Unravelling your other side

I have been experiencing newer aspects of myself since the time I moved to Europe.
It has more to do with the need to do so rather than wish.

The biggest change is me in the past 10 months has been my growing fascination
towards cooking. Believe me you, someone who had "a good cook" as a criteria for
zeroing on her could-be husband - this is a huge huge change!
But like I said, it has more to do with the need.

It is so absolutely difficult to eat German food EVERYDAY. Sorry Deutschland.
And the Indian food options are not that great. Well you may say something is better
than nothing, but you should try it yourself before you recommend it to me. Besides
being unreasonably priced it is as far apart from authentic Indian cuisine as the moon
from the earth. (Of course there is '1' good restaurant which I love, but it is not one
where one could go every week without pinching your pocket.)

So the last resort - cook your own meal. I did have a penchant for cooking and
whatever I tried out back home turned out finger-licking good :) Honestly. But I could
do that only once in a while. No, no, don't doubt my ability to recreate magic every
time, cos I can. It was just I was lazy. And who will not be! When you have so many
different options available!! I had a cook (who to be honest didn't churn out as good
food as I did, but like I said I was lazy to cook everyday), there were fine restaurants
nearby(not to mention they were affordable), you had home delivery service
available, you had tons of options of snacks to choose from, you could visit a friend's
place if you craved for some authentic dish from that part of India - so why would
anybody have to cook?!!!! Ah, the luxury that is India! :)

So now I have moved from that phase to this phase where I cook almost EVERY
day! Well, I DO cook everyday, sob, sob. (Yea my roomy does cook, but the mess
he leaves back is too much for me to handle. So I let him be most times) Anyway.
So like at other things, I am good at this too. Hehe. My inherent creativity has
cooked up dishes I could never imagine possible from me. And I am getting good
at it day by day.Necessity is the mother of invention they say. In the case of the
kitchen one could say boredom is the mother of innovative dishes.

Cooking your own food has its own pros you see. For one you can always believe
what you are eating, unlike at the restaurants. Secondly, you KNOW it is
hygienic and don't have to believe the hypocritical certificates the restaurant
flaunts. You always have the choice to "order" your own dish unlike where you
have to pick from "1,2,3". I think you get the point. So.. I am enjoying my time
in the kitchen. I ain't cooking any story here, honestly I am :)

So long... until next time, Guten Apetit.