Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Blog Etiquette and Eating in NYC


Photobucket


The title of my post might have you baffled, there is no correlation between the phrases before and after "and" except of course for me both has to do with food.

I have been blogging for some time now with considerable gaps in between.In my blogging life many of the people on the right sidebar, on my archaic blogroll has fallen off the blogosphere. I still have them there,I don't update that list, it is a list of all those bloggers I had encountered early on. There is a special connection with them, no I don't know their e-mail ids or anything about them except what they cared to put on their blog but I still have them like old friends. The new ones with whom I have forged a connection are on my Reader, as I get to know more I slowly add them there.

And though I try to keep my virtual space separate from the real one, for me the same basic rules apply for both. If a friend in my real life would have been hurt I will stand up for her. If I meet people who don't mind their P's and Q's I would gently try to remind them (come on I am a Mom, that is my job).


Read more...







Blog Etiquette 101 for the un-initiated. Readers are welcome to add on to this.

1. You do not plagiarize. You do not lift pictures or posts in entirety without asking. You can do excerpts with acknowledgment but sorry not the whole thing

2. You do not leave rude comments or make snide remarks regarding a blogger's posts. You can disagree, you have your full right to do so but then you do it politely

3. Everyone has a right to their opinion. Just like you have so does the blogger you are bashing. When your post is a rant/bash against another blogger's posts, do so openly and politely. Give a link to the post you are venting against, clearly voice your opinions and state why you disagree/agree. This will prevent readers from leaving snide comments and generally enjoying a controversy.

4. If your rant is not triggered by another blogger's posts and it is your own original copyrighted rant do not encourage comments which seem to suggest otherwise. That means, do not say " Thanks for understanding" and such nonsense when a reader comments "Yeah how can someone make Bitter gourd with brinjal, ridiculous"

5. Even if a blog post makes you mad, do not use bad language that might hurt the blogger's sentiment while blogging or commenting. You see only a slice of a blogger's life on the web, you have no clue as to what might have made her write/think that way. If you are still angry, take a deep breath and practice Bhujanga asana.

6. You have full freedom to bash anyone from your personal life on your blog. If they read you, god bless you my child.

Though we live in suburbia, close to NYC, we hardly go there. Both D and me being city phobic we stay away from the Big Bad Apple unless it is absolutely necessary that the city be blessed with our presence. The past weekend found us there roaming the galleries of Met and sampling some great NYC street food prepared by the city's sidewalk chefs


Photobucket


Biryani Cart, winner of the Vendy Award has an awesome menu. It was hard to decide what not to eat with the kind of food they had there. If you are in the area do check out this cart on 46th and 6th. And can you believe how cheap it is, the box of biryani came at $5.50 and so did the other one and the quantity is a little over sufficient for a hungry adult. Ok I ate one whole box, so what !!! There is no place where you can sit and enjoy your meal though, you can pack your lunch from here and have a nice picnic at Central Park instead.


Photobucket


We finally settled for some delicious Chicken Biryani and...


Photobucket


... a Lamb on Rice. This is an Afghani dish but at this particular cart the dish is more spicier and tasted much better than what I have had before.


Photobucket


Do you see that proud Vendy Award winner cert ?



Photobucket


Rickshaws in front of the Met. A greener, cleaner Calcutta ?


We then had Kati Rolls after just 3 hours of this at the Kati Roll Company. We shared two unda chicken rolls and unda shammi kebab rolls. They were delicious and too filling. I liked the Egg Chicken Rolls better than the Shammi Kebab one. My woe of missing out on Calcutta style Rolls were assuaged by 95%.

Jeet Thayil of India in New York says that "If you have to ask what a Kati Roll is, you haven't lived." So true. But back home it is more popularly known as The Egg Roll except of course at Hot Kati on Park Street(Kolkata) whose rolls are famous as Hot Kati Rolls. I hope the Hot Kati guy knows how his naming is the food lingo in the streets of a busy city across the globe.



Important !!!

