I love looking at photoblogs. In fact I'm gonna start one soon. No hang on - I already have one! But I'm gonna get me one of them supercool Canon IXUS cameras next month. Tiny little things they are .... good for taking sneaky shots of the dames.
So I was checking out Tanu's photoblog (something tells me she hates being called Tanu!) just now and she's got this one snap called Waiting for Irani Chai. And I remembered something that cracked me up! It's something not too many people know.
Irani chai. We all love Irani chai, don't we? Yeah, well - I was working out in my old gym one morning when I happened to get talking to this chap Ali. Ali's family used to run one of the biggest, most popular Irani restaurants in town (it is now an Adidas showroom). Somehow the topic turned to chai and I happened to ask Ali -- How the hell do you get your tea to taste like that, man? He smiles at me and says -- Egg whites!
I go, What??
Yeah man, we use egg whites.
What do you mean we use egg whites?
We add egg whites to the tea, dude.
You gotta be bludy shittin' me ... what about the vegetarians?
Ali breaks out into a loud laugh which is characteristic of them crazy sonsofbitches and says -- Screw the vegetarians!
Bludy hell man, you mean you buggers have been selling non-vegetarian tea for generations and nobody knows! :)
Ali didn't seem to care. But now you know the secret ingredient in Irani chai. And don't bother asking your neighbourhood Irani restaurant owner. He'll just deny it, the rascal.
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O.K. This has got to be the craziest shit I've read in recent times. The girl is just too much. Cunning Linguists indeed! :)
More of Tracy.
Peace, love, and closely guarded secrets.
So I was checking out Tanu's photoblog (something tells me she hates being called Tanu!) just now and she's got this one snap called Waiting for Irani Chai. And I remembered something that cracked me up! It's something not too many people know.
Irani chai. We all love Irani chai, don't we? Yeah, well - I was working out in my old gym one morning when I happened to get talking to this chap Ali. Ali's family used to run one of the biggest, most popular Irani restaurants in town (it is now an Adidas showroom). Somehow the topic turned to chai and I happened to ask Ali -- How the hell do you get your tea to taste like that, man? He smiles at me and says -- Egg whites!
I go, What??
Yeah man, we use egg whites.
What do you mean we use egg whites?
We add egg whites to the tea, dude.
You gotta be bludy shittin' me ... what about the vegetarians?
Ali breaks out into a loud laugh which is characteristic of them crazy sonsofbitches and says -- Screw the vegetarians!
Bludy hell man, you mean you buggers have been selling non-vegetarian tea for generations and nobody knows! :)
Ali didn't seem to care. But now you know the secret ingredient in Irani chai. And don't bother asking your neighbourhood Irani restaurant owner. He'll just deny it, the rascal.
***
O.K. This has got to be the craziest shit I've read in recent times. The girl is just too much. Cunning Linguists indeed! :)
More of Tracy.
Peace, love, and closely guarded secrets.
17 comments:
hmm...i can sense a controversy brewing.
ya i really really do hate being called that. but how the hell did you guess is the question :)
errr...how can u put egg whites in anything hot and not know?? it will become scrambled tea...wont it?? i think ur irani friend fooled u there....
bips
PS: all the best on ur new job
t: I don't know. I just had a feeling ;)
bips: No you can - mix egg whites in tea. They have a way of doing it ... you have to get the proportions just right. Btw, I confirmed it with another Irani friend whose dad also owns a restaurant.
Hi,
Did you have a blog at rediff by the same name? I used to read a saltwaterblues some four years back... That was good too :).
Cheers..
All the best for the new beginnings. Have a great time! Btw...that's quite a revelation @ irani chai...beautiful!
Screw the vegetarians is what I always say!
Great luck with the new job..:) And hope there's more than just cold beer waiting for you at home..um, I meant to comment on that because it was so pretty..but Blogger bugger!
Egg White..! Goodness gracious. You are not kidding me..are you..?
And i read the compulsive confessor ! Man..! Some compulsions man !
first time here... eewww egg-flip tea! fortunately i'm not much of a tea drinker!
also read Compulsive Confessor...hahahaha, finally someone's telling it like it is!!!
Oh freak..dint know egg whites could be added in tea!
egg whites in tea:-))) in tamil nadu, kerala, and some places in south india, beef is eaten by a lot of people. and they prefer to use the word 'mutton' instead of beef.
i'm buying a canon 3IS, will be here in another 2 weeks!!!
egg whites! hah!!
btw, i linked u :)
Are you sure about the egg whites. They actually would get cooked unless they add a teaspoon or something...Ya, I love T's photoblog. Interestingly captioned.
Oh, you wouldnt know me.. I used to read your posts regularly.. But never got around to commenting on any of them.. You were really good.. I still remember some post where you wrote about sitting around a bonfire (or something similar), strumming a guitar, singing along..
You write well, buddy.. Keep it up.. Tc..
as long as the tea doesn't smell like the cow i'm game.
I have not been commenting as much but i have been lurking around..
Thanks for the tip on the Irani chai, I like Ali's one-liner.. Screw the vegetarians.. LOL
Oh yeah, and it will be fun to hear your take on cunning linguists .. and linquistics in general. What say?
Hello to you too SwB.
:)
And Egg Whites??? lol...nice lil piece of GK you enlightened all of us with :)
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