McElusive - In search of the Big Spicy chicken wrap

A couple of weeks ago, McDonalds India launched their new McSpicy range of food. This included the McSpicy Paneer burger and wrap and the McSpicy Chicken burger and wrap.

This is clearly a response to KFCs very popular Zinger burger (which i love) and i must say is doing well. Everyone was talking about it. (Oh and btw, KFC launched their new HOT zinger as a response to MCSpicy - ah, how i love corporate wars.)

Last evening, i had a craving for the Big Spicy Chicken wrap. I had seen J eating it in the afternoon and it looked absolutely delicious, plus its been a while since i had a decent wrap. Fueled by my craving, I went to the McDonalds closest to home - the one at Haji Ali. Imagine my disappointed when there was a print-out saying 'SOLD OUT' pasted on the McSpicy menu. Oh well, there is another outlet close buy so i headed there next, but they were sold out too!!

McElusive

You know what happens when u want something but u cant have it? Oh yeah... you want is BAD. Determined to have my wrap, i dragged J out and traveled all the way to the out let at VT.

"not available ma'am" says the guy
"what?! is there a shortage in the entire city!"
Cheeky guy says "no, go to Colaba outlet" So i did!! and they didnt have it there either!!!

Methinks there is more to this than meets the eye, a recall on the product maybe?

Meanwhile, my unsatisfied craving grows stronger. Anyways, thats a wrap.

First day of work

This was not going to be easy... I was returning to the workforce a freshly minted MBA after almost 3 years. Was it going to be easy transitioning from my 'holiday' phase of late nights and even later mornings into this 'office-going' person?

Things had to be perfect, and with the inevitable question of what to wear (basic black pants and a crisp white shirt, simple, classy), came the maybe not so inevitable question of what to take as lunch. Would they have a canteen? A microwave? What were the lunch time rituals - mayhem in the cafeteria or a lone lunch desk-side? To play it safe I decided on one of my favorite lunches and anytime comfort food - spicy curd rice with roasted papad.

Prep:
Boil rice in the cooker the night before and refrigerate
Also set yogurt (or use the store-bought variety)

Ingredients:
2 cups cooked rice
1 cup yogurt
1/2 cup milk
3 dried red chillies
1 tsp urad dal
1 tsp mustard seeds
pinch of hing (asafoetida)
salt and sugar to taste

Mix rice and yogurt along with the milk (this enhances the taste of the curd)
Add in the salt and sugar
In a small pan heat oil, add mustard seeds and when they splutter, add the hing, urad dal and red chillies
Add to the rice, mix well and enjoy with roasted papads. (i like the urad ones)

Done! Simple, tasty, hassle free and filling!