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[LosingNow]

well these kind of articles are not good from a news point of view. what are these groups? at least he should mentioned this. groups are there everywhere and it is a healthy way to live in any soceity. on one hand it promotes pooling of like-minded resources on the other it promotes competition.

but somehow in india groupism is always looked down upon. and often mistaken with cliques and mobs. which are nothing but groups gone awry. there is always the danger of that happening but it far underweighs the strenghts of grouping together. it keeps people healthy.

but this guy is shooting in the air hoping that some bird will fall.

this is utter tripe in the name of journalism of reporting.  rating

you may be right here.
but in this case, the article clearly mentions counter-productive/ self-serving cliques.
I agree, healthy social groupings are a positive thing.........but not here in this Indian dressing room

i refuse to believe anything that any article may state, using whatsoever sources, until i see a leaked email from GC sent to BCCI calling people cancers. after-all, that was the undisputed beacon of truth the last time around.   

How was Phuket? Any effects of Tsunami still lingering there?

[MockTurtle]

well these kind of articles are not good from a news point of view. what are these groups? at least he should mentioned this. groups are there everywhere and it is a healthy way to live in any soceity. on one hand it promotes pooling of like-minded resources on the other it promotes competition.

but somehow in india groupism is always looked down upon. and often mistaken with cliques and mobs. which are nothing but groups gone awry. there is always the danger of that happening but it far underweighs the strenghts of grouping together. it keeps people healthy.

but this guy is shooting in the air hoping that some bird will fall.

this is utter tripe in the name of journalism of reporting.  rating

you may be right here.
but in this case, the article clearly mentions counter-productive/ self-serving cliques.
I agree, healthy social groupings are a positive thing.........but not here in this Indian dressing room

i refuse to believe anything that any article may state, using whatsoever sources, until i see a leaked email from GC sent to BCCI calling people cancers. after-all, that was the undisputed beacon of truth the last time around.   

How was Phuket? Any effects of Tsunami still lingering there?

nah, no effect of tsunami. it was good though i dunno if it's my kind of place. the only worry there seemed to be where to eat next. beach, pool, food was the order of the day. 

[jaat69]

well these kind of articles are not good from a news point of view. what are these groups? at least he should mentioned this. groups are there everywhere and it is a healthy way to live in any soceity. on one hand it promotes pooling of like-minded resources on the other it promotes competition.

but somehow in india groupism is always looked down upon. and often mistaken with cliques and mobs. which are nothing but groups gone awry. there is always the danger of that happening but it far underweighs the strenghts of grouping together. it keeps people healthy.

but this guy is shooting in the air hoping that some bird will fall.

this is utter tripe in the name of journalism of reporting.  rating

you may be right here.
but in this case, the article clearly mentions counter-productive/ self-serving cliques.
I agree, healthy social groupings are a positive thing.........but not here in this Indian dressing room

i refuse to believe anything that any article may state, using whatsoever sources, until i see a leaked email from GC sent to BCCI calling people cancers. after-all, that was the undisputed beacon of truth the last time around.   

How was Phuket? Any effects of Tsunami still lingering there?

Mock...this is not done!.............I don't believe that this one is a very innocent health enquiry, as it looks like!

[MockTurtle]

well these kind of articles are not good from a news point of view. what are these groups? at least he should mentioned this. groups are there everywhere and it is a healthy way to live in any soceity. on one hand it promotes pooling of like-minded resources on the other it promotes competition.

but somehow in india groupism is always looked down upon. and often mistaken with cliques and mobs. which are nothing but groups gone awry. there is always the danger of that happening but it far underweighs the strenghts of grouping together. it keeps people healthy.

but this guy is shooting in the air hoping that some bird will fall.

this is utter tripe in the name of journalism of reporting.  rating

you may be right here.
but in this case, the article clearly mentions counter-productive/ self-serving cliques.
I agree, healthy social groupings are a positive thing.........but not here in this Indian dressing room

i refuse to believe anything that any article may state, using whatsoever sources, until i see a leaked email from GC sent to BCCI calling people cancers. after-all, that was the undisputed beacon of truth the last time around.   

How was Phuket? Any effects of Tsunami still lingering there?

Mock...this is not done!.............I don't believe that this one is a very innocent health enquiry, as it looks like!

what is not done? what did i do?   

[jaat69]

well these kind of articles are not good from a news point of view. what are these groups? at least he should mentioned this. groups are there everywhere and it is a healthy way to live in any soceity. on one hand it promotes pooling of like-minded resources on the other it promotes competition.

but somehow in india groupism is always looked down upon. and often mistaken with cliques and mobs. which are nothing but groups gone awry. there is always the danger of that happening but it far underweighs the strenghts of grouping together. it keeps people healthy.

but this guy is shooting in the air hoping that some bird will fall.

this is utter tripe in the name of journalism of reporting.  rating

you may be right here.
but in this case, the article clearly mentions counter-productive/ self-serving cliques.
I agree, healthy social groupings are a positive thing.........but not here in this Indian dressing room

i refuse to believe anything that any article may state, using whatsoever sources, until i see a leaked email from GC sent to BCCI calling people cancers. after-all, that was the undisputed beacon of truth the last time around.   

How was Phuket? Any effects of Tsunami still lingering there?

Mock...this is not done!.............I don't believe that this one is a very innocent health enquiry, as it looks like!

what is not done? what did i do?   

No, I meant that an apt reply is in order!

[LosingNow]

well these kind of articles are not good from a news point of view. what are these groups? at least he should mentioned this. groups are there everywhere and it is a healthy way to live in any soceity. on one hand it promotes pooling of like-minded resources on the other it promotes competition.

but somehow in india groupism is always looked down upon. and often mistaken with cliques and mobs. which are nothing but groups gone awry. there is always the danger of that happening but it far underweighs the strenghts of grouping together. it keeps people healthy.

but this guy is shooting in the air hoping that some bird will fall.

this is utter tripe in the name of journalism of reporting.  rating

you may be right here.
but in this case, the article clearly mentions counter-productive/ self-serving cliques.
I agree, healthy social groupings are a positive thing.........but not here in this Indian dressing room

i refuse to believe anything that any article may state, using whatsoever sources, until i see a leaked email from GC sent to BCCI calling people cancers. after-all, that was the undisputed beacon of truth the last time around.   

How was Phuket? Any effects of Tsunami still lingering there?

nah, no effect of tsunami. it was good though i dunno if it's my kind of place. the only worry there seemed to be where to eat next. beach, pool, food was the order of the day. 

Cool. Good to hear that there are no lingering effects of Tsunami there. I was watching a Tsunami after-effect movie that was filmed mostly in Thailand - it was tough to watch.
Heard many good things about that place...specially the food. Good Thai food is "to-die-for".

