Bachelors' Lunch

I haven't been blogging much lately. As I type my "comeback post", I'm trying to analyze the reasons of why this could be so. Three reasons come to my mind:

(1) I have drastically reduced the time that I spend on the computer.
(2) Whatever time I do spend, is mostly spent in working -- i.e. no more slashdotting and incessant Google Readering
(3) The "I-just-have-to-blog-about-this" feeling has subsided to quite an extent!

With that, I return to the topic of the post -- "The Bachelors' Lunch" -- which was probably the first 'event' of it's kind for me at Synapse. The idea about the lunch just popped out of nowhere as Shaalini, Mohan, Jwahar, and I were waiting for Abhi to get the '50% discount Marriot cake' on the night of 13th Feb.

Okay, sorry for another detour -- but I just have to tell you this. The pastry shop at Hotel Marriott gives away all bakery items at 50% discount after 9:00 PM every night! :-P Happy calorie counting!

So the idea that popped out of nowhere was that all bachelors at Synapse would cook lunch for everyone else the next day. Jawahar was given charge of logistics and managing the whole affair.


The many cooks that cooked up many a tasty broth were:
o Gurpreet with his Lemon Garlic Chicken - the one in the topmost pateela, right next to the Maggi Ketchup bottle
o Naveen with this Tossed Salad - the one in the red tub
o Moi with my Chilli Paneer - the one in the kadhai towards the bottom of the pic, more on this later
o Mohan with his Rasam & Rice - rasam in the bottom left corner
o I don't remember what was in that pressure cooker -- probably something that Jawahar cooked
o Then there was Italian Pasta by Zubin (not in the picture)
o Not to forget the Strawberry Shake by Kumar.

o Oh yes, and there was also the fraud Jal Jeera by Abhisek!

And now for some 'in-the-action' pics

Moi posing proudly with my freshly cooked chilli paneer. I was the first one to get my hands down and dirty with all the choppping, dicing, and cooking!

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My yummy chilli paneer in its full glory!

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The general commotion in the kitchen. That's Indu in the saaree helping out us lesser mortals with the cooking. She's the inhouse cook whipping up a tasty menu week after week.

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Gurpreet in the act.

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Our CEO, Gourav Jaswal, getting a handful!