Comments on: Naan Fromage, S’il vous plaît http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/09/20/naan_fromage_sa/ All that flavorful brownness in one savory packet Sat, 30 Nov 2013 11:11:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: raj http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/09/20/naan_fromage_sa/comment-page-1/#comment-216689 raj Wed, 24 Sep 2008 18:03:19 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5384#comment-216689 <p>Koththu Rotti ( more of a Sri Lankan Muslim cuisine ) in Singapore/Malaysia is called as Murthabak. You can't beat the Chicken Murthabak from the Arab Street ( near the big mosque ) restaurants in Singapore. If you don't like the red hot pepper ( chili ) don't even bother :-)</p> Koththu Rotti ( more of a Sri Lankan Muslim cuisine ) in Singapore/Malaysia is called as Murthabak. You can’t beat the Chicken Murthabak from the Arab Street ( near the big mosque ) restaurants in Singapore. If you don’t like the red hot pepper ( chili ) don’t even bother :-)

]]> By: Preston http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/09/20/naan_fromage_sa/comment-page-1/#comment-216688 Preston Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:54:52 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5384#comment-216688 <p>Thanks, Lalita.</p> Thanks, Lalita.

]]> By: Lalita http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/09/20/naan_fromage_sa/comment-page-1/#comment-216614 Lalita Tue, 23 Sep 2008 19:49:58 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5384#comment-216614 <p>On a completely random tangent...the diaspora photos by Preston Merchant are really really really really good.</p> <p>btw, i think that the juillet noir photos could potentially fit into his collection. :)</p> On a completely random tangent…the diaspora photos by Preston Merchant are really really really really good.

btw, i think that the juillet noir photos could potentially fit into his collection. :)

]]> By: sui__generis http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/09/20/naan_fromage_sa/comment-page-1/#comment-216579 sui__generis Tue, 23 Sep 2008 09:03:04 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5384#comment-216579 <blockquote>If it's for work, could I ask what line of work you're in? I only ask because Russia is one of those countries I still have pictured in my mind as the backdrop to Yakov Smirnov jokes. I'm sure that it's not the case.</blockquote> <p>Moscow is an impressive city. Think New York City, Washington DC and Paris rolled into one at twice the price. The metro is fantastic. You can sit across the Kremlin (a stone's throw) and eat at McDonalds. If you like biker chicks and redheads wearing high-heels, Moscow is your place. We've been here for 2 weeks with a few a more days to go for work in the technology industry and have been impressed with city's cleanliness, efficiency and restaurant selection (we're vegetarian). It is, however, quite expensive -- our hotel next to the Kremlin is $500/night. We've been to 3 Indian restaurants in the city, all of them quite good (and expensive). All the restaurants prepare food well in our experience. People are polite and store vendors are not at all pushy -- service though is not a strong point. The selection of ultra, ultra high-end goods is off the charts. Reminds me of the John Lennon song Strange Days with my own verse (Everybody's smoking, no one's getting high / Lot of things for sale, nothing worth buying).</p> <p>If you plan to visit Moscow learn to read Cyrillic, buy a Russian dictionary (few English speakers) and brings lots of cash. Russia has embraced Capitalism and Consumerism full force -- riding the Metro you could easily be in NYC minus the ethnic diversity. There are a lot of folks from China in Moscow especially at Moscow State U and Technological university. Sushi restaurants are ubiquitous. People smoke like fiends.</p> <p>Moscow is not at all what was expected, much better and more expensive.</p> If it’s for work, could I ask what line of work you’re in? I only ask because Russia is one of those countries I still have pictured in my mind as the backdrop to Yakov Smirnov jokes. I’m sure that it’s not the case.

Moscow is an impressive city. Think New York City, Washington DC and Paris rolled into one at twice the price. The metro is fantastic. You can sit across the Kremlin (a stone’s throw) and eat at McDonalds. If you like biker chicks and redheads wearing high-heels, Moscow is your place. We’ve been here for 2 weeks with a few a more days to go for work in the technology industry and have been impressed with city’s cleanliness, efficiency and restaurant selection (we’re vegetarian). It is, however, quite expensive — our hotel next to the Kremlin is $500/night. We’ve been to 3 Indian restaurants in the city, all of them quite good (and expensive). All the restaurants prepare food well in our experience. People are polite and store vendors are not at all pushy — service though is not a strong point. The selection of ultra, ultra high-end goods is off the charts. Reminds me of the John Lennon song Strange Days with my own verse (Everybody’s smoking, no one’s getting high / Lot of things for sale, nothing worth buying).

If you plan to visit Moscow learn to read Cyrillic, buy a Russian dictionary (few English speakers) and brings lots of cash. Russia has embraced Capitalism and Consumerism full force — riding the Metro you could easily be in NYC minus the ethnic diversity. There are a lot of folks from China in Moscow especially at Moscow State U and Technological university. Sushi restaurants are ubiquitous. People smoke like fiends.

Moscow is not at all what was expected, much better and more expensive.