[MockTurtle]

well these kind of articles are not good from a news point of view. what are these groups? at least he should mentioned this. groups are there everywhere and it is a healthy way to live in any soceity. on one hand it promotes pooling of like-minded resources on the other it promotes competition.

but somehow in india groupism is always looked down upon. and often mistaken with cliques and mobs. which are nothing but groups gone awry. there is always the danger of that happening but it far underweighs the strenghts of grouping together. it keeps people healthy.

but this guy is shooting in the air hoping that some bird will fall.

this is utter tripe in the name of journalism of reporting.  rating

you may be right here.
but in this case, the article clearly mentions counter-productive/ self-serving cliques.
I agree, healthy social groupings are a positive thing.........but not here in this Indian dressing room

i refuse to believe anything that any article may state, using whatsoever sources, until i see a leaked email from GC sent to BCCI calling people cancers. after-all, that was the undisputed beacon of truth the last time around.   

How was Phuket? Any effects of Tsunami still lingering there?

nah, no effect of tsunami. it was good though i dunno if it's my kind of place. the only worry there seemed to be where to eat next. beach, pool, food was the order of the day. 

Cool. Good to hear that there are no lingering effects of Tsunami there. I was watching a Tsunami after-effect movie that was filmed mostly in Thailand - it was tough to watch.
Heard many good things about that place...specially the food. Good Thai food is "to-die-for".

well, the resort i was at is by the beach and was seriously damaged when the tsunami struck but it has all been restored and ready to mint money. yes, food was out of the world, not the standard papaya/mango salads but the more exotic ones like banana flower and such. there were some fine italian restaturants too, there was this one dip that they served with bread, made from sundried tomatoes, garlic etc. that was worth dying for.

overall, a loss of a chunk of money, a gain of 5-10 lbs. 

[MockTurtle]

well these kind of articles are not good from a news point of view. what are these groups? at least he should mentioned this. groups are there everywhere and it is a healthy way to live in any soceity. on one hand it promotes pooling of like-minded resources on the other it promotes competition.

but somehow in india groupism is always looked down upon. and often mistaken with cliques and mobs. which are nothing but groups gone awry. there is always the danger of that happening but it far underweighs the strenghts of grouping together. it keeps people healthy.

but this guy is shooting in the air hoping that some bird will fall.

this is utter tripe in the name of journalism of reporting.  rating

you may be right here.
but in this case, the article clearly mentions counter-productive/ self-serving cliques.
I agree, healthy social groupings are a positive thing.........but not here in this Indian dressing room

i refuse to believe anything that any article may state, using whatsoever sources, until i see a leaked email from GC sent to BCCI calling people cancers. after-all, that was the undisputed beacon of truth the last time around.   

How was Phuket? Any effects of Tsunami still lingering there?

Mock...this is not done!.............I don't believe that this one is a very innocent health enquiry, as it looks like!

what is not done? what did i do?   

No, I meant that an apt reply is in order!

ah, you mean, something like 'tsunami left phuket, morphed to GC and hit Indian cricket'??   

[jaat69]

well these kind of articles are not good from a news point of view. what are these groups? at least he should mentioned this. groups are there everywhere and it is a healthy way to live in any soceity. on one hand it promotes pooling of like-minded resources on the other it promotes competition.

but somehow in india groupism is always looked down upon. and often mistaken with cliques and mobs. which are nothing but groups gone awry. there is always the danger of that happening but it far underweighs the strenghts of grouping together. it keeps people healthy.

but this guy is shooting in the air hoping that some bird will fall.

this is utter tripe in the name of journalism of reporting.  rating

you may be right here.
but in this case, the article clearly mentions counter-productive/ self-serving cliques.
I agree, healthy social groupings are a positive thing.........but not here in this Indian dressing room

i refuse to believe anything that any article may state, using whatsoever sources, until i see a leaked email from GC sent to BCCI calling people cancers. after-all, that was the undisputed beacon of truth the last time around.   

How was Phuket? Any effects of Tsunami still lingering there?

Mock...this is not done!.............I don't believe that this one is a very innocent health enquiry, as it looks like!

what is not done? what did i do?   

No, I meant that an apt reply is in order!

ah, you mean, something like 'tsunami left phuket, morphed to GC and hit Indian cricket'??   

wow!..that scene, if made into a movie, will justify a technical Oscar!
Applause!

[LosingNow]

well these kind of articles are not good from a news point of view. what are these groups? at least he should mentioned this. groups are there everywhere and it is a healthy way to live in any soceity. on one hand it promotes pooling of like-minded resources on the other it promotes competition.

but somehow in india groupism is always looked down upon. and often mistaken with cliques and mobs. which are nothing but groups gone awry. there is always the danger of that happening but it far underweighs the strenghts of grouping together. it keeps people healthy.

but this guy is shooting in the air hoping that some bird will fall.

this is utter tripe in the name of journalism of reporting.  rating

you may be right here.
but in this case, the article clearly mentions counter-productive/ self-serving cliques.
I agree, healthy social groupings are a positive thing.........but not here in this Indian dressing room

i refuse to believe anything that any article may state, using whatsoever sources, until i see a leaked email from GC sent to BCCI calling people cancers. after-all, that was the undisputed beacon of truth the last time around.   

How was Phuket? Any effects of Tsunami still lingering there?

nah, no effect of tsunami. it was good though i dunno if it's my kind of place. the only worry there seemed to be where to eat next. beach, pool, food was the order of the day. 

Cool. Good to hear that there are no lingering effects of Tsunami there. I was watching a Tsunami after-effect movie that was filmed mostly in Thailand - it was tough to watch.
Heard many good things about that place...specially the food. Good Thai food is "to-die-for".

well, the resort i was at is by the beach and was seriously damaged when the tsunami struck but it has all been restored and ready to mint money. yes, food was out of the world, not the standard papaya/mango salads but the more exotic ones like banana flower and such. there were some fine italian restaturants too, there was this one dip that they served with bread, made from sundried tomatoes, garlic etc. that was worth dying for.

overall, a loss of a chunk of money, a gain of 5-10 lbs. 

Banana flower..interesting..never had it. Gotta give it a try.
5-10lbs..@3500 cal/lb... that is 17.5K-35K additional calories over 5-7 days!!!!! That is "McDonalds-esque".

