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RASHMI UDAY SINGH
Vegetarians your attention please! Please read what follows and should you need any information and details do let me know and I will be happy to email them to you. For starters, here’s my confession! Even though as a food critic I have had to
circle the globe and taste everything from crocodile to kangaroo, I am inclined to be a vegetarian. Wherever I roam I try and track vegetarian restaurants. In the heart of Zurich I discover the 110 year old pure veggie “Hiltl” and marvel at its ingenious menu. I study vegetarian eateries in Australia (and even discover a pure vegetarian Chinese restaurant). Believe it or not, the best vegetarian meal that I have had till date is in Paris and that too in a Michelin-starred restaurant. I have actually contributed a chapter on “Eating veggie in Italy” to “The little book of Italy” and am on a constant mission to track down vegetarian havens. And of course was on a perpetual high while working on my vegetarian cookbook.
However, more stringent than vegetarians are the vegans, they not only avoid meat and fish but also dairy and dairy products. Should you happen to be a vegan, I have good news for you... Marieen, one of the founders of People for Animals, Chennai, creates vegan and vegetarian dishes.
Onion pastry, soft, fluffy and tasty pinwheel sandwiches with celery are all made by this 34-year-old talented woman. Though born a Syrian Christian and a non-vegetarian, Marieen became a vegetarian and then a vegan and happily cooks both kinds of food.
Marieen’s specialties are vegan and flavoured mayonnaise, brownies, sandwich spreads and decorative cakes. Her minimum order for cakes is half kilo. She will also take corporate orders. Another interesting offering from Marieen are ready-to-bake cookie and brownie mixes. Just pick up the mix and bake at leisure. Remember that Marieen needs advance notice and she does not home deliver.
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Readers Recommend
* Srinivas Guberan supplies 42 varieties of homemade chocolates, including badam delight, pista delight, black date delight, mango delight and pineapple delight. They are priced between Rs. 430 and Rs.480. Free home-delivery service for orders of 1 kg. Ph: 92835 95664.
* For homemade specialties such as pastries, rich plum cakes, pies, desserts, cookie packs, muffin packs and gift boxes contact Anjana Sunil New No. 15, Taylors Road, Kilpauk, ph: 98400 32146 . Timings: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., or 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.
* Half kilo packs of Christmas fruitcake with fruits soaked with honey and treacle; gift-wrapped in red, green and gold are available with Punita Coil Pillai, Mylapore. You can also pick 60-gm packs. Bulk orders are accepted. Address: No. 1, First Main Road, CIT Colony, Mylapore, ph: 98842 41032.
* Saraswati from Devaraja Street, Aynavaram (Venkateshwara Udipi Hotel) supplies fresh home-cooked South Indian meals (lunch and dinner) with home delivery service up to Kilpauk and Kellys. She also supplies chapattis, parathas and subji. Ph: 2644 1048.
* Rich fruit cakes, in gift boxes, are available from “Liz Creations”. Bulk orders are also undertaken. Orders have to be placed on or before December 21. For more details contact Laila Thomas from Besant Nagar at 24915954 or 94440 05270.
* Vittal Catering supplies homemade south Indian meals (maximum order 20) in Mylapore and Mandaveli. Orders have to be placed two hours in advance. They also have ready mixes such as puliogare powder, fresh curry leaves powder and fresh coriander powder. Ph: 24616993
* Sri Saravana Caterers besides catering for wedding functions, accepts orders for other wedding services such as mandapam booking, invitation printing, arranging nagaswaram and audio systems, video and photography, arranging a beautician for bride and bridegroom, entertainment and transport. Catering orders should be for 100 to 30,000 people. Ph: 93819 87333.
Cookery Classes
* Sara Koshy from Valmiki Nagar will conduct a one-day class “Christmas Bakes” on December 8. Preparation of golden fruit cake, microwave Christmas pudding with brandy butter, Christmas tree cookies and mincemeat (dry fruit) tarts will be taught. Timing: 10.30 a.m. She also supplies two varieties of fruitcakes. Ph: 24415602 and 98841 22523.
Queries
* Chandrika from Kilpauk wants one veg dinner to be home delivered on weekdays. On weekends, she wants both lunch and dinner home delivered. Contact chandrika27@gmail.com
* Samuel from Perumbur Barracks Road (next Vasanthi theatre) wants chapatti and a side-dish for dinner, for three everyday. Ph: 98849 96893.
* Anees Fazal wants homemade breakfast, lunch and dinner for two weeks (veg. and non. veg.) to be delivered everyday at her flat in Gopalapuram (behind Civil Supplies Godowns). Address: 13/7, Ganapathy Colony, First Street, R.K.Flats, Gopalapuram, ph: 98411 95316.
* R. Srinivasan wants breakfast and lunch for an elderly couple residing at First Cross Street, Krishna Nagar, Pammal, ph: 65424413.
* Madhu wants packed south Indian breakfast and south or north Indian lunch daily at Fifth Main Road, Anna Nagar (behind Tower). Breakfast should be delivered at 6.30 a.m. every weekday for three or four people, and two packed lunches, for her children, at either 6.30 a.m. or 10 a.m. The lunches can also be delivered at the school in Kilpauk before 12 noon. Ph. 99401 58288.
* Anuradha Sridhar wants someone to home-deliver dinner — roti, dal and subzi (north Indian vegetarian ) — for three everyday in Ashok Nagar. Ph: 99845 04122 or 23719190.
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