I went into the temple cafeteria and decided to get some take-out. I had no idea what to get. I saw the menu, but it may as well have been in Old High Martian for all I understood (it was in English, but I didn't know what was what). So I said to the guy working the counter "I have no idea what to get, but I like Indian food; surprise me and let me have whatever you like". He laughed and said OK. He described some of the items and I said "ooh yeah!" to each one. So I got (I had to look these up 
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Aloo bonda - potato appetizers;
Bisi bele bhaat - spicy rice and lentils?
Rava kesari - the semolina sweet;
Nellore karam dosa;
On the ticket he has puliyodharai. I found it in my searches, but instead of that he included a cold spicy rice pudding. It looks like kheer but it's definitely not sweet, it's spicy. Maybe he just switched the items mistakenly. I don't care because I've had it before, and I like it. I was happy when I opened it and saw it. He also included something that looks like soup, like a spicy minestrone base, but just the "soup" with small bits of onion and some other vegs. Whatever it is, it's good. And then there are the two small containers that look and taste like thin wasabi, actually lighter green in color. No flippin' idea what they are or what to do with them (nothing worse than not knowing how to eat something).
All that for $21. I could only eat half of what he packed. It's definitely enough for two people. I mean $21 for two people!? Now I'm on such a carbohydrate rush from all that rice and sugar I may never sleep again. I could go for a tall cold glass of insulin. :biglaugh:
OK, so as I was leaving his curiosity must have got the better of him, so he said as he shook my hand "Sir, you are Hindu? Have you been to India? When did you become Hindu? I see you have [he pointed to the tilak I still had on, and my small ॐ" pendant]". I told him I was raised RC, but even when I was Christian I believed in the gods. I told him drifted away from Christianity towards Hinduism because it felt right. I said I first came to the temple about 3 years ago, and even wear a dhoti on occasion. His face lit up.
)...Aloo bonda - potato appetizers;
Bisi bele bhaat - spicy rice and lentils?
Rava kesari - the semolina sweet;
Nellore karam dosa;
On the ticket he has puliyodharai. I found it in my searches, but instead of that he included a cold spicy rice pudding. It looks like kheer but it's definitely not sweet, it's spicy. Maybe he just switched the items mistakenly. I don't care because I've had it before, and I like it. I was happy when I opened it and saw it. He also included something that looks like soup, like a spicy minestrone base, but just the "soup" with small bits of onion and some other vegs. Whatever it is, it's good. And then there are the two small containers that look and taste like thin wasabi, actually lighter green in color. No flippin' idea what they are or what to do with them (nothing worse than not knowing how to eat something).
All that for $21. I could only eat half of what he packed. It's definitely enough for two people. I mean $21 for two people!? Now I'm on such a carbohydrate rush from all that rice and sugar I may never sleep again. I could go for a tall cold glass of insulin. :biglaugh:OK, so as I was leaving his curiosity must have got the better of him, so he said as he shook my hand "Sir, you are Hindu? Have you been to India? When did you become Hindu? I see you have [he pointed to the tilak I still had on, and my small ॐ" pendant]". I told him I was raised RC, but even when I was Christian I believed in the gods. I told him drifted away from Christianity towards Hinduism because it felt right. I said I first came to the temple about 3 years ago, and even wear a dhoti on occasion. His face lit up.
