Biryani Cart NYC – Lovely Biryani, Lousy Kati Roll

(Recommended by SI reader Satya) After watching Akshay Kumar’s latest nightmare a.k.a De Dana Dan the other day, we were in desperate need of some cheering and comforting. So after the crappy movie ended, we walked up a few blocks from AMC Empire 25 on 42nd St to the latest New York City landmark – […]

Mysore Woodlands Review – Marquis de Sade Lives Here

So you quidnuncs want to know about our meal the other day at Mysore Woodlands, the “Pure Vegetarian South Indian Restaurant” in Parisppany, NJ. As they say in Mysore of bad cooks, Baddi makkalu, adigae aen aenu baralla (these worthless fellows are clueless in the cooking department). Crappy Then, Crappy Now You can change the […]

Nandita, Clean Up Your NYC Rat-Hole Utsav

Fair is foul, and foul is fair: Hover through the fog and filthy air. – The Three Witches in Macbeth Nandita Khanna, do you have no shame at all for running one of the filthiest and crappiest Indian restaurants a.k.a Utsav in New York City. Eeks, even by the abysmal standards of crappy Indian restaurants […]

Got to Stop Eating Head Lice Chemicals Oops Mac Fries

Dunno about you. There’s something about the Mac fries that’s got us swearing by it (at least most of the time). Not even the news in the desi rags about use of beef extracts made a difference. Last night, we read a piece in the New York Times Sunday Magazine (Oct 4, 2009) that McDonald’s […]

Sunny Chugh is a Nut Case; May His Tribe Increase

By God, where did this weirdo spring from? Who? Who? Oh, we’re talking of this desi nut case we encountered (hey, we mean American encounter, not the Indian style dishoom-dishoom encounter) the other day. Fella said his name was Sunny Chugh and claimed to be the owner of Palace of Jaipur Indian restaurant on Hamilton […]

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