Sriharsha, the office manager at the OSI-India office, has taken us under his wing and has been a great host. Showing us around the city (his driving makes me feel like I'm in a Fast and Furious movie...) and ensuring we are settling in fine. We found ourselves at Opus in the Creek for karaoke last Friday night with Sriharsha, his wife, Gowri, and another new friend, Prachie. Bo serenaded the crowd with a Neil Diamond favorite.
Saturday night we met some of Sriharsha and Gowri's other friends at an indoor beer garden that resembled a green house with misty water spritzing down from ceiling. It was quite lovely. They treated us to dinner that evening at a great shawarma place "Empire." I wish I had thought to take photos of the food.
We ended the evening with Paan, a traditional mouth freshener made with betel leafs and stuffed with spices, coconut, fruit and topped with cherries.
It was quite a minty mouthful of an experience!
And...I stole this photo from the internet as I forgot to take a photo of the real deal...
It was quite a minty mouthful of an experience!
And...I stole this photo from the internet as I forgot to take a photo of the real deal...