[MockTurtle]

well these kind of articles are not good from a news point of view. what are these groups? at least he should mentioned this. groups are there everywhere and it is a healthy way to live in any soceity. on one hand it promotes pooling of like-minded resources on the other it promotes competition.

but somehow in india groupism is always looked down upon. and often mistaken with cliques and mobs. which are nothing but groups gone awry. there is always the danger of that happening but it far underweighs the strenghts of grouping together. it keeps people healthy.

but this guy is shooting in the air hoping that some bird will fall.

this is utter tripe in the name of journalism of reporting.  rating

you may be right here.
but in this case, the article clearly mentions counter-productive/ self-serving cliques.
I agree, healthy social groupings are a positive thing.........but not here in this Indian dressing room

i refuse to believe anything that any article may state, using whatsoever sources, until i see a leaked email from GC sent to BCCI calling people cancers. after-all, that was the undisputed beacon of truth the last time around.   

How was Phuket? Any effects of Tsunami still lingering there?

nah, no effect of tsunami. it was good though i dunno if it's my kind of place. the only worry there seemed to be where to eat next. beach, pool, food was the order of the day. 

Cool. Good to hear that there are no lingering effects of Tsunami there. I was watching a Tsunami after-effect movie that was filmed mostly in Thailand - it was tough to watch.
Heard many good things about that place...specially the food. Good Thai food is "to-die-for".

well, the resort i was at is by the beach and was seriously damaged when the tsunami struck but it has all been restored and ready to mint money. yes, food was out of the world, not the standard papaya/mango salads but the more exotic ones like banana flower and such. there were some fine italian restaturants too, there was this one dip that they served with bread, made from sundried tomatoes, garlic etc. that was worth dying for.

overall, a loss of a chunk of money, a gain of 5-10 lbs. 

Banana flower..interesting..never had it. Gotta give it a try.
5-10lbs..@3500 cal/lb... that is 17.5K-35K additional calories over 5-7 days!!!!! That is "McDonalds-esque".

that's how it feels anyway, considering how much i ate, with total abandon. stewed bananas in coconut milk, baked custard in steamed pumpkin, mango with sticky rice on one hand, tiramisu, assorted gelatos(yummm!), or  chocolate mud cake eith coconut ice-cream on the other - gives u an idea  and yeah, this was the dessert course after a meal of 3-4 courses.

[LosingNow]

well these kind of articles are not good from a news point of view. what are these groups? at least he should mentioned this. groups are there everywhere and it is a healthy way to live in any soceity. on one hand it promotes pooling of like-minded resources on the other it promotes competition.

but somehow in india groupism is always looked down upon. and often mistaken with cliques and mobs. which are nothing but groups gone awry. there is always the danger of that happening but it far underweighs the strenghts of grouping together. it keeps people healthy.

but this guy is shooting in the air hoping that some bird will fall.

this is utter tripe in the name of journalism of reporting.  rating

you may be right here.
but in this case, the article clearly mentions counter-productive/ self-serving cliques.
I agree, healthy social groupings are a positive thing.........but not here in this Indian dressing room

i refuse to believe anything that any article may state, using whatsoever sources, until i see a leaked email from GC sent to BCCI calling people cancers. after-all, that was the undisputed beacon of truth the last time around.   

How was Phuket? Any effects of Tsunami still lingering there?

nah, no effect of tsunami. it was good though i dunno if it's my kind of place. the only worry there seemed to be where to eat next. beach, pool, food was the order of the day. 

Cool. Good to hear that there are no lingering effects of Tsunami there. I was watching a Tsunami after-effect movie that was filmed mostly in Thailand - it was tough to watch.
Heard many good things about that place...specially the food. Good Thai food is "to-die-for".

well, the resort i was at is by the beach and was seriously damaged when the tsunami struck but it has all been restored and ready to mint money. yes, food was out of the world, not the standard papaya/mango salads but the more exotic ones like banana flower and such. there were some fine italian restaturants too, there was this one dip that they served with bread, made from sundried tomatoes, garlic etc. that was worth dying for.

overall, a loss of a chunk of money, a gain of 5-10 lbs. 

Banana flower..interesting..never had it. Gotta give it a try.
5-10lbs..@3500 cal/lb... that is 17.5K-35K additional calories over 5-7 days!!!!! That is "McDonalds-esque".

that's how it feels anyway, considering how much i ate, with total abandon. stewed bananas in coconut milk, baked custard in steamed pumpkin, mango with sticky rice on one hand, tiramisu, assorted gelatos(yummm!), or  chocolate mud cake eith coconut ice-cream on the other - gives u an idea  and yeah, this was the dessert course after a meal of 3-4 courses.

Wow. Sounds like the place to go for some serious R&R and food.

[Libran]

that's how it feels anyway, considering how much i ate, with total abandon. stewed bananas in coconut milk, baked custard in steamed pumpkin, mango with sticky rice on one hand, tiramisu, assorted gelatos(yummm!), or  chocolate mud cake eith coconut ice-cream on the other - gives u an idea   and yeah, this was the dessert course after a meal of 3-4 courses.

FAT to OBESE..........the progression continues

[MockTurtle]

well these kind of articles are not good from a news point of view. what are these groups? at least he should mentioned this. groups are there everywhere and it is a healthy way to live in any soceity. on one hand it promotes pooling of like-minded resources on the other it promotes competition.

but somehow in india groupism is always looked down upon. and often mistaken with cliques and mobs. which are nothing but groups gone awry. there is always the danger of that happening but it far underweighs the strenghts of grouping together. it keeps people healthy.

but this guy is shooting in the air hoping that some bird will fall.

this is utter tripe in the name of journalism of reporting.  rating

you may be right here.
but in this case, the article clearly mentions counter-productive/ self-serving cliques.
I agree, healthy social groupings are a positive thing.........but not here in this Indian dressing room

i refuse to believe anything that any article may state, using whatsoever sources, until i see a leaked email from GC sent to BCCI calling people cancers. after-all, that was the undisputed beacon of truth the last time around.   

How was Phuket? Any effects of Tsunami still lingering there?

nah, no effect of tsunami. it was good though i dunno if it's my kind of place. the only worry there seemed to be where to eat next. beach, pool, food was the order of the day. 

Cool. Good to hear that there are no lingering effects of Tsunami there. I was watching a Tsunami after-effect movie that was filmed mostly in Thailand - it was tough to watch.
Heard many good things about that place...specially the food. Good Thai food is "to-die-for".

well, the resort i was at is by the beach and was seriously damaged when the tsunami struck but it has all been restored and ready to mint money. yes, food was out of the world, not the standard papaya/mango salads but the more exotic ones like banana flower and such. there were some fine italian restaturants too, there was this one dip that they served with bread, made from sundried tomatoes, garlic etc. that was worth dying for.

overall, a loss of a chunk of money, a gain of 5-10 lbs. 

