FIVE THINGS TO EAT BEFORE I DIE! Tagged!!

I am tagged for "Five things to eat before I die!!" MEME by Shilpa!! Thank you!! :))

Hey Now!! Is it time for me to write on my tomb stone already! I am not THAT old??!! What do I want to eat before I die?! Is food that important? NAH!! Thinking about what I want to do & see before I die, now that is something!! I want to live to see both my kids do what they can do best. I want to see them grow up to be honest citizens of good old USA , in return for what this country gave us; dignity,respect,Champagne and Caviar instead of just bread and butter! I want to see Arvind grow old with me still thinking that I am a 17 yr.old girl( when we first met!)Sometimes he does and treats me like one too! Grr..:) Oh wait!! I want to see my grandchildren before I meet my maker and visit Manasa Sarovara ,Mount Kailash atleast once!! Is it too much to ask?? I hope not!!


Okay! Okay! I will shut up about it and write about food. Well! five things to eat before I die!! Hummmm...This would be hard for me to write because I am not really into idealising any food or anybody's food, believe it or not!! But I will to have come up with something. So here I go....

1. I will start with my fav.city in my beautiful beloved land of India, Belgaum. A city where I went to college and where I met Arvind. I have very pleasant memory of that place, where I could walk around without any fear of eveteasers, catcalls,whistles for the first time in my life! Where I spent four years of knowing Arvind, going to the movies, taking a walk and enjoying life carefree!! Ah food! yes!! There was a Shanbhag Bakery in the town center. Every time we pass it, you could smell the delicious aroma of snacks and sweets! I would like to eat their Sauteed Urad dal-fennel seeds stuffed big golden Kachoris again before I die and Bhel Puri,Masala puri,Pav bhaji from a cart which would appear at 6pm and disappear at 11pm around the same place!!

2. Bangalore!! Garden city of India!! Where I continued college with Law only to drop out to get married!!We used to go to this Garden Restaurant, I think MONSOON I am not sure, to eat this HUGE Bhatura With Chole brought to us balanced on waiter's hands over his head so not to collide with others, to be served in the garden outside!! Dear Bhatura (10" in diameter) with a little bowl of delectable chole, I would like to come back to you!!and Mutton cutlets in India Coffee House, Nilgiri's Russian Bread, MTR's Rava dosa-chutney and Paratha-Kurma in Commercial Street!!Mmmm...

3. OOTY !! My honeymoon city!! Udagamandalam in Tamilnadu!! We were married very young,just out of college and Medical school for Arvind,didn't have loads of money, just enough money parents provided but very much enjoyed Ooty. Beautiful scenary and even more delectable down home food!! WOW!! Tamilian food one day and Gujarati Thali the next, after all that boating on the lake! yummo!! Yes, I would like go there with my kids!!

4. We lived in England for 5 years for Arvind's Residency. Vacationed in 5 European countries in 5 yrs before we came to USA. SWITZERLAND !! One country I would like to remember not for food but for the memories. We visited the Matterhorn, Switzerland's tallest peak surrounded by Schilthorn Piz Gloria where a spectacular 360 degree view of 200 snow capped peaks surrounds you and the worlds first revolving restaurant at an altitude of nearly 3000 metres(where James Bond Movie with Roger Moore was filmed ). We had a cup of coffee and a dessert. I wouldn't mind another cuppa there!! and a coffee again at Bleu Lake, a breathtaking beauty of emerald colored lake where I saw GOD in all his glory!! :D :D

5. Back home to my land of the brave, US of A!! Since we came to US about 12 yrs ago, we have vacationed in about 22 states! Most memorable of all places is New Orleans, Louisiana!! Land of Jazz ( Arvind's heaven!) and our favorite Chicory blend coffee and sugared sweet Beignets! from where else but CAFE DU MONDE!! :) We went there twice driving thousands of miles,once before and second time after Katrina, on the way to San Antonio, TX. Heartbroken and sad , second time :( but still that city is unforgettable. Humid, rainy , Jambalaya,coffee and Bignets,old cobblestoned roads, music, Po' boy, Mufullettas ,River and Riverboats!! We will be there again before I die just for coffee and Beignets!! :D :D

Well!! That's about it and wasn't that hard at all!! I would be happy to die after I eat all these goodies again and again and again.....zzzzzz

Now I Tag: Menu Today, sra , Manasi, Deepa cooks, Prema,and Latha!! Write up if you like please, thanks!! Good luck, ladies!! :)