Oh, and I forgot to ask something very important. I need some help from my readers here in the US. If any of you have used the following colors for your home, please,please leave me a comment with your e-mail id. I want pictures of homes painted with any of these -- Benjamin Moore Suntan Yellow, BM Lemon Sorbet, BM August Morning, BM Patina, BM Apple Crisp and BM Asbury sand. Please, this is Urgent, search for the right color is keeping me away from the blog so please help if you can.

63 comments:

  1. Well reading what all you ate i am really starving here.
    Hi hi i loved about a family memeber or friend reading you blog.
    Woudn't it be wonderful if we could get rid of our frustruations in our blog.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Well reading what all you ate i am really starving here.
    Hi hi i loved about a family memeber or friend reading you blog.
    Woudn't it be wonderful if we could get rid of our frustruations in our blog.

    ReplyDelete
  3. agei nojor ta biryani r dike gechey.. ei dupur baro tar shomoye pet kno kno korchey & i have mickey mouse chicken nuggets for lunch...
    so many years there, & we rarely went to the city for city phobia, tho i regret it big time now for not taking advantage of the food in the city, not even once in jackson heights!

    sorry can't help u with the paint.:(

    ReplyDelete
  4. I love, love, love going to the city and hop at it every chance I get! The sounds, the food, the shopping, the clubs, the museums, broadway, the shows at Central Park - so fun! After M's birth though, it's come down drastically. Now it's Kid Junction, Sesame Place, Chuckee Cheese's and parks and toy stores :) I'd have loved to live in Manhattan before M was born but now, am glad to be a suburban (almost rural!) mom :)

    That biryani looks so good, San! Gotta try the Kati Roll place too. You painting a rainbow there San? ;)

    ReplyDelete
  5. I love NY city too but have not stayed there long enough to enjoy the street foods. Next time will visit just for the food.

    Love the name of the paint "Lemon Sorbet".

    ReplyDelete
  6. HC

    oooh the food was so good. i want to go back again just for the food :)

    Soma
    Ki bhalo biryani ta ki bolbo. Amrao khub kom jai ar temon chini o na. Ekta friend er sathe giyechilam tara shob corners chene tai khaoa holo :)

    Vani

    You should see the number of shade cards I have got strewn on my table. It is so hard to decide on a color though I love it :)

    Indo

    Next time you plan, we will come along

    ReplyDelete
  7. practise bhujangasana!

    Sandeepa, you crack me up!! :)

    I totally agree with your post!

    Boring-Beige-walls here, sorry, no help there!

    ReplyDelete
  8. Thanks so much for a much needed post, Sandeepa! Yeah, if only we could vent about family members without paying the consequences. Hee hee. :) I'm often wary of street food, but that biryani looks amazing! My hubby keeps telling me about kati rolls, but I've never tried one yet. You are so making me crave going to NYC and soon! :)

    ReplyDelete
  9. Sandeepa, you make me drool like anything. Since few weeks I am craving for biriyani and you talk about lamb on rice, chicken biriyani and kofta pulaos! Looks like you had a nice time there. Your blog is one I used to visit everyday since 3 years (I have checked for new possts even when you were away :) ) Even though I don't blog egularly I somehow keep in touch with people. Yours is my favorite !

    ReplyDelete
  10. Your blogger's etiquette is very neat. I would add 'post a comment' to this. Encourages the writer.

    And if one has to get sarcastic or vitriolic then one shouldn't do it anonymously at least.

    I had heard about the urban legend of a bengali couple who took a coukk from Cal and sell rolls in NYC. Is this the one you have referred to?

    ReplyDelete
  11. I love your anecdotal style. Just recipes or food descriptions are very drab to read.

    Your biriyani and roll in 3 hours trip reminded me of a work trip to Cal sometime back when I had a meeting at the Grand. Our local office head offered me lunch there after the meeting.

    I ducked that and went to the phuchka guy in front of Nu York and had phuchkas. Then went to the reopened Nizam and had mutton roll and biriyani. And then went to K C das and had a blow par mishti doi!!!!

