Thursday, May 14, 2009
Restaurant Review - Cafe Silan, Menlo Park, CA
This is a small, Kurdish restaurant, with some pretty tasty dishes. My favorites:
- The appetizer - flat bread with dip. The dip is delicious!
- Some pizza with keema or ghosht on it. Very simple, and very good. To completely change the flavor, try it with the spicy sauce on the tables
- Salad with kebabs. The kebabs were good, but the salad was excellent!
Silan is on my once-a-quarter restaurant list now
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Crossing 95K Visits
I just crossed the 95K visits mark on my blogs, on Friday:
- The serious blog - all about Tech, Startups, Revenue
- The all-purpose, main blog
- Blog on cars - one of my passions
- Blog about Travel topics, including not just destinations, but also food, wine, etc.
- The older, retired Autos blog
Looking forward to 100K.
And on a smaller scale, my profile on blogger has now been viewed over 1,400 times.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Crossed 80,000 Visits On My Blogs
Early in February, I crossed the 80K visits mark on my blogs. Nice.
My blogs are:
- The serious blog - all about Tech, Startups, Revenue
- The all-purpose, main blog
- Blog on cars - one of my passions
- Blog about Travel topics, including not just destinations, but also food, wine, etc.
- The older, retired Autos blog
And on a smaller scale, my profile on blogger has now been viewed over 1,000 times.
Friday, February 6, 2009
Batonnage - New Wine Consulting/ Blog/ Site
What is Batonnage? It is the wine making operation of mixing up the lees (dead yeast cells from fermentation) in the barrel with the wine to release the mannoproteins, improving the flavor, mouthfeel, and stability of the wine.
Did that impress you? How do I know this? A close friend, has fired up a site http://www.batonnagewine.com/
If you're looking to host a wine event in the bay area, check out this site, or just email info@batonnagewine.com and ask them your wine questions.
In particular, check out the blog for helpful and timely tips. My favorite for 2009 - Batonnage's take on the best value wines
Monday, January 26, 2009
Carlton Hotel Mussoorie In Winter
A couple more photos of the beautiful Carlton's Plaisance Hotel in Mussoorie, India.
The photos are from the very large front lawn, facing the hotel. There is a lovely hill with a temple behind the hotel. Kids love running up that mountain.
Saturday, January 24, 2009
Restaurant Review - Himawari, San Mateo
Himawari in San Mateo in the bay area (California) is one of my favorite restaurants, specially when its getting close to 9 pm (it doesn't close early, except on Sundays).
Himawari is a Japanese restaurant. They have sushi, of course. But their specialty is ramen, udons, and that kind of stuff.
My favorites are the Shio Buttercorn Ramen, and the Tan Tan Men. Having grown up on Indian food, I prefer a bit more taste, a bit more saltiness in my food, and Himawari delivers.
Favorite side dish - the sesame spinach. (Although I think all their appetizers are great)
It is located at 202 2nd Ave., San Mateo, CA
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Mussoorie Hotel, Carlton's Plaisance
Some more photos of the Carlton's Plaisance hotel in Mussoorie in India. (Previous photographs are here).
These photos are in winter. Mussoorie is absolutely beautiful then!
This is the front lawn, which has swings, and a canopied area to sit under (when the weather is good, of course)