Dinner at Kailash Parbhath

Went to one of my favourite restaurants in the city for dinner with my brother and family. We had prepared for a long wait given it is a Sunday evening ; we got our seats in less than 15 minutes. Started with chats. The usual Bhel puri, Pani Poori, Dahi Papdi chat and then the Bombay Chat was mouthwatering taste. We added a Sweet Lassi the lassi was not all that good ;; a little sour ;;;; Place was noisy and crowded and hence we could not have a leisurely conversation; but then the food is worth the other troubles; Main course started with their signature Bhatura Platter and then some breads and dishes. Every dish is so tasty that you want to eat more. We ended with some mouthwatering Milk Sweets. We also had the Sizzling Brownie with Ice Cream but then that was so so... nothing like the Sizzling brownie in Cream Center.... A Very satisified dinner

Blood Donation today

I am a voluntary blood donor donating blood atleast twice a year near my home in Vijaya Hospital. Besides, registering with the blood banks in the city of chennai, I had given my name in a Anjaneya temple in Ashok Nagar sometime back. Got a call from the temple authorities last night at 9 p.m saying that a pregnant lady is URGENT need of my blood group blood and i confirmed to them to be available at the Govt. ESI hospital in K.K.Nagar this morning at 9.

It was a pleasant memorable experience donating for the first time at this place. Firstly a clean and healthy ambience and a very friendly service from the people at the blood bank. Understandably, the recipient's relative was eagerly waiting and thanked me. The whole process was very professional and was done with in <>

Patient's husband ( all of 30 years old) is from a village near chennai and has completed his MS in Computer Science from the local college and is working in a BPO in chennai for the last 5 years for a salary of <>

I offerred to register my name at the Hospital Blood bank too and the point made by the Nurse got me thinking and that was " Sir... we get the regular donors like you coming and donating and we have a method to reach you ... but then sometimes we ask the patient's relatives to go and get new donors because through that the thought of donating blood can reach more people and thereby benefit more ... " She in her own little way is helping increase the donor community ( onetime or regular) ..... Thank you for your selfless service.

I was a happy contended man walking out of the ESI hospital.....

Emirates flight Chennai to Sanfransico

I took the Emirates flight from Chennai to San Fransico via Dubai. Was an extremely pleasant experience. Most important one being the time to reach SFO was the shortest. I left Chennai at 3 am and was in SFO by 1 am same day total elapsed time of 22 hours. Flight was most convenient , lots of legroom ( lucky to have got Exit Row seat in both the flights) , short wait at Dubai airport, awesome food and great entertainment.

Dubai airport had Wifi access that I could quickly enable my Android phone to check mails, chat with my son on FB and all set.

When you are coming on short business trips and want to make the most of the time ( rather than wait at airports), this one was worth everything you paid for.

Flying is made easy thanks to flights like this and amenities

Bhavika restaurant in Elcamino

Everytime , I come on a trip to Sanjose, I don't miss visiting Elcamino to Komala's . My recent addition to that list is Bhavika's . This is a small sweet shop cum Gujarati restaurant . The food is awesome and very authentic. It is a refreshing change from many an Indian restaurants in the US which have these buffet items with no taste. I have come to like this place so much that these days I book myself into a hotel in Elcamnio which is walking distance from Bhavika. If you are love authentic indian ( gujarati ) food, don't miss this place