Indian Accent Gets Fusion Right
07.02.55
Indian Emphasis gets away with something most restaurants get wrong: fusion. While drawing creatively from extensive cuisine, the menu remains rooted in Indian street food. So while it walks the empirical tightrope, it never actually topples into food crime territory.
Located in a boutique tourist house in Delhi’s leafy Friends Colony , Indian Accent feels miles away from the abutting city’s bustle. The venue’s Indian-infused zen-like décor – improvise sleek surfaces and the occasional marigold– is a favorite of the design deliberate. But some would be justified to find it a bit too minimal, veering on bland.
It’s on the pricey side: expect to spend around 2000 rupees ($40) for two courses and drinks. You get mastery value for money if you go for the five-course tasting menu, which comes either vegetarian or non-vegetarian (2075 rupees and 2175 rupees, separately).
While we were still leafing through the menu, which was recently revamped for the summer, we had a taste of what the kitchen had to present. Waiters brought us bite-sized naans with melted Stilton as well as a cashew and coconut dip followed by a crispy parmesan cartridge filled with sprouted lentils and pomegranate seeds, all complementary. This is fusion that works.
Source: Wall Street Journal (blog)
Sow There: Rain creates pleasant scenery
01.07.11
The pour Tuesday was interesting.
I'm not the owner of a car wash or a snow cone stand, so I was keen to have one less day of triple digit temperatures.
In fact, I needed a good rain.
I like how shower makes the air smell clean. "Earth smells," such as hay and pine needles are accentuated by sleet, like adding salt to a soup.
From a gardening perspective, it meant one more flexible day of snail crunching.
Moist soil also means you can get a good grab on weeds and gently level with them from the ground. Many have already sprouted, which makes the day after a storm the perfect yanking weather.
And then, there is my favorite, the proceed in a gentle rain. A light drizzle can feel like a thousand teeny kisses on your skin.
Of course, a storm this late in the year caught some people at sixes. If you had planned a hike or were sleeping in a tent it would have been a bummer.
Do-over tasks include one more hunting voyage around the yard for mosquito larvae. You might as well haul
Source: Enterprise-Record