Banana flower..interesting..never had it. Gotta give it a try.
5-10lbs..@3500 cal/lb... that is 17.5K-35K additional calories over 5-7 days!!!!! That is "McDonalds-esque".

that's how it feels anyway, considering how much i ate, with total abandon. stewed bananas in coconut milk, baked custard in steamed pumpkin, mango with sticky rice on one hand, tiramisu, assorted gelatos(yummm!), or  chocolate mud cake eith coconut ice-cream on the other - gives u an idea  and yeah, this was the dessert course after a meal of 3-4 courses.

Wow. Sounds like the place to go for some serious R&R and food.

check out laguna phuket on the web.

[LosingNow]

Will do.. thanks

[sudzz]

well these kind of articles are not good from a news point of view. what are these groups? at least he should mentioned this. groups are there everywhere and it is a healthy way to live in any soceity. on one hand it promotes pooling of like-minded resources on the other it promotes competition.

but somehow in india groupism is always looked down upon. and often mistaken with cliques and mobs. which are nothing but groups gone awry. there is always the danger of that happening but it far underweighs the strenghts of grouping together. it keeps people healthy.

but this guy is shooting in the air hoping that some bird will fall.

this is utter tripe in the name of journalism of reporting.  rating

you may be right here.
but in this case, the article clearly mentions counter-productive/ self-serving cliques.
I agree, healthy social groupings are a positive thing.........but not here in this Indian dressing room

i refuse to believe anything that any article may state, using whatsoever sources, until i see a leaked email from GC sent to BCCI calling people cancers. after-all, that was the undisputed beacon of truth the last time around.   

How was Phuket? Any effects of Tsunami still lingering there?

nah, no effect of tsunami. it was good though i dunno if it's my kind of place. the only worry there seemed to be where to eat next. beach, pool, food was the order of the day. 

Cool. Good to hear that there are no lingering effects of Tsunami there. I was watching a Tsunami after-effect movie that was filmed mostly in Thailand - it was tough to watch.
Heard many good things about that place...specially the food. Good Thai food is "to-die-for".

well, the resort i was at is by the beach and was seriously damaged when the tsunami struck but it has all been restored and ready to mint money. yes, food was out of the world, not the standard papaya/mango salads but the more exotic ones like banana flower and such. there were some fine italian restaturants too, there was this one dip that they served with bread, made from sundried tomatoes, garlic etc. that was worth dying for.

overall, a loss of a chunk of money, a gain of 5-10 lbs. 

Banana flower..interesting..never had it. Gotta give it a try.
5-10lbs..@3500 cal/lb... that is 17.5K-35K additional calories over 5-7 days!!!!! That is "McDonalds-esque".

Coconut flower=Vazhai poo a regular and traditional south indian delicacy made in many different ways...

[MockTurtle]

that's how it feels anyway, considering how much i ate, with total abandon. stewed bananas in coconut milk, baked custard in steamed pumpkin, mango with sticky rice on one hand, tiramisu, assorted gelatos(yummm!), or  chocolate mud cake eith coconut ice-cream on the other - gives u an idea   and yeah, this was the dessert course after a meal of 3-4 courses.

FAT to OBESE..........the progression continues

as long as one is growing, how does it matter!  fat to obese, waddle to rolling, such is life! 

[jaat69]

Food Alert!

[Libran]

that's how it feels anyway, considering how much i ate, with total abandon. stewed bananas in coconut milk, baked custard in steamed pumpkin, mango with sticky rice on one hand, tiramisu, assorted gelatos(yummm!), or  chocolate mud cake eith coconut ice-cream on the other - gives u an idea   and yeah, this was the dessert course after a meal of 3-4 courses.

FAT to OBESE..........the progression continues

as long as one is growing, how does it matter!  fat to obese, waddle to rolling, such is life! 

Agree...vertical or horizontal....the development shows ...

[MockTurtle]

Food Alert!

you trying to be a mod now by acting stuffy? i have repudiated the mods a long time ago. fiddle dee dee!

[dave_dj]

Food Alert!

you trying to be a mod now by acting stuffy? i have repudiated the mods a long time ago. fiddle dee dee!

Which mod?

[MockTurtle]

Food Alert!

you trying to be a mod now by acting stuffy? i have repudiated the mods a long time ago. fiddle dee dee!

Which mod?

sorry, just messing around, ignore me - we had some drama early on about food taking over bickering threads. just referring to that. mods are good people - i respect them. 

[achutank]

well these kind of articles are not good from a news point of view. what are these groups? at least he should mentioned this. groups are there everywhere and it is a healthy way to live in any soceity. on one hand it promotes pooling of like-minded resources on the other it promotes competition.

but somehow in india groupism is always looked down upon. and often mistaken with cliques and mobs. which are nothing but groups gone awry. there is always the danger of that happening but it far underweighs the strenghts of grouping together. it keeps people healthy.

but this guy is shooting in the air hoping that some bird will fall.

this is utter tripe in the name of journalism of reporting.  rating

you may be right here.
but in this case, the article clearly mentions counter-productive/ self-serving cliques.
I agree, healthy social groupings are a positive thing.........but not here in this Indian dressing room

i refuse to believe anything that any article may state, using whatsoever sources, until i see a leaked email from GC sent to BCCI calling people cancers. after-all, that was the undisputed beacon of truth the last time around.   

How was Phuket? Any effects of Tsunami still lingering there?

nah, no effect of tsunami. it was good though i dunno if it's my kind of place. the only worry there seemed to be where to eat next. beach, pool, food was the order of the day. 

Cool. Good to hear that there are no lingering effects of Tsunami there. I was watching a Tsunami after-effect movie that was filmed mostly in Thailand - it was tough to watch.
Heard many good things about that place...specially the food. Good Thai food is "to-die-for".

well, the resort i was at is by the beach and was seriously damaged when the tsunami struck but it has all been restored and ready to mint money. yes, food was out of the world, not the standard papaya/mango salads but the more exotic ones like banana flower and such. there were some fine italian restaturants too, there was this one dip that they served with bread, made from sundried tomatoes, garlic etc. that was worth dying for.

overall, a loss of a chunk of money, a gain of 5-10 lbs. 

Banana flower..interesting..never had it. Gotta give it a try.
5-10lbs..@3500 cal/lb... that is 17.5K-35K additional calories over 5-7 days!!!!! That is "McDonalds-esque".

