tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5214642.post113701676978181389..comments2024-03-07T10:30:51.374-05:00Comments on down on the brown side.: Falooda NationRagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10310102856263393174noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5214642.post-1137845737502735332006-01-21T07:15:00.000-05:002006-01-21T07:15:00.000-05:00Yeah - I think it's a Gujarati name, actually. Wh...Yeah - I think it's a Gujarati name, actually. Who knows- feels like there are 15 names for everything anyway. :)<BR/><BR/>But the woodapple looks really interesting - I don't think that I've seen/we can get that here either.<BR/><BR/>Okay - time for a new thread. :)Ragehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10310102856263393174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5214642.post-1137824896746438882006-01-21T01:28:00.000-05:002006-01-21T01:28:00.000-05:00no, but it's a northwest name, perhaps :-) i've h...no, but it's a northwest name, perhaps :-) i've had white sapote, a floury, sort of vanilla-like fruit i thought. must be hard to get there :-) <BR/><BR/>we also do the tamarind-like <A HREF="http://www.agridept.gov.lk/Techinformations/Fruits/Wapple/Wapple.htm" REL="nofollow">woodapple</A> in drinks.flygirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17542497179709631855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5214642.post-1137795962081976292006-01-20T17:26:00.000-05:002006-01-20T17:26:00.000-05:00Was looking for other posts related to this - but ...Was looking for other posts related to this - but can't find them. Basically, it's a fruit called <A HREF="http://www.innvista.com/health/foods/fruits/sapotes.htm" REL="nofollow">Sapote</A> elsewhere that is really wonderful in Indian ice cream and shake varieties, and that I have not been able to find in U.S. markets (though perhaps I should be looking in Latin American markets). It's a fave of mine - but it may be a Northwest Indian thing. :)Ragehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10310102856263393174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5214642.post-1137632476745616232006-01-18T20:01:00.000-05:002006-01-18T20:01:00.000-05:00ahhh.....what's "chicku?"ahhh.....what's "chicku?"flygirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17542497179709631855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5214642.post-1137585265970626382006-01-18T06:54:00.000-05:002006-01-18T06:54:00.000-05:00Yeah, saw that. Clearly no one from there is spen...Yeah, saw that. Clearly no one from there is spending any time here on this site. Maybe I should spend more time writing about M.I.A. :)<BR/><BR/>It's okay - it's like a breadbox of a space, and it's just not good at all. I'd rather go to a diner, to be honest. At least there, when I order a milkshake off the menu, I'll get what I'm expecting.<BR/><BR/>Which reminds me... Chicku shakes... *sigh* Now THERE'S a favorite. I used to have a couple of places in New Jersey where I could get them, but I don't think they have fresh Chicku here, so it's nothing like what I had when I visited India...Ragehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10310102856263393174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5214642.post-1137564827228267882006-01-18T01:13:00.000-05:002006-01-18T01:13:00.000-05:00great article, thanks rage. also heard about the ...great article, thanks rage. also heard about the hot bread kitchens, which spread from india.<BR/><BR/>you'll be delighted to hear no doubt that the Sepia NYC meet up will be held at Lassi :-)flygirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17542497179709631855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5214642.post-1137420613620135162006-01-16T09:10:00.000-05:002006-01-16T09:10:00.000-05:00Wonderful! I'm sure that we can come up with othe...Wonderful! I'm sure that we can come up with other ideas, too... NYC saw a string of kati roll and other street food venues come (and possibly go) like the <A HREF="http://www.indianbreadco.com/" REL="nofollow">Indian Bread Co.</A>, the <A HREF="http://www.nypost.com/food/0619022.htm" REL="nofollow">Kati Roll Co.</A>, and others, but nothing really exciting and new like McDosa's or anything.<BR/><BR/>Here's a good story to check out from Little India, about this question: <A HREF="http://www.littleindia.com/march2005/ThinkingOutsidethePaniPuri.htm" REL="nofollow">Thinking Outside the Pani Puri</A>.Ragehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10310102856263393174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5214642.post-1137385373562572172006-01-15T23:22:00.000-05:002006-01-15T23:22:00.000-05:00i've been so moved (entertained) by this thread i'...i've been so moved (entertained) by this thread i'm <A HREF="http://upulie.blogspot.com/2006/01/indiansche-entwicklung-revolution.html#comments" REL="nofollow"> spreading the lerv</A>...flygirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17542497179709631855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5214642.post-1137158634894531412006-01-13T08:23:00.000-05:002006-01-13T08:23:00.000-05:00Oh lord. Though I remember hearing about a chain ...Oh lord. Though I remember hearing about a chain of dosa places sweeping over India that's headed by North Indians and sports things like "Pizza Dosa." Ugh.Ragehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10310102856263393174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5214642.post-1137107818980207102006-01-12T18:16:00.000-05:002006-01-12T18:16:00.000-05:00*ROTFLMAO*There are so many lassi and falooda vari...