    Finished the nostalgia trip by going over to Presidency almost ten years after I left college for a nostalgia trip

    BTW this is the recipe of friend of mine for Cal biriyani. I was lucky to habve it once. Very authentic http://feastguru.com/index.php/20081213421/indian/mutton-biryani-recipe-calcutta-style.html

    ReplyDelete
  12. Bhujangasana! :-)) Sirshasan noye? ;-)
    NY te rickshaw??!! Chobita darun! :-)

    ReplyDelete
  13. Yummy food...hope you had a great day :-)

    No comments on the paint though! Sorry ! :-(

    ReplyDelete
  14. My pic got lifted recently (not by a blogger), I complained, and it was immediately addressed. But the next day, I got a rude comment on that very post, published it and told them to lighten up - haven't heard from them since and am hoping I've defused the situation wisely.

    "your own original copyrighted rant" and "Bhujangasana" - hilarious!

    ReplyDelete
  15. Kati roll in Greenwich Village - oh, you are making me homesick for NYC! :-) (we went to grad school near there and used to go all the time). The biryani cart must have appeared after our time, but it looks great. Thanks for the nice post.

    ReplyDelete
  16. I'd love the lamb with rice.

    ReplyDelete
  17. I dont like NYC mainly coz of the crowd and traffic.Though i love the shopping bit of it:-P.I liked the blog etiquette note that u've mentioned.I havent seen the rickshaws anywhere except in NYC.I remember taking a ride at midnight after seeing the Empire state building.....then it reminded me of India.I have never tried the katti rolls...will keep this in mind and try the next time.Thanks for sharing!

    ReplyDelete
  18. I loved the sight of Rickshaws...Being outside Kolkata for over 10 years, I too share almost similar emotions about these things. But,Kathi roll is kathi roll everywhere beyond geographical boundaries of West Bengal, because of its skewers. Interestingly, in Delhi, there is a preference for kathi rolls wrapped in roomali rotis rather than in hot, greasy (yummy & lip smacking)parathas like in Kolkata.

    In fact roomalis being readily available in fresh or frozen avtars, you can wrap up yummy (but healthy)kathi rolls, with fresh kakori kebabs or tikkas or sheekhs, onion rings and pudina chutney.

    Hope you would try it some day.

    ReplyDelete
  19. Kathi rolls in roomali have become popular in mumbai too. they suck.

    btw any idea on how to stop people from lifting pics/ material?

    ReplyDelete
  20. Kay
    :)

    Kalai

    You should really try the Kati Rolls too good, there are many veggie ones too

    Nirmala

    Awwww thanks :)

    The Knife

    I think that urban legend is kind of correct. Don't know the full story but a friend of mine had chatted with the owner and said the same.

    Sharmila

    NY te hep chele pile rickshaw chalay :)

    Sunita
    Thanks:)

    ReplyDelete
  21. Sra

    How come I missed that "fun" too ;-)

    Wild Orchid
    We didn't go to Greenwich, they have opened another outlet in midtown. And they have one in London too.
    Did you ever go to Babu @ Greenwich, same owners, had fabulous food

    Cynthia
    You should :)

    Nithya
    I don't like any of that except the food :D

    BWM

    That would be more like a wrap right ? Not a roll come on :D
    The husband makes fab egg rolls with Malaysian parottas, will post

    The Knife

    You can't really stop lifting. Let people know in bold that this material is copyrighted and people should ask if they want to borrow. Also contact the guilty if such happens

    ReplyDelete
  22. In London!! Good to know, that's not far from Amsterdam! Please do post your husband's recipe for egg rolls with Malaysian parathas...that sounds great!

    ReplyDelete
  23. PS Have not been to Babu's...got to try it the next time we're in NYC!

    ReplyDelete
  24. Wild Orchid

    Sadly Babu had closed down last I heard. It was a bit upscale, with a dinner for 4 adults (that was last we went with friends) was about 150-200 I think.

    Though the food was delicious and the presentation very authentic(brass thali et al), I think the price was on the higher side and the food very bengali(luchi, daab chingri everything bengali you could dream of) to please the masses. It needed a niche clientele and so inspite of great reviews, I heard it has closed down.