Coconut flower=Vazhai poo a regular and traditional south indian delicacy made in many different ways...

its good to see that my quarter-kban reply got a passing mention somewhere in there. looks like the earthquake set of by my tirade against journalism has set off a tsunami of edible proportions. 

ps 

[achutank]

Coconut flower=Vazhai poo a regular and traditional south indian delicacy made in many different ways...


mt

vazhai poo not made well is only poo and will reesult in that too

[MockTurtle]

well these kind of articles are not good from a news point of view. what are these groups? at least he should mentioned this. groups are there everywhere and it is a healthy way to live in any soceity. on one hand it promotes pooling of like-minded resources on the other it promotes competition.

but somehow in india groupism is always looked down upon. and often mistaken with cliques and mobs. which are nothing but groups gone awry. there is always the danger of that happening but it far underweighs the strenghts of grouping together. it keeps people healthy.

but this guy is shooting in the air hoping that some bird will fall.

this is utter tripe in the name of journalism of reporting.  rating

you may be right here.
but in this case, the article clearly mentions counter-productive/ self-serving cliques.
I agree, healthy social groupings are a positive thing.........but not here in this Indian dressing room

i refuse to believe anything that any article may state, using whatsoever sources, until i see a leaked email from GC sent to BCCI calling people cancers. after-all, that was the undisputed beacon of truth the last time around.   

How was Phuket? Any effects of Tsunami still lingering there?

nah, no effect of tsunami. it was good though i dunno if it's my kind of place. the only worry there seemed to be where to eat next. beach, pool, food was the order of the day. 

Cool. Good to hear that there are no lingering effects of Tsunami there. I was watching a Tsunami after-effect movie that was filmed mostly in Thailand - it was tough to watch.
Heard many good things about that place...specially the food. Good Thai food is "to-die-for".

well, the resort i was at is by the beach and was seriously damaged when the tsunami struck but it has all been restored and ready to mint money. yes, food was out of the world, not the standard papaya/mango salads but the more exotic ones like banana flower and such. there were some fine italian restaturants too, there was this one dip that they served with bread, made from sundried tomatoes, garlic etc. that was worth dying for.

overall, a loss of a chunk of money, a gain of 5-10 lbs. 

Banana flower..interesting..never had it. Gotta give it a try.
5-10lbs..@3500 cal/lb... that is 17.5K-35K additional calories over 5-7 days!!!!! That is "McDonalds-esque".

Coconut flower=Vazhai poo a regular and traditional south indian delicacy made in many different ways...

its good to see that my quarter-kban reply got a passing mention somewhere in there. looks like the earthquake set of by my tirade against journalism has set off a tsunami of edible proportions. 

ps 

  my response about not trusting any source except GC's email was related to your tirade. see, you are a heavyweight too!

[sudzz]

well these kind of articles are not good from a news point of view. what are these groups? at least he should mentioned this. groups are there everywhere and it is a healthy way to live in any soceity. on one hand it promotes pooling of like-minded resources on the other it promotes competition.

but somehow in india groupism is always looked down upon. and often mistaken with cliques and mobs. which are nothing but groups gone awry. there is always the danger of that happening but it far underweighs the strenghts of grouping together. it keeps people healthy.

but this guy is shooting in the air hoping that some bird will fall.

this is utter tripe in the name of journalism of reporting.  rating

you may be right here.
but in this case, the article clearly mentions counter-productive/ self-serving cliques.
I agree, healthy social groupings are a positive thing.........but not here in this Indian dressing room

i refuse to believe anything that any article may state, using whatsoever sources, until i see a leaked email from GC sent to BCCI calling people cancers. after-all, that was the undisputed beacon of truth the last time around.   

How was Phuket? Any effects of Tsunami still lingering there?

nah, no effect of tsunami. it was good though i dunno if it's my kind of place. the only worry there seemed to be where to eat next. beach, pool, food was the order of the day. 

Cool. Good to hear that there are no lingering effects of Tsunami there. I was watching a Tsunami after-effect movie that was filmed mostly in Thailand - it was tough to watch.
Heard many good things about that place...specially the food. Good Thai food is "to-die-for".

well, the resort i was at is by the beach and was seriously damaged when the tsunami struck but it has all been restored and ready to mint money. yes, food was out of the world, not the standard papaya/mango salads but the more exotic ones like banana flower and such. there were some fine italian restaturants too, there was this one dip that they served with bread, made from sundried tomatoes, garlic etc. that was worth dying for.

overall, a loss of a chunk of money, a gain of 5-10 lbs. 

Banana flower..interesting..never had it. Gotta give it a try.
5-10lbs..@3500 cal/lb... that is 17.5K-35K additional calories over 5-7 days!!!!! That is "McDonalds-esque".

Coconut flower=Vazhai poo a regular and traditional south indian delicacy made in many different ways...

its good to see that my quarter-kban reply got a passing mention somewhere in there. looks like the earthquake set of by my tirade against journalism has set off a tsunami of edible proportions. 

ps 

  my response about not trusting any source except GC's email was related to your tirade. see, you are a heavyweight too!

why this mad fixation with weight...

[achutank]

well these kind of articles are not good from a news point of view. what are these groups? at least he should mentioned this. groups are there everywhere and it is a healthy way to live in any soceity. on one hand it promotes pooling of like-minded resources on the other it promotes competition.

but somehow in india groupism is always looked down upon. and often mistaken with cliques and mobs. which are nothing but groups gone awry. there is always the danger of that happening but it far underweighs the strenghts of grouping together. it keeps people healthy.

but this guy is shooting in the air hoping that some bird will fall.

this is utter tripe in the name of journalism of reporting.  rating

you may be right here.
but in this case, the article clearly mentions counter-productive/ self-serving cliques.
I agree, healthy social groupings are a positive thing.........but not here in this Indian dressing room

i refuse to believe anything that any article may state, using whatsoever sources, until i see a leaked email from GC sent to BCCI calling people cancers. after-all, that was the undisputed beacon of truth the last time around.   

How was Phuket? Any effects of Tsunami still lingering there?

nah, no effect of tsunami. it was good though i dunno if it's my kind of place. the only worry there seemed to be where to eat next. beach, pool, food was the order of the day. 

Cool. Good to hear that there are no lingering effects of Tsunami there. I was watching a Tsunami after-effect movie that was filmed mostly in Thailand - it was tough to watch.
Heard many good things about that place...specially the food. Good Thai food is "to-die-for".

well, the resort i was at is by the beach and was seriously damaged when the tsunami struck but it has all been restored and ready to mint money. yes, food was out of the world, not the standard papaya/mango salads but the more exotic ones like banana flower and such. there were some fine italian restaturants too, there was this one dip that they served with bread, made from sundried tomatoes, garlic etc. that was worth dying for.

overall, a loss of a chunk of money, a gain of 5-10 lbs. 

Banana flower..interesting..never had it. Gotta give it a try.
5-10lbs..@3500 cal/lb... that is 17.5K-35K additional calories over 5-7 days!!!!! That is "McDonalds-esque".

