Dervish
My blogs
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Student |
| Occupation | Chef |
| Location | Sydney, NSW, Australia |
| Introduction | Firstly the name of the blog. Well as you would have guessed I am from India and the one thing that I miss the most about home other than my family and friends are Indian Mangoes, my absolute favourite fruit. Australian mangoes would never taste the same. I think there is something inherently sensuous about mango and it reminds me of all things Indian. The other part of the blog title is Chocolate rightly called the 'food of the Gods'. I don't think life would be the same without chocolate and I would rather die than live another day in a world without chocolate. LOL. Hence the name of the blog is a play of words with 2 of my absolute favourite food items. Well now a time for a brief introduction. I am 27 years old and am studying at a culinary school in Sydney called Le Cordon Bleu. This blog is a collection of recipes I cook at home on a student's budget and a review of place I eat at around Sydney. |
| Interests | Food , Music, travel, books, movies |
| Favorite movies | There are so many movies that one sees which strikes a chord in our heart but with time new ones come into the picture and the old ones haze out. I'll just give a few that I saw of late which I still remember. Maurice, Crash, Babel, Ran (Japanese), The Motorcycle Diaries(Spanish), Madonna- The Confessions tour, Raincoat (Hindi), Omkara (Hindi), Cold Mountain, The Constant Gardener, The Notebook, Message in a bottle, Black (Hindi), Veer Zaara (Hindi), The White Countess, Kundun. The Last Emperor |
| Favorite music | Abida Parveen, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Ustad Sultan Khan, Madonna, Nina Simone, Rekha Bharadwaj, Frank Sianatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Andrea Bocelli, Susheela Raman, Jamie Cullum, Macy Gray, Gregorian Chants, Tibetan Buddhist Music, Lama Tashi, Lama Gyurme & Jean Phillipe Rykiel, World Music, Gotan project, Thievery Corporation, John Mayer, Karunesh, Idan Raichel Project, Josh Groban, Michael Buble, Talvin Singh, Zila Khan, Sting, Putumayo series, ... I could be sitting here all day long and the list wouldn't end. Music is my strength in my moments of solitude, happiness, pain. |
| Favorite books | I am not much of a book lover but there are times in my life when I have nothing to do and rather than waste time on idle pursuits I pick up a book and start reading. It could be anything from a magazine about fashion, travel, music or computer to books on fictional or non fictional themes. Sometimes the phase fizzes out soon if I don't stumble upon anything interesting and at times it goes on for a while. Some of the book or authors that I have read who have left a mark on me. Milan Kundera, Orhan Pamuk, Rumi's Poetry, Iyanla Vanzant, HH The Dalia Lama, Arundhati Roy, Dan Brown... |