date:Sep 24, 2012
ose wrapped-in-polythene menu had become illegible with oil smears. They had Chinese (nuddles) and Indian food. The best teatime snack was anda pakora. Hardboiled eggs, cut lengthwise, were besan batter-fried, sprinkled with chat masala, and delivered within ten minutes. Unless Lovely, the proprietress, who also ran the Gulnar Beauty Parlour (which should have been called el Grotto) next door, was busy heating wax on the stove that was needed for cooking. Crisp and golden, with sometimes little