halwa...

Overall experience was good. Nice ambiance, comfortable seating and great tasting food and drinks at reasonable price. Only thing disappointing is there are not many choices for dessert.

Jive Pub on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/jivebangalore 

Rohan at 8 months

Rohan turns 8 months old today. He likes to try out his newly sprouted teeth on just about anything he can see...

And a pic from last month...