The Pitstop

Who would not have, at one point or the other, not relied on maggi, in the absence of a.b.s.o.l.u.t.e.l.y any other options to quench ‘paapi pate’s bhook’. Stuck at home on a night, suddenly you realize there’s nothing at home to cook and its too late to step out to grab a bite, you turn to Maggi. Feeling sick, tired, or lazy to cook, Maggi’s your quick and tasty answer to these ‘unplanned situations’ in life. Single and your cook took an uninformed leave, its maggi time. Riot in the city and you didnt get a chance to replenish your stock of meats or veggies – well, you know what you can depend on. Mostly everybody makes their grocery and veggie purchases over a weekend, but well, there’s a never-ending or a regularly refreshed supply of this ever-so-dependable item.

There are now healthier options available in the Maggi family – the wheat Maggi, so less guilt on conscience for gorging on maida.  Thats for some who prefer the ‘healthy and nutritious’ maggi. But I still go for the ‘maida’ option Its tastier. I’ll let you into a little secret, which wont remain so once you know about it. Even when I do have food at home, and have the options of making either rice or maggi, I go for the latter. Wasnt that big a secret…hmm. Though with both rice and maggi, all it takes is to put them into boiling water, no more effort, yet maggi’s what attracts me more, more so when I am home alone. I’m also a lazy brat, at least am turning into one or rather letting myself be one. Thats just another secret I’ve just let you into! Rice has an additional step of washing it before it can be cooked . Pasta too, though simple to prepare, has too many steps and takes longer than the other ’2-mintues’ meal.

So unless I’ve resolved to eat healthy and purposely not stocked up any of ‘it’ at home, like the time when I was alone for a couple of weeks because of hubby’s out-of-India trip and cooked up every single meal for myself, I do yield in to the temptation every once in a (long/short) while.

Cafe Inch on 100 ft Road Indiranagar used to be a hot spot 3 years back.

It was conveniently located, at 5 minutes drive from our residence at that time. It had swanky interiors – with varied kind of seating, occupied a decently huge area, and attracted a posh crowd.

It was really our favorite with its sandwiches and burgers and pastas and mocktails and coffees. Just the right place where we could relax with good food and beverages.

Of the few times we went there, we started feeling a pinch on the pocket, but we were ready to embrace it because of the variety and quality it offered. Before we could put it in a getting-too-expensive-for-lunch/dinner slot, it abruptly closed down for renovation. Now that was quite surprising because it neither seemed to be in need of any repairs nor did it need any makeover since it had been newly done. In any case, we waited patiently for it to unveil its new look. I vaguely remember what happened after that but I do remember that it completely disappeared from the scene!! Believe me, it was a huge setback to us!