Report: Bonus Shoot on Ashtami. More of a get together and feeding frenzy!
Venue: Tero Parbon Restaurant and Maddox Square.
Date: 7th October, 2008
Time: 1:30 pm.
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KWS07102008ASHTAMII had a real temptation to change the tag to KWF.... Kolkata Weekdays Food!! but then again, let's not malign the club.
Disclaimer: This report is not intended to hurt Anirban, our good friend, in anyway. Any such effects on Anirban's part is totally unintentional and does not reflect the reporters mind. This can also be concluded as a fault on Anirban's behalf. Thank You. [:)] [;)]
Member's Present (alphabetically):
1)Aruni
2)Aparna
3)Sudip da
4)Shamim da
5)Suman
6)Tanayesh
7)Sumi
Guests Present:
Indira di ( Sudip da's wife)
Angad (Aparna's friend)
On Ashtami afternoon we met in front of Rashbehari Crossing. I think everyone had FOOOOOD on their minds. So we quickly moved to an auto stand nearby, as so superlatively pointed out by Sudip da. But it turns out it was a wild guess. Which was caught brilliantly by Indira di. Then we boarded taxis to reach the restaurant. Which was Sudip da's master plan all along!
After reaching tero parbon we shared greetings. Aruni made the booking. We got our table after quite a bit of waiting. So we were a bit upset with the management of the restaurant. We had vowed to take revenge. How we took it comes in the later part. We took the buffet menu. I don't remember the full menu. But we had, koraishuti r kochuri, chola r daal, kosha maangsho, chingri maach er malai curry, sorshe bata iilish, kheer, kheer er sondesh, gulab jamun and aam paana sarbat. All of us went on a feeding frenzy, specially Aruni, Tanayesh and Me. The three of us had four pieces of Iilish, four of golda chingri, two pieces of mangsho, sufficient and more than sufficient bhaat, and four piecec of kochuri EACH! All the waiters were aghast and horrified to see the way we ate. It was like we came from a famine struck country. Uf! How great the food was. I just wish Anirban was here to acknowledge it. He is a very ardent fan of feasts. And this was the mother of all feasts. I will describe the feast in all details for him [:)]. The chingri was just great. It was succulent, the malai was there to be felt. The sorshe Iilish stood out. Each piece was the size of our palms and so was the chingri. The maangsho was great too. Cooked with utmost expertise and a joy to the pallet. Even remembering the feast gives me the pleasure. And we ate soooooo much. I was like every time one of us got up to get something the waiters went “aa gaya, phir se aaya' or “gelo re...abar kahli kore debe buffet table!!!!”. The table had to be replenished about four times if I am not mistaken. By the time we finished the sweets, they came running to take away the dishes. And the buffet was closed after we left. Aruni suggested that 7th october is going to “Saheed dibosh” for tero parbon every year!!!
After that Sudip da left with his wife. To get a nice nap we presume. Aparna left too, with Angad. We guess she could not walk anymore. May be she was having trouble breathing! So, Me, Aruni, Tanayesh and Sumi were left. We took a few shots of the nearby pujas, and moved to Maddox Square where Shamim da joined us.
At Maddox we tried a few shots. Got a few. Shamim da got the best of them all. Kudos to him for that. That is award winning shot. And a possible blackmailing candidate. I request Shamim da to upoald that photo ASAP! Then at 7 in the evening we left. Reflecting at the day it was. Shamim da went home with his little marvel of a shot preserved. We were down to the four of us. Little did we know that Tanayesh had reserved the best for the last! As we went through the metro ticket checking machines. Aruni who had got both Tanayesh and his ticket, took the ticket out of the machine. All of us checked in. Suddenly we saw Tanayesh fighting with a dhoti clad gentleman over a ticket. One end of a ticket was being tugged by Tanayesh, the other end by the unknown Gentleman. It was a tug of war, where they were saying to each other 'This is my ticket”. The Bharolok was literally holding his dhoti and fighting. May be he was afraid that Tanayesh would claim that to be his own too and take it off! After quite a bit of fun he realised his folly and ran out of the scene! Laughing our heads off to the matter we called it a day.
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Regards,
Suman
