Something's Fishy at Tunga International!!!!!!

It was today afternoon that Anjana decided to treat me & Alok for her birthday.We decided to go to some place close to office & Tunga met our time restrictions.

We went to the restaurant on the 2nd Floor.....or was it the third.....well, whatever the restaurant "Something Fishy" and while the story unfolds you'll realise that the restaurant is true to it's name. There is something fishy about "Something Fishy"!!!!!

Anjana, Alok & myself sat oursef down to a quite lunch......a fresh lime soda for all of us. A chicken starter, a chicken tikka masala with some couple of roti's each for the three of us......& just as we were ready to order we asked the waiter to suggest somthing else for the main course. $^&! yeah.......wait for the main thing.
The waiter suggests crab so I glance through the menu for crab items which are priced within Rs.300/- & then we OK his suggestion

The starter arrives, the boneless crab arrives, & so does the main course......& the food is good.
We then decide on caramel pudding for dessert which all the three of us decide on sharing.
& then starts the not so good, horrible & then horrifying experience.

Well, the not so good experience was with the chicken which was spicy though we were assured that it won't be spicy.
The horrible experience is from the 10 whole minutes we had to wait to get a spoon so we could start with the dessert (finally had I not gone to the counter to get the spoons myself I guess we'd be waiting for 15 minutes for spoons)

Then we ask for the bill................now 3 fresh lime sodas, rotis, one starter, chicken, crab.......how much can that be???? The bill arrives.......& the host is paying.......one 500 rupee note, and another, the third, a fourth!!!!! & OMG a fifth one too!!!
I grab the bill to check what on earth we've eaten to pay something like 2500 for a lunch for three????

That's the horrifying part..............the waiter's recommendation what we saw as 400 on the menu card was never something from the menu card. It was a whopping Rs.1800/-
I think I was ready to drop dead for allowing a waiter to recommend. But Anjana, the cool nerves that she has................just shrugged & said it was a great lunch, paid & we left the restaurant.

Lessons:
There is a lot fishy about something fishy!
never go by a steward's assurance on the spice in a dish
Never ever ask the steward for a recommendation.
If you do, ensure you ask him he price too.

It was a great time spent with friends but at a cost which was just not justifiable!!
The restaurant gets a thumbs down from me.

When photographs say more than words can

Photographs make memories in colour. They say much more than words can.

They take you back in time & in most cases a story unfolds right there as you see the photograph.

The pics below are glimpses of a beautiful year that's gone by.

                              

The first four photographs(from the top....left to right) are taken on 2nd October just before we took Aisha for a "Head Shave"

Believe me, it was very difficult watching those lovely curls being chopped off :-(

Aisha took it very well though see she is "no hair & all smiles" the very next day!!!

The pics above are very dear to me. That's my FIL carrying Aisha......& the next one was taken on Christmas Eve (2009) Aisha lends a helping hand with X-Mas decorations.

                                                                      

Above are what we call "Perfect Pics" yeah......the awesome threesome (the first one was taken at Kapu Beach in Mangalore & the second was taken on 9th October which was the day of Aisha's naming ceremony)

From left to right above: Daddy's girl, Aisha's awakening at 21 days (our favorite) and the next one is Self photography at it best- the pic was taken on my birthday (2009). It was taken by me while looking into a mirror :-)

The above pics are of Aisha & her cousin Alaina.

The first one was taken when we went to visit my cousin Genu after her delivery (see the beautiful bundle, sleeping beauty) and the next one at a common friend's wedding where Aisha was all over Alaina as though she was a live doll & all Aisha wanted to do is cuddle & kiss the little doll.

Another of my favorite......at the left in my young cousin Azhar in who's lap Aisha fits so perfectly.

Azhar is fondly looking at Aisha & Aisha back at him. They were so lost they even forgot to look at the camera ;-)

At the right is a priceless photograph. That's the four generations pic.......

(from above: Nana, mamma, Aisha's mamma & Aisha )