Coconut flower=Vazhai poo a regular and traditional south indian delicacy made in many different ways...

its good to see that my quarter-kban reply got a passing mention somewhere in there. looks like the earthquake set of by my tirade against journalism has set off a tsunami of edible proportions. 

ps 

  my response about not trusting any source except GC's email was related to your tirade. see, you are a heavyweight too!

and fort hat i shall remember you as i take a mouthful of mocharchop next time i hit bengali market

[MockTurtle]

well these kind of articles are not good from a news point of view. what are these groups? at least he should mentioned this. groups are there everywhere and it is a healthy way to live in any soceity. on one hand it promotes pooling of like-minded resources on the other it promotes competition.

but somehow in india groupism is always looked down upon. and often mistaken with cliques and mobs. which are nothing but groups gone awry. there is always the danger of that happening but it far underweighs the strenghts of grouping together. it keeps people healthy.

but this guy is shooting in the air hoping that some bird will fall.

this is utter tripe in the name of journalism of reporting.  rating

you may be right here.
but in this case, the article clearly mentions counter-productive/ self-serving cliques.
I agree, healthy social groupings are a positive thing.........but not here in this Indian dressing room

i refuse to believe anything that any article may state, using whatsoever sources, until i see a leaked email from GC sent to BCCI calling people cancers. after-all, that was the undisputed beacon of truth the last time around.   

How was Phuket? Any effects of Tsunami still lingering there?

nah, no effect of tsunami. it was good though i dunno if it's my kind of place. the only worry there seemed to be where to eat next. beach, pool, food was the order of the day. 

Cool. Good to hear that there are no lingering effects of Tsunami there. I was watching a Tsunami after-effect movie that was filmed mostly in Thailand - it was tough to watch.
Heard many good things about that place...specially the food. Good Thai food is "to-die-for".

well, the resort i was at is by the beach and was seriously damaged when the tsunami struck but it has all been restored and ready to mint money. yes, food was out of the world, not the standard papaya/mango salads but the more exotic ones like banana flower and such. there were some fine italian restaturants too, there was this one dip that they served with bread, made from sundried tomatoes, garlic etc. that was worth dying for.

overall, a loss of a chunk of money, a gain of 5-10 lbs. 

Banana flower..interesting..never had it. Gotta give it a try.
5-10lbs..@3500 cal/lb... that is 17.5K-35K additional calories over 5-7 days!!!!! That is "McDonalds-esque".

Coconut flower=Vazhai poo a regular and traditional south indian delicacy made in many different ways...

its good to see that my quarter-kban reply got a passing mention somewhere in there. looks like the earthquake set of by my tirade against journalism has set off a tsunami of edible proportions. 

ps 

  my response about not trusting any source except GC's email was related to your tirade. see, you are a heavyweight too!

why this mad fixation with weight...

*sigh* coz of my sorry predicament.

[sudzz]

well these kind of articles are not good from a news point of view. what are these groups? at least he should mentioned this. groups are there everywhere and it is a healthy way to live in any soceity. on one hand it promotes pooling of like-minded resources on the other it promotes competition.

but somehow in india groupism is always looked down upon. and often mistaken with cliques and mobs. which are nothing but groups gone awry. there is always the danger of that happening but it far underweighs the strenghts of grouping together. it keeps people healthy.

but this guy is shooting in the air hoping that some bird will fall.

this is utter tripe in the name of journalism of reporting.  rating

you may be right here.
but in this case, the article clearly mentions counter-productive/ self-serving cliques.
I agree, healthy social groupings are a positive thing.........but not here in this Indian dressing room

i refuse to believe anything that any article may state, using whatsoever sources, until i see a leaked email from GC sent to BCCI calling people cancers. after-all, that was the undisputed beacon of truth the last time around.   

How was Phuket? Any effects of Tsunami still lingering there?

nah, no effect of tsunami. it was good though i dunno if it's my kind of place. the only worry there seemed to be where to eat next. beach, pool, food was the order of the day. 

Cool. Good to hear that there are no lingering effects of Tsunami there. I was watching a Tsunami after-effect movie that was filmed mostly in Thailand - it was tough to watch.
Heard many good things about that place...specially the food. Good Thai food is "to-die-for".

well, the resort i was at is by the beach and was seriously damaged when the tsunami struck but it has all been restored and ready to mint money. yes, food was out of the world, not the standard papaya/mango salads but the more exotic ones like banana flower and such. there were some fine italian restaturants too, there was this one dip that they served with bread, made from sundried tomatoes, garlic etc. that was worth dying for.

overall, a loss of a chunk of money, a gain of 5-10 lbs. 

Banana flower..interesting..never had it. Gotta give it a try.
5-10lbs..@3500 cal/lb... that is 17.5K-35K additional calories over 5-7 days!!!!! That is "McDonalds-esque".

Coconut flower=Vazhai poo a regular and traditional south indian delicacy made in many different ways...

its good to see that my quarter-kban reply got a passing mention somewhere in there. looks like the earthquake set of by my tirade against journalism has set off a tsunami of edible proportions. 

ps 

  my response about not trusting any source except GC's email was related to your tirade. see, you are a heavyweight too!

why this mad fixation with weight...

*sigh* coz of my sorry predicament.

Use it as a positive there is more of you to go around now 

[jaat69]

well these kind of articles are not good from a news point of view. what are these groups? at least he should mentioned this. groups are there everywhere and it is a healthy way to live in any soceity. on one hand it promotes pooling of like-minded resources on the other it promotes competition.

but somehow in india groupism is always looked down upon. and often mistaken with cliques and mobs. which are nothing but groups gone awry. there is always the danger of that happening but it far underweighs the strenghts of grouping together. it keeps people healthy.

but this guy is shooting in the air hoping that some bird will fall.

this is utter tripe in the name of journalism of reporting.  rating

you may be right here.
but in this case, the article clearly mentions counter-productive/ self-serving cliques.
I agree, healthy social groupings are a positive thing.........but not here in this Indian dressing room

i refuse to believe anything that any article may state, using whatsoever sources, until i see a leaked email from GC sent to BCCI calling people cancers. after-all, that was the undisputed beacon of truth the last time around.   

How was Phuket? Any effects of Tsunami still lingering there?

nah, no effect of tsunami. it was good though i dunno if it's my kind of place. the only worry there seemed to be where to eat next. beach, pool, food was the order of the day. 

