The Chunkie Good Day

A return birthday gift for Zehn contained a box of Chunkie, and it said chocolate chip cookies. I hid it before she could lay her eyes on it.

Since a kid, I had fantasised about chocolate chip cookies, thanks to the books penned by Enid Blyton. Dunking them in milk was supposed to be the ultimate feast for the Famous Five kids. Since then, my hunt for the cookies started.

The coffee chains, the 5 star hotels, the various bakeries... I tried them all, but they never matched my expectations. 

Until I opened a Chunkie... Crunchy on the outside, crumbling as my teeth dug into the baked dough, and then the exquisite taste of melted chocolate chips mingled with the aroma of butter...all in one bite. 

Sweet heavens, my imagination began to finally see the cookie in technicolour. Thank you Good Day, for making a cookie that feeds the palate, the soul and the imagination...

The Swamy of Food

People say, I have shrunk. Not shrunk, like, Honey I Shrunk The Kids types, but by losing a few measly grams. Anyways, the story today is not about my weight, but of a caterer named Muthuswamy.

They cater to mostly ad shoots across Mumbai. Perhaps they are expensive, or they are elaborate in their menus, I have not really had any inclination to figure. Just as long as there is food served by them, I am happy. And so are the Mumbai celebrities. From director Balki to Mrs Jaya Bachchan, they all swear by his food.

So what's so great. Today I will take you on a short tour of the tea served today. Hot mini sized bhaturas are freshly fried in ghee. And served with chole.

 

For the dosa loving crowd, there is sada dosa, masala dosa, Mysore masala, uttapam... And look at the array of chutneys.

For the chatpata loving, the sev puri and pani puri is to die for. Fiery hot chutney sweetened by a tamarind sauce, mixed with boiled potatoes on a bed of papri, sprinkled lavishly with onions, coriander and bhujia or sev.

Today, the bill of fare, though is the hot hunk Salman Khan, himself. A self confessed foodie, the actor revealed that ever since Muthuswamy catered for his youngest sibling, Arpita's first birthday, the South Indian has been doing the honours for any family get together. And that's how Muthuswamy came to serve the ad and film fraternity of Mumbai.

So enjoy the pix, while I moan the calories I have consumed. Just imagine, carbs fried in ghee. 500 years on the treadmill.