    ReplyDelete
  25. How did I miss this...!

    Thank you, Thank you for the blog etiquette 101 - Touche is all I can say and hope that the people who need it read it..

    I love the kathi rolls in Delhi which are wrapped in these amazing roomali rotis - divine!

    Miri

    ReplyDelete
  26. Dear Sandeepa, Enjoyed reading your blog commandments. Even when I read reviews in famous newspapers, I am often shocked at the lack of etiquette, usage of personal tone etc. Wish more people would start thinking along these lines!

    ReplyDelete
  27. heheh..Bhujangasana..thats cool sandy!...

    btw I am not on your right sidebar...hopefully on your reader so that you can get to know me better...:D...cupcakes for daddy looks great..sorry commenting abt it here...

    ReplyDelete
  28. Your blog keeps getting better and better! Your older articles are not as good as newer ones you have a lot more creativity and originality now keep it up!

    ReplyDelete
  29. Bracelets, if there's something I like, it's food!

    ReplyDelete
  30. [url=http://kfarbair.com][img]http://www.kfarbair.com/_images/_photos/photo_big8.jpg[/img][/url]

    בית מלון [url=http://www.kfarbair.com]כפר בעיר[/url] - אינטימיות, [url=http://kfarbair.com/services.html]שקט[/url] . אנחנו מציעים שירותי אירוח מגוונים כמו כן ישנו במקום שירות חדרים הכולל [url=http://www.kfarbair.com/eng/index.html]סעודות רומנטיות[/url] במחירים מיוחדים אשר מוגשות ישירות לחדרכם...

    לפרטים נוספים אנא לפנות לעמוד המלון - [url=http://kfarbair.com]כפר בעיר[/url] [url=http://www.kfarbair.com/contact.html][img]http://www.kfarbair.com/_images/apixel.gif[/img][/url]

    ReplyDelete
  31. [u][b]Xrumer[/b][/u]

    [b]Xrumer SEO Professionals

    As Xrumer experts, we possess been using [url=http://www.xrumer-seo.com]Xrumer[/url] for the benefit of a long immediately conditions and recollect how to harness the colossal power of Xrumer and go off it into a Cash machine.

    We also yield the cheapest prices on the market. Diverse competitors desire charge 2x or square 3x and a a pile of the term 5x what we debt you. But we feel in providing enormous help at a debilitated affordable rate. The whole something of purchasing Xrumer blasts is because it is a cheaper substitute to buying Xrumer. So we aim to abide by that bit in rebuke and afford you with the cheapest standing possible.

    Not only do we have the greatest prices but our turnaround time for your Xrumer posting is wonderful fast. We will pull someone's leg your posting done to come you distinguish it.

    We also outfit you with a ample log of well-heeled posts on contrary forums. So that you can get the idea also in behalf of yourself the power of Xrumer and how we hold harnessed it to gain your site.[/b]


    [b]Search Engine Optimization

    Using Xrumer you can wish to see thousands upon thousands of backlinks exchange for your site. Tons of the forums that your Location you intent be posted on bear exalted PageRank. Having your link on these sites can really help establish up some top grade help links and really riding-boot your Alexa Rating and Google PageRank rating utterly the roof.

    This is making your position more and more popular. And with this increase in regard as familiarly as PageRank you can keep in view to appreciate your milieu really rank high in those Search Locomotive Results.
    Transport

    The amount of see trade that can be obtained nearby harnessing the power of Xrumer is enormous. You are publishing your locality to tens of thousands of forums. With our higher packages you may still be publishing your site to HUNDREDS of THOUSANDS of forums. Imagine 1 collection on a stylish forum drive by rig out 1000 or so views, with announce ' 100 of those people visiting your site. Modern create tens of thousands of posts on popular forums all getting 1000 views each. Your traffic will function sometimes non-standard due to the roof.

    These are all targeted visitors that are interested or bizarre about your site. Imagine how assorted sales or leads you can achieve with this considerable number of targeted visitors. You are truly stumbling upon a goldmine friendly to be picked and profited from.