Cool. Good to hear that there are no lingering effects of Tsunami there. I was watching a Tsunami after-effect movie that was filmed mostly in Thailand - it was tough to watch.
Heard many good things about that place...specially the food. Good Thai food is "to-die-for".

well, the resort i was at is by the beach and was seriously damaged when the tsunami struck but it has all been restored and ready to mint money. yes, food was out of the world, not the standard papaya/mango salads but the more exotic ones like banana flower and such. there were some fine italian restaturants too, there was this one dip that they served with bread, made from sundried tomatoes, garlic etc. that was worth dying for.

overall, a loss of a chunk of money, a gain of 5-10 lbs. 

Banana flower..interesting..never had it. Gotta give it a try.
5-10lbs..@3500 cal/lb... that is 17.5K-35K additional calories over 5-7 days!!!!! That is "McDonalds-esque".

Coconut flower=Vazhai poo a regular and traditional south indian delicacy made in many different ways...

its good to see that my quarter-kban reply got a passing mention somewhere in there. looks like the earthquake set of by my tirade against journalism has set off a tsunami of edible proportions. 

ps 

  my response about not trusting any source except GC's email was related to your tirade. see, you are a heavyweight too!

I mentioned that in my nursery rhymes....."who pulled him out?...achu bhaiya stout"

[toney]

well these kind of articles are not good from a news point of view. what are these groups? at least he should mentioned this. groups are there everywhere and it is a healthy way to live in any soceity. on one hand it promotes pooling of like-minded resources on the other it promotes competition.

but somehow in india groupism is always looked down upon. and often mistaken with cliques and mobs. which are nothing but groups gone awry. there is always the danger of that happening but it far underweighs the strenghts of grouping together. it keeps people healthy.

but this guy is shooting in the air hoping that some bird will fall.

this is utter tripe in the name of journalism of reporting.  rating

you may be right here.
but in this case, the article clearly mentions counter-productive/ self-serving cliques.
I agree, healthy social groupings are a positive thing.........but not here in this Indian dressing room

i refuse to believe anything that any article may state, using whatsoever sources, until i see a leaked email from GC sent to BCCI calling people cancers. after-all, that was the undisputed beacon of truth the last time around.   

How was Phuket? Any effects of Tsunami still lingering there?

nah, no effect of tsunami. it was good though i dunno if it's my kind of place. the only worry there seemed to be where to eat next. beach, pool, food was the order of the day. 

Cool. Good to hear that there are no lingering effects of Tsunami there. I was watching a Tsunami after-effect movie that was filmed mostly in Thailand - it was tough to watch.
Heard many good things about that place...specially the food. Good Thai food is "to-die-for".

well, the resort i was at is by the beach and was seriously damaged when the tsunami struck but it has all been restored and ready to mint money. yes, food was out of the world, not the standard papaya/mango salads but the more exotic ones like banana flower and such. there were some fine italian restaturants too, there was this one dip that they served with bread, made from sundried tomatoes, garlic etc. that was worth dying for.

overall, a loss of a chunk of money, a gain of 5-10 lbs. 

Banana flower..interesting..never had it. Gotta give it a try.
5-10lbs..@3500 cal/lb... that is 17.5K-35K additional calories over 5-7 days!!!!! That is "McDonalds-esque".

that's how it feels anyway, considering how much i ate, with total abandon. stewed bananas in coconut milk, baked custard in steamed pumpkin, mango with sticky rice on one hand, tiramisu, assorted gelatos(yummm!), or  chocolate mud cake eith coconut ice-cream on the other - gives u an idea  and yeah, this was the dessert course after a meal of 3-4 courses.

Wow. Sounds like the place to go for some serious R&R and food.

Come to Kerala and you'll get all this, including the banana flower in a couple of different dishes. Let me know when you are ready to step into God's Own Country.

[LosingNow]

Toney:
Anytime sir. It is my favorite place in India.
Spent 10 days about 8 years ago, staying through Kovalam, Backwaters, and Munnar. The best vacation I have had in India. Cant wait to do this again.
Never had banana flower though.
BTW, suddz seems to be equating coconut flower with banana flower. They are different things, right?

[toney]

Toney:
Anytime sir. It is my favorite place in India.
Spent 10 days about 8 years ago, staying through Kovalam, Backwaters, and Munnar. The best vacation I have had in India. Cant wait to do this again.
Never had banana flower though.
BTW, suddz seems to be equating coconut flower with banana flower. They are different things, right?

I don't think coconut flower is quite edible. We use that for Pujas etc. Very beautiful when it blooms too.

And for an authentic taste of Kerala, please don't go to Palghat MT may disagree but too much Tamil influence. If you want authentic Kerala cuisine, the backwaters are great. The high ranges (Munnar, Thekkady, parts of Idukki etc) are great if you enjoy all kinds of non veg food as well.

If and when you go to Kerala (get a mobile a/c if you can), do try visiting one of those local toddy shops. Some of them have remodeled their places to cater to people travelling with families too. And try the fermented drinks (not the patta) along with duck roast, chicken, fried fish, prawns (yeah real prawns, not the shrimp that some people call prawns for whatever reason), shrimp, beef, pork etc. Sorry if you won't eat the last two but they are just unelievably good too.

[MockTurtle]

Toney:
Anytime sir. It is my favorite place in India.
Spent 10 days about 8 years ago, staying through Kovalam, Backwaters, and Munnar. The best vacation I have had in India. Cant wait to do this again.
Never had banana flower though.
BTW, suddz seems to be equating coconut flower with banana flower. They are different things, right?

that's a mistake by sudzz. even the banana plant's stem is cooked as a vegetable after removing all the 'threads' from it. ah, another awesome dish is made from raw jackfruit(the smaller variety, iDichakka). we had this massive garden at our house with lots of banana plants(?), coconut trees, 3 or 4 mango trees, 3 or 4 jackfruit trees and such. it was such blissful times. i was a tiny tot then but i still recall all the activities around these various fruits - some jackfruits are to be eaten ripe, some were to be made into chips, and so on. same with the mangoes. had huge sacks filled with hay to store them and ripen them...then there was the chap who used to climb the coconut tree, wearing a looped rope around his ankles and chop the coconuts off...my grandfather used to have a barber make home visits...now i am overwhelmed by nostalgia 

toney, i was in eranakulam!

[toney]

MT,
nice to know about EKM. I have similar stories about my parents' homes. Thans for reminding me about the jacfruits. BTW, there were cliques worse than the ones here when it came to eating jackfruits. I loved the varikka chakka and not the koozha chakka. The first one is what you get in tinned form from Malaysia and thailand, here in the US. The second one is the gooey kind of chakka which is really messy to eat.

I also loved the cooked version of raw jackfruits though even I had to pitch in when it came to preparing the fruit for that. Chakka + meen curry or even kappa (tapioca) + meen curry! Yum.

