Bombay duck, Pomphret and Alphonso

Ummm, ummm! That was most of what my meals consisted of the last week. I had to rush to Bombay for a week on a very short notice. You either hate Bombay or you love it – there are no in-betweens. I LOVE it. I spent many of my childhood summers in Bombay. I also spent two solid education years in Bombay. If funny how most metros in India are changing so rapidly – but Bombay seems to be stuck in time. It was fast paced, it still is fast paced and it will always remain that way. If you thought the population, poverty, pollution and traffic couldn’t get worse – think again! Despite all this there is something that is so powerful and enigmatic about Bombay. You will rarely see anyone loitering around. Everyone has a mission. And I had a mission too. I had to walk a few Clinics through two products I had developed – “Food Handlers’ Health Screening Program” and “School Health Program”. And then we tried to launch this at many schools and restaurants. We received many positive responses!

I spent my evenings with my cousins, aunts and the five-year-old who insisted that if she ate cheese (this is while she was eating it) she wouldn’t fit into her jeans!!! She also believes that if she does not tie her hair up in pigtails, it would not grow long (this one has to be her mom’s way of getting her to tie her hair).

Barring the flight delays and a weird guy hitting on me at the airport, it was a wonderful trip. I had the first mango of the season and carried back two-dozen with me. I ate fried bombay duck, pomphret, crab curry and shrimp biryani to my heart’s content. Now it’s back to the grind. So brace yourself…here I come :-S