    Reminisce over, Above is Money.
    [/b]

    GET YOUR TWOPENNY DEFAME TODAY:


    http://www.xrumer-seo.com

    ReplyDelete
  32. Reading these kind of posts reminds me of just how technology truly is everywhere in this day and age, and I think it is safe to say that we have passed the point of no return in our relationship with technology.


    I don't mean this in a bad way, of course! Societal concerns aside... I just hope that as memory becomes cheaper, the possibility of copying our memories onto a digital medium becomes a true reality. It's one of the things I really wish I could experience in my lifetime.


    (Posted on Nintendo DS running [url=http://knol.google.com/k/anonymous/-/9v7ff0hnkzef/1]R4[/url] DS FPost)

    ReplyDelete
  33. Infatuation casinos? grill this youthful [url=http://www.realcazinoz.com]casino[/url] tillerman and table online casino games like slots, blackjack, roulette, baccarat and more at www.realcazinoz.com .
    you can also into our untrained [url=http://freecasinogames2010.webs.com]casino[/url] orientate at http://freecasinogames2010.webs.com and win out over more than authoritative tangled realize !
    another distinctive [url=http://www.ttittancasino.com]casino spiele[/url] purlieus is www.ttittancasino.com , in compensation german gamblers, frame a leave in manumitted online casino bonus.

    ReplyDelete
  34. Befit interested to fall into effects of tribulation misguided scoff cook with smashing greater instances partly [url=http://onlineviagrapill.com]viagra[/url]. Justification someone the agile prognostication to accede to you affable of intuit that you are thriving [url=http://ambiendrug.com]ambien[/url]. Chit-chat yon gloominess feared proof

    ReplyDelete
  35. Someone deleted a variety of links from hellshare and mediafire ...

    From now, we will use www.tinyurlalternative.com as our main [url=http://www.tinyurlalternative.com]url shortener[/url], so every url will be there and visible for everyone.

    You can pick out from many great [url=http://kfc.ms]short url[/url] address like:

    kfc.ms easysharelink.info jumpme.info megauploadlink.info megavideolink.info mygamelink.info myrapidsharelink.info mytorrentlink.info myurlshortener.com mywarezlink.info urlredirect.info urlshrinker.info weblinkshortener.com youtubelink.info and many others.

    They include over 60 other ready domains and the [url=http://myurlshortener.com]url shortener[/url] service work well for free without any registration needed.

    So we think it is good idea and suggest you to use [url=http://urlredirect.info]url redirect[/url] service too!

    Thank you.

    ReplyDelete
  36. You have to express more your opinion to attract more readers, because just a video or plain text without any personal approach is not that valuable. But it is just form my point of view

    ReplyDelete
  37. After reading you site, Your site is very useful for me .I bookmarked your site!

    ReplyDelete
  38. Buy Nike shoes at 123NikeShoes.com - one of the largest [url=http://www.123nikeshoes.com][b]Nike shoes[/b][/url] stores on the Internet today. Find over 5,000 Nike products for your choice on our repertory. For shoes news and updates: http://buynikeshoes.wordpress.com
    [b]123nikeshoes.com[/b] - The Ultimate Nike Shoes Store. Diversified Nike Brands: [url=http://www.123nikeshoes.com]Nike Shox[/url], Nike Dunks, Nike Air Max, Nike Air Force, Nike Classics, Nike Basketball, Nike Running, Nike Air Jordan Shoes, [url=http://www.123nikeshoes.com/Nike-Shox-Rival.html]Nike Shox Rival[/url], [url=http://www.123nikeshoes.com/Nike-Shox-Deliver.html]Nike Shox Deliver[/url], [url=http://www.123nikeshoes.com/Nike-Shox-Navina.html]Nike Shox Navina[/url] and [url=http://www.123nikeshoes.com/Nike-Shox-BB4.html]Nike Shox BB4[/url]. Buy 2 Products and have a free shipping. For further details visit us at www.123nikeshoes.com.

    ReplyDelete
  39. Very interesting and useful information about Blog Etiquette and Eating in NYC thanks for sharing!!