*ROTFLMAO*<BR/><BR/>There are so many lassi and falooda variations to be flogged, but foisting mint buttermilk or salt lemonade refreshers on the wider populace might be a bit hard. Or, even this - real <A HREF="http://www.angelfire.com/country/fauziaspakistan/chutneysquishy.html" REL="nofollow">Chutney Squishy</A>.<BR/><BR/>Who needs orientalists when we can do it all ourselves?flygirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17542497179709631855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5214642.post-1137068902834738712006-01-12T07:28:00.000-05:002006-01-12T07:28:00.000-05:00We could call it Vendies, since many desis don't p...We could call it Vendies, since many desis don't pronounce the "W" anyway...Ragehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10310102856263393174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5214642.post-1137040714896812902006-01-11T23:38:00.000-05:002006-01-11T23:38:00.000-05:00Rage, I invented my own cardamom lassis with rosew...Rage, I invented my own cardamom lassis with rosewater before this (I have a cardamom fixation), but coffee? yechh! what kind of depraved soul thought of that? hilarious, disturbing and also rather irritating post. Not only a chai tea latte lassi (snigger), but low fat frappe skinny soy caffe latte lassi images are now floating in my brain.<BR/><BR/>heck, pista falooda could work, darn it, along iwth orange or kewra water. so we're looking maybe desi version of Wendies only *way* better, maybe more upmarket. Mohan Mela Ram Dhaba.flygirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17542497179709631855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5214642.post-1137037839730235192006-01-11T22:50:00.000-05:002006-01-11T22:50:00.000-05:00Sorry - ABC is that Vietnamese desert.. can't reme...Sorry - ABC is that Vietnamese desert.. can't remember what it stands for. I think that's the shorthand (but may be an American thing).<BR/><BR/>I think it was the pista ice cream. Sheesh - I'm no expert - I was on better ground with the lassis (of which I've had a blackberry and a lichee at a restaurant near Washington DC) or even other sweets.<BR/><BR/>Oh yeah - I wrote about a cardamom lassi <A HREF="http://brownout.blogspot.com/2005/06/lassi-in-village.html" REL="nofollow">here</A>. Go to a desi place, get an interesting thing. Go to a non-desi place, pay a lot of money for something that's just a shadow of what it can be. Like having a low-fat falooda or something.Ragehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10310102856263393174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5214642.post-1137036985680739642006-01-11T22:36:00.000-05:002006-01-11T22:36:00.000-05:00pardon my ignorance but what is ABC?!pista falooda...pardon my ignorance but what is ABC?!<BR/><BR/>pista falooda, wow never heard of that...yum! what other varieties? I just thoguht that passionfruit and mango would be a bit bubble tea-y, while still rather Indian/South Asian.<BR/><BR/>Hmm. ginger, cardamom..what else?flygirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17542497179709631855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5214642.post-1137036449267664922006-01-11T22:27:00.000-05:002006-01-11T22:27:00.000-05:00Yeah - that ABC in Vietnamese cooking is really gr...Yeah - that ABC in Vietnamese cooking is really great... But there's no pista bubble tea, I don't think. :)<BR/><BR/>I have to hav a falooda, I think. Haven't had one since I was intro'd to it at evil <A HREF="http://bridget.jatol.com/pipermail/nyfoil-l_insaf.net/2005q3/000561.html" REL="nofollow">Dimple</A> restaurant in NYC.Ragehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10310102856263393174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5214642.post-1137035424114576132006-01-11T22:10:00.000-05:002006-01-11T22:10:00.000-05:00mmm. falooda, haven't had any since I was ten! gr...mmm. falooda, haven't had any since I was ten! great idea dude, and one could go on about great indian fast food chain possibilities too, but could the limitation be in the flavours? the minute you move on from rose, you enter bubble tea/east asian drink territory anyway as i saw last night at dinner in a Vietnamese restaraunt, where my friend had a three bean drink i could have sworn was really falooda :-). Mela Ram Dhaba, anyone?flygirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17542497179709631855noreply@blogger.com