Andy went home to India a couple of weeks ago and Peter, the boss of Payung, went with him so the café was closed from the 6th till the 17th of September.
When they came back, Andy brought a whole lot of things from there including these Indian sweets…
Somebody gave me some from the peninsula sometime ago but they were extremely sweet so I would not say I would want to go for them ever again.
These Made-in-India ones were very nice – I liked the pumpkin…
…and the pineapple but they were just as sweet, very rich milky taste like they were made from condensed milk, undiluted.
I am sure many would be familiar with this…
I think it is a very popular Indian snack, more commonly found here, there and everywhere in the peninsula where there are a lot more Indians than here and these biscuits/cookies…
…were quite nice but they were what they were, cookies.
No, this chutney…
…did not come from India. Peter learnt how to make it from Andy’s mum and when he came back, he made his own. I did not like it initially, eaten with salted crackers but it sort of grew on me and after a few bites, I started to enjoy it very much. I do not know what went into the making other than coriander leaves and yogurt and I am pretty sure there was green chili too as it was slightly spicy.
No, these…
…did not come from India and no, they were not among the things Andy brought back. They were made in India, that much is true but we got them from my niece, the one working in Singapore, when she came home that day – obviously, she bought them there. My girl did try one box the other day, the masala rice and it was very nice, something like what I got from the airline the other day – I did try a bit and yes, it was good.
We enjoy palak paneer very much and sadly, we cannot get that at the Indian restaurants here – we sure are looking forward to giving that a try.
...STILL CRAZY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS! 