BTW, where in Ekm? Ekm district or the actual city? I am from Kottayam

[LosingNow]

Toney:
Anytime sir. It is my favorite place in India.
Spent 10 days about 8 years ago, staying through Kovalam, Backwaters, and Munnar. The best vacation I have had in India. Cant wait to do this again.
Never had banana flower though.
BTW, suddz seems to be equating coconut flower with banana flower. They are different things, right?

I don't think coconut flower is quite edible. We use that for Pujas etc. Very beautiful when it blooms too.

And for an authentic taste of Kerala, please don't go to Palghat MT may disagree but too much Tamil influence. If you want authentic Kerala cuisine, the backwaters are great. The high ranges (Munnar, Thekkady, parts of Idukki etc) are great if you enjoy all kinds of non veg food as well.

If and when you go to Kerala (get a mobile a/c if you can), do try visiting one of those local toddy shops. Some of them have remodeled their places to cater to people travelling with families too. And try the fermented drinks (not the patta) along with duck roast, chicken, fried fish, prawns (yeah real prawns, not the shrimp that some people call prawns for whatever reason), shrimp, beef, pork etc. Sorry if you won't eat the last two but they are just unelievably good too.

Yep...
Munnar was breathtaking and we spent one night in a boat on the backwaters. Just heavenly. Thekkady was a bit of a disappointment - couldnt see any wildlife - but the only touristy restaurant there (at that time) called Spice village or something, had awesome food.
Will definitely try the "local" toddy and food mentioned. I dont eat pork - for taste reasons - and I know what you mean when you say Prawns not shrimps.
I "get" the Palghat reference/ribbing. Have a few friends from there. Looks like both the Tamilians and Keralites like to "disown" them.  ..but they have such beautiful women from there!!

[LosingNow]

Toney:
Anytime sir. It is my favorite place in India.
Spent 10 days about 8 years ago, staying through Kovalam, Backwaters, and Munnar. The best vacation I have had in India. Cant wait to do this again.
Never had banana flower though.
BTW, suddz seems to be equating coconut flower with banana flower. They are different things, right?

that's a mistake by sudzz. even the banana plant's stem is cooked as a vegetable after removing all the 'threads' from it. ah, another awesome dish is made from raw jackfruit(the smaller variety, iDichakka). we had this massive garden at our house with lots of banana plants(?), coconut trees, 3 or 4 mango trees, 3 or 4 jackfruit trees and such. it was such blissful times. i was a tiny tot then but i still recall all the activities around these various fruits - some jackfruits are to be eaten ripe, some were to be made into chips, and so on. same with the mangoes. had huge sacks filled with hay to store them and ripen them...then there was the chap who used to climb the coconut tree, wearing a looped rope around his ankles and chop the coconuts off...my grandfather used to have a barber make home visits...now i am overwhelmed by nostalgia 

toney, i was in eranakulam!

Sounds wonderful... and now you are making me nostalgic too about similar experiences but in a different setting - I grew up in coastal Andhra..lots of coconuts and mangoes(the best in the world after Alphonso).

[MockTurtle]

MT,
nice to know about EKM. I have similar stories about my parents' homes. Thans for reminding me about the jacfruits. BTW, there were cliques worse than the ones here when it came to eating jackfruits. I loved the varikka chakka and not the koozha chakka. The first one is what you get in tinned form from Malaysia and thailand, here in the US. The second one is the gooey kind of chakka which is really messy to eat.

I also loved the cooked version of raw jackfruits though even I had to pitch in when it came to preparing the fruit for that. Chakka + meen curry or even kappa (tapioca) + meen curry! Yum.

BTW, where in Ekm? Ekm district or the actual city? I am from Kottayam

well, actually, it was near Alwaye - EKM was the biggest city close-by! i was born thee in fact and spent the first few years of my life there.

i remember the beepdhu (smthing like a jackfruit jam) preparation. it used to be a huge commotion with neighbours sending jackfruits and we had to send them back some things etc. my fondest memory is spending afternoons on a swing that my dad had set-up for me from one of the mango trees and watching all the action going on in the garden. another pastime was to keep track of the caterpillars and see them much away the leaves and then form their cocoons and such.  

oh, there was this flowering tree 'pavazha malli', tiny white flowers with orange stems - one had to shake it to get all the flowers fall off and pick them up. not to mention the various jasmine varieties and hibiscus, allamandas etc. man, that was paradise!

now i must go pen down all these memories

[toney]

Looks like you know more abt Kerala than me. Visit the temples too. They are quite different and IMHO, much more peaceful than the commercialised Birla Mandir, ISKCON teples etc in places north of Kerala. The architecture is worth the visit.
The Northern districts have old Namboodiri houses particularly in the Shornur area. Kozhikode has very warm people and the biriyani and halwa are quite good. Then, there is Kasargod and surrounding areas where, once again, the temples are fantastic.

Anyhow, back to cricket and how RD  created groups in the team.

PS: there are equally good places in Thekkady (as Spice Village) now but if you aren't crazy about a few wid elephants, Munnar is a better option.

[MockTurtle]

Toney:
Anytime sir. It is my favorite place in India.
Spent 10 days about 8 years ago, staying through Kovalam, Backwaters, and Munnar. The best vacation I have had in India. Cant wait to do this again.
Never had banana flower though.
BTW, suddz seems to be equating coconut flower with banana flower. They are different things, right?

I don't think coconut flower is quite edible. We use that for Pujas etc. Very beautiful when it blooms too.

And for an authentic taste of Kerala, please don't go to Palghat MT may disagree but too much Tamil influence. If you want authentic Kerala cuisine, the backwaters are great. The high ranges (Munnar, Thekkady, parts of Idukki etc) are great if you enjoy all kinds of non veg food as well.

If and when you go to Kerala (get a mobile a/c if you can), do try visiting one of those local toddy shops. Some of them have remodeled their places to cater to people travelling with families too. And try the fermented drinks (not the patta) along with duck roast, chicken, fried fish, prawns (yeah real prawns, not the shrimp that some people call prawns for whatever reason), shrimp, beef, pork etc. Sorry if you won't eat the last two but they are just unelievably good too.

Yep...
Munnar was breathtaking and we spent one night in a boat on the backwaters. Just heavenly. Thekkady was a bit of a disappointment - couldnt see any wildlife - but the only touristy restaurant there (at that time) called Spice village or something, had awesome food.
Will definitely try the "local" toddy and food mentioned. I dont eat pork - for taste reasons - and I know what you mean when you say Prawns not shrimps.
I "get" the Palghat reference/ribbing. Have a few friends from there. Looks like both the Tamilians and Keralites like to "disown" them.  ..but they have such beautiful women from there!!

palghat has the best of both worlds and that's that!