While Chennai, around me, was

While Chennai, around me, was buzzing around me with marathon activity, I was busy shouting at a Saravana Bhavan on charging 5 bucks extra for a masala dosa. Sure the masala dosa was tasty but I was so hungry to hog 2 dosas and get done with my hunger.

After a strong filter coffee, while crossing the road, I saw a gentle man with Temenos Chennai Marathon TShirt on his way back home. Excuse me, I burped. Thats being lazy, for you.


14 responses to “While Chennai, around me, was”

  1. Guru, SB Dubai (yeah they have two branches there) charges 3.00 dirham (3 x 13=Rs.39.00) for a Masala Dosa. At the rate at which they are going, a Masala Dosa in Chennai would be costlier than a Masala Dosa at Dubai 🙂

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  2. Saravana Bhavan food is tasty but those people are misers!!

    Masala Dosa – Dosai 5 grams, masala 3 grams, oil sambhar grams

    Kaakka maadhiri kallu poatta dhaan Sambhar will come up! Kaiyaendhi Bhavan is better!

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  3. Gosh !! 20 for masala & 15 for saada, toooooooo much!!! LG, came across ur site recently, very intrsting. Look fwd to ur posts

    chentil : thot SB-Dubai charged much more…

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  4. lg, thank ur lucky stars that u get 2 eat local masaladosas&filter coffee.Ask an unlucky desi living abroad what it feels like 2 long 4 a masaladosa or 2 long 4 a masala local crowd 2 watch a rajni or a vikram movie in a theatre.The whistling,the cheering,the dancing by the front benchers.(and to think that there was a time i used2 look down on the same local crowd 4 being such rowdies in the theaters). Ask me how i miss all that when i’ve 2 sit thru a dry,bland,joyless, masalaless, colorless,songless,danceless,killjoy english movie staring a hero who refuses 2move his facial muscles in the name of realistic acting.Iwould rather’ve an expensive masaldosa instead of a bland pancake, anyday. And i would rather watch a talent like vikram (who can act,dance,fight&romance his ladies instyle) instead of a cruise or a travolta, anyday.
    P.S…and iam not even a tamilian.

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  5. Guru,
    any idea where the extra 5 bucks go …

    1) is it to compensate the increase of the price of the ingredients – wrong

    2) is it to increase the salaries of the workers in lieu with the current std of living – nope

    3) or is it because of the VAT that has been introduced recently – hell no..

    the answer is….

    to the “Save Annachi legal fund” (to fight the case against him and to pay the lawyers and witnessess).

    hope this isn’t too political

    hellboy

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  6. Too simple Spidey, The diff in cost for a sada dosa and masala is 5. I got a masala dosa and there was hardly any masala in it and so I was bargaining to give me back that 5 bucks 😉

    There is nothing political about it after all much more than this is in the newspapers

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  7. “Kaakka maadhiri kallu poatta dhaan Sambhar will come up! Kaiyaendhi Bhavan is better!” LOL! Good one there Praveen. Brings tears to my eyes.

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  8. i live in bangkok, and first of all, there isnt a saravana bhavan, second, i pay 85 rupees for a masala dosa in komalas.

    end result – i dont go there anymore 🙂

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  9. hi geek,

    actually you should not have burped…

    the gesture already been made by saravana bhavan earlier…when you pay for MD and FC.

    thanks & regards,
    ranganathan

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