I was born with the lust for life and all the good things it has to offer. Art?Yes Literature? Yes. The beauties of nature?Yes.Music and dancing?YES.Food?Ooooooh yes.And though I wasn't born a vegetarian or even bred a vegetarian (at least not where my dad was concerned) somewhere along the way I joined the herbivorous section of the homo sapien population.
Like most other non vegetarians I seldom if ever ordered a vegetarian meal when dining out. This of course changed overnight when I woke up one fine day and decided that I will henceforth be vegetarian and hence be 'accha' (only light hearted bantering Ms. Gandhi, veggies ARE good I know). I still remember what a revelation my first voluntary vegetarian dinner in a restaurant was. Delicate morsels of cottage cheese skillfully baked in a sauce that was mouth wateringly delicious and yet breathtaking in the subtlety of it's ingredients. That opened the floodgates as I plunged myself headlong into the joys of dining veggie even when I dined out.
However one grouse persists.........us vegetarians are a sadly neglected community when it comes to food reviews. I'm willing to wager my last celery stick that both gourmets and gourmands are to be found as plentifully amongst vegetarians as they are amongst our non-vegetarians brethren.Yet your average restaurant review will deal primarily with the non-vegetarian menu with one or two vegetarian dishes registering a token presence. Borrowing the immortal lines from the Bollywood cult classic Sholay, "Bahut Na Insaafi Hai" (It's very unfair).Through this blog I hope to restore the balance of power somewhat in our favour ;) I am not a "trained" food writer but I do know what I like and hopefully my experiences in various establishments will help other vegetarians out there. I hope it will also tempt some of the non-vegetarians out there to explore the joys of green cusine next time they dine out (or am I being too ambitious? :)) Being primarily a Delhi girl, most of the entries are likely to focus on the NCR, but I will definitely be sharing my two cent's worth on restaurants outside the city whenever I travel. First review coming up soon. Till then take care......and stay green ;)
