MBA: through a foodie's eyes

The last two years have given me a host of memories, more experiences than ever before. As the graduation season approaches and I find graduating MBAs all around me blogging about their learnings and all, I too wanted to do something. But then, I'm not very good with coursework, or people skills. So decided to write about the one thing I know, and am good at too - food. This post enlists my foodie experiences throughout MBA. None of the entries feature here on the basis of any select criteria. They are just the first things that come to my mind when I think of the respective cities. Some are memorable for the taste, some for the hunger pangs they have satiated at odd hours and in lonely stretches, but most are here for the company I have had during the meals - the wonderful friends I have made here. :)

• Bhubaneswar
• Dalma at a roadside eatery 
• Idli and chenapoda at Priya Hotel, Kharvela Nagar
• Tropical Iceberg at a middle-of-nowhere CCD somewhere between Konark & Bhubaneswar

• Vizag
• Bamboo Chicken & Sampoorna Coffee with roasted coffee beans chocolates at ArakuValley
• Awesome Hyderabadi biryani & Tandoori Chicken at a restaurant above Ice Age in Siripuram

• Jamshedpur
• Cheese burst Domino's at Bistupur
• Litti-chokha at a station just outside Tatanagar station

• Kharagpur
• Reshmi kabab at Heritage 
• Baingan Bharta at Dreamland
• Vanilla lassi at Billoo's
• Cheese parathas at Veggies

• Kolkata
• Biryani, Rezala, Phirni, Kababs at Shiraz, Arsalan, Aminia etc
• Tuna footlongs at Subway
• Ghughni in the local trains

• Ahmedabad
• Street food at Law Garden
• Shrikhand here, there, everywhere
• Thali at Pakwan and some other little place near Kalupur
• Chocolate sundae at Chocolate Room, Vijay Char Rasta
• Kababs, Chicken Rezala, Roomali Roti at a muslim restaurant beyond Rani ka Hazira

• Pune
• Tacos, Burritos, Enchiladas, Lasagna & Anjeer ice cream at Shiv Sagar
• Joshi's Vada Pao
• A mistaken Happy Meal at McDonald's Aundh
• CadB

• Lonavla
• Chocolate fudge, chocolate walnut fudge
• Kaju chikki, pista chikki, mixed chikki

• Mumbai
• Cheese, chocolate and assorted donuts at M.O.D, Juhu Gymkhana
• Cocoberry
• Kacha mango chaat at Juhu Chowpatty
• Vada Pao lunch at Wadala station 
• Brown bread grilled vada pao with cheese at Jumbo King, Andheri
• Kulfi Falooda somewhere near Bandra Jama Masjid
• Every fruity flavour of Natural available
• A very filling and mindblowing plate of Pav Bhaji somewhere between Vashi & Ghansoli

• Gurgaon
• Slice of Italy, Domino's, Pizza Hut
• Office lunch
• All the world's junk at MG Road

• Delhi
• Mango milkshake at Sarojini Nagar
• Proper bengali fish meal at Annapurna, CR Park
• Midnight  butterscotch milkshake at Keventer's, CP
• Chandni Chowk
• Hot muffins with melted chocochips & my surprise birthday cake at IIT Delhi
• Pizza, cookies & donuts at Select Citywalk

• Nainital
• Maggi at 7500 ft
• Hot chocolate by the lake
• Weird homemade chocolate at a quaint little chocolate shop
• Prasad from the Naina Devi temple & the local Gurudwara

• Bangalore
• Rustic dinner at Grameen
• Chicken popcorn at Mantri Mall
• Fabulous home cooked mutton with friends
• My first tender coconut Natural ice cream :)

• Darjeeling
• The perfect English breakfast & takeaway cheese and chicken sandwiches from Glenary's
• Momos and momos everywhere

• Goa
• Fabulous tuna curry and rice at a shack off Baga beach
• Apple pie and rum & raisin brownies at Britto's
• Plenty of vada paos in the train

• Bhutan
• Ema datshi (cheese chilli) and rice in Paro
• Plenty of wai-wai
• Football chocolates
• Danish vegetable crackers in Thimphu

Apart from these, there were plenty of sandwiches, burgers etc during my early morning airport waits and even on the flights. I particularly recall the Malabar parathas and the Cheese-corn-spinach sandwich on the staple Indigo flights. But since I mostly travelled alone and at unearthly hours, I was too bored and sleepy to enjoy anything.
A special thanks to all the people who have accompanied me on these trips (although many of them were solo stints, I enjoy travelling in any form :) ) and given me a lifetime of memories to cherish. Hope to have many more such experiences with you all in the near future. Here's to food, travel, friends and life. :)