My Culinary Favorites...

As the year comes to an end, I thought it is a good idea to list down my culinary favorites.

Fish:                  Salmon (pan seared fillet on a bed of garlic spinach)
Meat:                  Grilled Steak (medium well)
Poultry:               Rotisserie Chicken
Poultry, Boneless:     Grilled Chicken
Eggs:                  Sunny-side Up
Kebabs:                Chicken Malai Tikka
Non-Veg Curry:         Mutton Roganjosh
Veg Curry:             Methi Matar Malai (Fenugreek, Peas and Cream)
Dal:                   Yellow Dal Tadka (Pigeon Peas)
Beans:                 Red Kidney Beans
Breads:                Garlic Naan
Parantha, Non-stuffed: Methi (Fenugreek Leaves)
Parantha, Stuffed:     Paneer Parantha
Rice:                  Jeera Rice (Cumin)
Noodles:               Maggi (Plain)
Pasta:                 Penne (with Pesto Sauce)
Curd:                  Bathua Raita (Lamb's Quarters)
Sweet:                 Moong Dal Halwa
Ice-cream:             Butterscotch
Wine:                  Merlot
Cocktail:              Bloody Mary
Liquor:                Chivas on-the-rocks
Coffee:                Espresso (arabica, medium roast)

Please do comment and add your favorites to the list and do mention where should I try these...

Finally found an old whitepaper written by me...

Those were days when Internet wasn't common and email was rare. The speed was measured into single digit kbps (as in 4 kbps)...

Wondering where to upload that...

My Article...

I have co-authored an article on how IT can play a significant role in achieving business cost optimization and increased agility and have listed down few things CIOs should embark upon. If you find it interesting, discuss it here...

Learn from Melbourne...

Melbourne is doing something that really excited me. They are putting up bicycle stands for people to take the bike for short to medium distance travel. See one stand above... It is a great idea for people that come to office in car or public transport to use these for small distances. You can leave it at next stand. There is a fee for use and longer usage plans are available.

One thing that I think should be included is helmet rental. I wanted to try out one but was told by a passerby that helmets are required for usage. I am a visitor. Why would I roam around with a helmet around my back?

Inception - great movie to watch

Finally, I would say their is a film this year, that I enjoyed thoroughly. One of the best movies ever made. If you haven't seen it, go watch in theaters while you still can.

I like to watch movies on big screen but time constraints and small release window mean that you should be a continuous lookout for good movies and follow them closely to meet their release schedule. It has happened to me more than once that movie I wanted to watch came to India in a period, when I was in USA and the movie was no longer in theaters in USA. Perhaps, for people like me, global release within days of each other helps a lot. Anyone listening...