]]> By: Lurker http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/09/20/naan_fromage_sa/comment-page-1/#comment-216549 Lurker Tue, 23 Sep 2008 02:07:33 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5384#comment-216549 <p><i>21 · <B>sui__generis</B> <a href="http://www.sepiamutiny.com/sepia/archives/005384.html#comment216492">said</a></i></p> <blockquote>I'm currently in Russia (Moscow), the desi scene is virtually non-existent. There are 1/2 dozen Indian restaurants and smattering vegetarians ones. Russians are aware of Desis (Idiaaan), but has the feel of growing up in California in the 70's. My girlfriend and I stared at where ever we venture, but people are nice. As far as I can tell -- there are absolutely no Dosas or Idlis in Moscow. </blockquote> <p>That's very interesting. What are you there for? Work? Holiday?</p> <p>If it's for work, could I ask what line of work you're in? I only ask because Russia is one of those countries I still have pictured in my mind as the backdrop to Yakov Smirnov jokes. I'm sure that it's not the case.</p> 21 · sui__generis said

I’m currently in Russia (Moscow), the desi scene is virtually non-existent. There are 1/2 dozen Indian restaurants and smattering vegetarians ones. Russians are aware of Desis (Idiaaan), but has the feel of growing up in California in the 70′s. My girlfriend and I stared at where ever we venture, but people are nice. As far as I can tell — there are absolutely no Dosas or Idlis in Moscow.

That’s very interesting. What are you there for? Work? Holiday?

If it’s for work, could I ask what line of work you’re in? I only ask because Russia is one of those countries I still have pictured in my mind as the backdrop to Yakov Smirnov jokes. I’m sure that it’s not the case.

]]> By: roop rai http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/09/20/naan_fromage_sa/comment-page-1/#comment-216536 roop rai Mon, 22 Sep 2008 23:54:34 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5384#comment-216536 <p>oooh i love watching recipe videos even when I don't understand a word ! :)))) thank god for food. that looks YUMM! thanks for sharing.</p> oooh i love watching recipe videos even when I don’t understand a word ! :) ))) thank god for food. that looks YUMM! thanks for sharing.

]]> By: Amitabh http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/09/20/naan_fromage_sa/comment-page-1/#comment-216508 Amitabh Mon, 22 Sep 2008 21:03:01 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5384#comment-216508 <blockquote>As every child, I went to school; As every child, they taught me to read, They sang me many songs, taught me so many stories: Lutetia... Paris... Paris... But why, o why didn't they tell me the name of my language at school? Our teacher would tell us about that great king of France Kneeling down in front of the poor: a real saint, that saint Louis! He loved each and every one and fought poverty: a real saint, that saint Louis! But why, o why didn't they tell me at school that he killed my country?[29] And as we grew up, we had to speak three languages; To make a good technician, you needed three languages, And English and German and what they write in Rome to make a good technician. But why, o why didn't they tell me the name of my language at school? Maybe so much knowledge is hiding the truth from our eyes; We'll learn by ourselves that freedom doesn't rule on earth; We'll learn about the starvation in India and the mourning of Africans and the death of Che Guevara, And why, yes why they didn't say the name of our country at school...</blockquote> As every child, I went to school; As every child, they taught me to read, They sang me many songs, taught me so many stories: Lutetia… Paris… Paris… But why, o why didn’t they tell me the name of my language at school? Our teacher would tell us about that great king of France Kneeling down in front of the poor: a real saint, that saint Louis! He loved each and every one and fought poverty: a real saint, that saint Louis! But why, o why didn’t they tell me at school that he killed my country?[29] And as we grew up, we had to speak three languages; To make a good technician, you needed three languages, And English and German and what they write in Rome to make a good technician. But why, o why didn’t they tell me the name of my language at school? Maybe so much knowledge is hiding the truth from our eyes; We’ll learn by ourselves that freedom doesn’t rule on earth; We’ll learn about the starvation in India and the mourning of Africans and the death of Che Guevara, And why, yes why they didn’t say the name of our country at school…]]> By: Amitabh http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/09/20/naan_fromage_sa/comment-page-1/#comment-216507 Amitabh Mon, 22 Sep 2008 20:59:07 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5384#comment-216507 <blockquote>The idea is not just to remove Anglais(said with a sneer) from France. It is to impose French on everyone, everywhere. So which do you prefer, the English or the French? If there is a war, Anglais vs francais, I think I'll be right at the front waving the Union Jack.</blockquote> <p>Absolutely, I agree with you 100%...I don't even like French. All I meant was that I'm glad they're protecting it within France. As far as imposing French on others, I would be totally against that.</p> The idea is not just to remove Anglais(said with a sneer) from France. It is to impose French on everyone, everywhere. So which do you prefer, the English or the French? If there is a war, Anglais vs francais, I think I’ll be right at the front waving the Union Jack.

Absolutely, I agree with you 100%…I don’t even like French. All I meant was that I’m glad they’re protecting it within France. As far as imposing French on others, I would be totally against that.

]]> By: Preston http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/09/20/naan_fromage_sa/comment-page-1/#comment-216506 Preston Mon, 22 Sep 2008 20:44:54 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5384#comment-216506 <p>Sugi, in the cultural melange of Paris, were you able to find a durian?</p> Sugi, in the cultural melange of Paris, were you able to find a durian?

]]> By: Desiboy http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/09/20/naan_fromage_sa/comment-page-1/#comment-216500 Desiboy Mon, 22 Sep 2008 19:06:29 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5384#comment-216500 <p>I"ve been to many of those Indian restaurants near Gare du Nord, and most were pretty forgettable. But in ordering the naan fromage, VV missed the bigger abomination--"plain naan". At every Indian place, ordering plain naan meant getting naan with another kind filling. Any guesses at to what it was?</p> <p>Mayonnaise.</p> <p>Okay, it's been six years, but the memory of that still makes me queasy...</p> I”ve been to many of those Indian restaurants near Gare du Nord, and most were pretty forgettable. But in ordering the naan fromage, VV missed the bigger abomination–”plain naan”. At every Indian place, ordering plain naan meant getting naan with another kind filling. Any guesses at to what it was?

Mayonnaise.

Okay, it’s been six years, but the memory of that still makes me queasy…

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