Day 7: Dumplings overdose. What a heavenly way to die

I died and went to sushi/dumpling heaven this afternoon.

But before that, when Naseeruddin Shah, Ratna Pathak, Randeep Hooda and a couple of theatre actors who spit awesome are sharing the same air as you, you know your Saturday night is made. Best invested 300 bucks ever!

My friends from office and I decided to indulge ourselves today. So, we booked a table for an all-you-can-eat dumpling/tempura prawns/sushi bonanza. We warned each other that a heavy breakfast would mean a revoked invitation, and decided to meet exactly at International Lunch Hour.

We were seated at the best table in the house (pre-booked four days ago by me). All five of us were literally starving and made straight for the (at least) 15 different types of sushi first, followed by 10 types of dumplings, 10 types of starters, the main course and loads of dessert—Baskin-Robbins beside tiny assorted cakes.

Half of the sushi counter

Buffets are exhausting.

After what seemed like a day, we were done sampling three quarters of the stuff. Then we couldn’t get up. We just sat there laughing and—I’m sure that's what it was—hallucinating. Then somebody said Jabong instead of Jenga and we knew it was time to make a move.

So the only thing that topped the food this afternoon was the company. It was a weekend well-spent.

When I got home almost in the evening, I was extremely tired and decided to take a nap; nothing like snoozing off right before bedtime. But then I remembered I had to go vegetable shopping and sort out lunch for tomorrow. I had also promised to say hello to khala. A heavy sigh and change of clothes later, I was out again.

After this afternoon, I had no plan to look at any heavy food for some time. So I did a repeat telecast of my classic vegetable recipe. This time I chose tomatoes.

All in all, it’s been a good week. Much exciting work to look forward to next week. And oh, there’s a surprise for you tomorrow. All I’m giving out is, tune in for some perspective!

So what I’m really trying to say is:

1) Make friends with foodies. They are an interesting people.