Three weeks in India -- Day Four, Part Two
I'm feeling much better and had another productive day at the office. The training is going very well and I can hardly take much credit, since the "trainees" are well along in the subject already.
So tonight I'll talk about food, and particularly tonight's dinner -- Tandori Lobster. There's an outdoor restaurant at the hotel on the shores of a small lake. It's speciality is kabobs and local Hyderabad cuisine. I ate alone as my travelling companions chose to shop. The menu was one of those things where you're not quite sure what to order as you're not quite sure what anything is. A friend had suggested I have tandori chicken while I'm here so I figured tandori lobster was familiar enough. It was oustanding.
I don't know the source of the lobster but it wasn't coastal Maine. It had a narrow body with no apparent claws, had been split in two, then cleaned and grilled. Very spicey, but not overwhelmingly so. Absolutely delicious. The evening was warm with a breeze and the restaurant sits underneath tall palms. All in all it's a great setting, the atmosphere completed by combined western/Indian music playing in the background -- think the (original) Pink Panther soundtrack with Indian music replacing the European influences of Mancini's score. A swell time was had by all me.
The lake has a lit fountain in the middle to complement the scene. Here's a picture.
Oh, and did I mention the meal cost somewhere around $25, with tip?