    ReplyDelete
  40. When I saw your blog content, I have some reflections. But the time is short. So I only leave some words in your blog and still thank you for sharing.

    ReplyDelete
  41. This blog is great -- I love the mix of food, NYC, etiquette, the fact that you say your titles have readers baffled (mine do too). Thanks for writing.

    ReplyDelete
  42. <a href="
    ”http://www.sundrugstore.com

    ReplyDelete
  43. Famciclovir®( Famciclovir) or Famvir is an antiviral drug which is actually the pro drug of penciclovir meaning that once in the body Famciclovir or Famvir is converted to the active penciclovir.Famciclovir or Famvir inactivates viral DNA, meaning that the virus is not able to reproduce

    ReplyDelete
  44. Flagyl® (metronidazole) is a prescription antibiotic medication used to treat a variety of different infections. It is effective against certain parasites as well as many different types of anaerobic bacteria (bacteria that do not require oxygen to survive).

    ReplyDelete
  45. albenza® (albendazole) is an orally administered broad-spectrum anthelmintic. chemically it is methyl 5-(propylthio)-2-benzimidazolecarbamate. its molecular formula is c 12 h 15 n 3 o 2 s. its molecula...

    albenza

    ReplyDelete
  46. I love, love, love going to the city and hop at it every chance I get! The sounds, the food, the shopping, the clubs, the museums, broadway, the shows at Central Park - so fun! After M's birth though, it's come down drastically. Now it's Kid Junction, Sesame Place, Chuckee Cheese's and parks and toy stores :) I'd have loved to live in Manhattan before M was born but now, am glad to be a suburban (almost rural!) mom :)
    show your fitness evista online

    ReplyDelete
  47. These types of ugg shoes and handbags and also handbags are available in a selection associated with variations and colours which complement their own degree shoes

    ReplyDelete
  48. The blog is to good and informative where i like to discuss about this in my blog thanks for sharing.

    ReplyDelete
  49. Excellent information to many people like to read articles to learn about these issues of great interest.Oups... my blog disappeared from Les Explorers list ; )So many people leave a coment in your blog, For this we can know that your blog is very Wonderful,Cheers for your performance, I hope you continue to post such good articles.

    ReplyDelete
  50. The last mistake that I might ever commit is to leave a rude comment, I always make sure that I stay as professional as I can be and not offend others.
    phentermine 37.5

    ReplyDelete
  51. Nice information, valuable and excellent design, as share good stuff with good ideas and concepts, lots of great information and inspiration. Thanks for the great information. And thanks for sharing.

    ReplyDelete
  52. Thanks for your post, I like this post very much.

    ReplyDelete
  53. Brilliant post and useful information…I think this is what I read somewhere…but I don’t know with your experience…

    ReplyDelete
  54. Almost people like to write what he said, But I like to listen what they said, Your post is very good. Thanks!

    ReplyDelete
  55. Nice information, valuable and excellent design, as share good stuff with good ideas and concepts, lots of great information and inspiration. Thanks for the great information. And thanks for sharing.
    Web Hosting Server

    ReplyDelete
  56. I think this is explained in such a nice way so that anyone can understand.

    ReplyDelete
  57. Good design..I amazed..Great work...

    ReplyDelete
  58. Pretty good post. I just stumbled upon your blog and wanted to say that I have really enjoyed reading your blog posts. Any way I will be subscribing to your feed and I hope you post again soon.

    ReplyDelete
  59. Post very nicely written and it contains useful facts. I am happy to find your distinguished way of writing the post. Thanks a lot.

    ReplyDelete
  60. I found this much informative, as to what I was exactly searching for. Thanks for such post and please keep it up.
    _______________________________________________
    coursework help | GCSE Coursework Help | Science Coursework Help | Research Paper Writing | Essay Writing Services | Essay Writing

    ReplyDelete
  61. Good publish. I experienced your publish a lot. It is so exciting that I couldn’t take away my face from your site. I Appreciated examining it a lot. Best of luck!!

    ReplyDelete

Thanks for your Comments. I hope you will be nice and not Spam.