Are you one too? Every Saturday morning, quite regardless of how late I get to bed on Friday night, I end up at Koshy's for breakfast. This place has been around for years. I remember seeing a sign that said 'since 1853' (I'm sure that's wrong) or something along those lines but I just could find it in the picture I took.
It's not as if the breakfast is particularly good. I could order something more exciting like mutton mince or chicken liver on toast. On Sundays, they have
appams with stew. But I just love the atmosphere. Will have to get a better picture of the interior next time.
After breakfast, I would go for a short walk through Church Street (the magazine stand), then Musuem Road (Mr. Shanpak's Premiere Book store where I will be ordering the last instalment of Harry Potter at 20% discount) and make my way onto M.G. Road. If I'm not wrong, every major Indian city has a Mahatma Gandhi, hence M.G., Road which is a main thoroughfare that cuts through the heart of the city. This has been described to me as the equivalent of Singapore's Orchard Road, with a tree-lined boulevard on the one side and shops and outdoor cafes on the other. What I like about this street on a Saturday morning is the absence of the crowd.
On the drive home, I was reminded of how beautiful the area around Ulsoor Lake is; especially when they finally complete cleaning up the stinking outflow drain that skirts the side on which my apartment is situated.
Are you one too? Every Saturday morning, quite regardless of how late I get to bed on Friday night, I end up at Koshy's for breakfast. This place has been around for years. I remember seeing a sign that said 'since 1853' (I'm sure that's wrong) or something along those lines but I just could find it in the picture I took.
It's not as if the breakfast is particularly good. I could order something more exciting like mutton mince or chicken liver on toast. On Sundays, they have appams with stew. But I just love the atmosphere. Will have to get a better picture of the interior next time.
After breakfast, I would go for a short walk through Church Street (the magazine stand), then Musuem Road (Mr. Shanpak's Premiere Book store where I will be ordering the last instalment of Harry Potter at 20% discount) and make my way onto M.G. Road. If I'm not wrong, every major Indian city has a Mahatma Gandhi, hence M.G., Road which is a main thoroughfare that cuts through the heart of the city. This has been described to me as the equivalent of Singapore's Orchard Road, with a tree-lined boulevard on the one side and shops and outdoor cafes on the other. What I like about this street on a Saturday morning is the absence of the crowd.
On the drive home, I was reminded of how beautiful the area around Ulsoor Lake is; especially when they finally complete cleaning up the stinking outflow drain that skirts the side on which my apartment is situated.
5 comments:
singapore can redeem herself; if she turns cooler (temperatures that is).
After reading this post (at 3:40am in the morning at WORK!!!), I felt like eating eggs, so when I got home, I had some soft boiled egg white. We had no bread in the house, so no toast. :-( sigh...
LM: You know I've had this vision in the past of someone using a giant saw under the island, and Singapore just floated away to a temperate zone...
VnC: I love eggs. Eggs are good. Gosh, just egg whites?
Very interesting! It sounds like a routine a retired author would have! Wish all my saturdays are like yours. The cafe seems like the magnolia snack bar or polar cafe of days gone by.
Your friend Boon has the best description. I still recall the first visit at Koshi's and was informed about the British guy (retired author or army) sitting at the corner table who had been going there for the last 20 years. I thot Craig would follow suit, but looks like you have another 15 years to go!
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