After quite a lot of activity, I’ve had a couple of quiet days without any travelling. Fortunately, there are several restaurants and cafes near the hostel.
On the way to Conscious Cafe, I saw this shop selling sculptured wooden ornaments and furniture.
The cafe itself was expensive by Indian standards. I had a Mediterranean platter, which was good. It was a pleasant change from all the Indian food I’d been having.
Indian food is, generally, well flavoured. There is a reason it’s popular around the world. I vaguely remember it was more popular than fish and chips in the UK at one point. It may even be Britain’s “national dish” now.
Once you get used to Indian food, other food doesn’t taste as flavoursome. Your tastebuds are spoilt. I heard someone who tastes food for a living say that he avoids strong flavours. Whenever my mother had non-Indian food, she would say it had no taste. She would add some spices to “perk it up”.
For breakfast and an afternoon coffee, I went to Marc’s Cafe. My Swiss friend told me about it in Bangalore. It was a coincidence I ended up in a hostel near it.
The cafe is run by a Spanish couple. I spoke to one of them. She told me they baked their own bread and cakes. The place is renowned for attracting coffee-lovers. The husband is now in Barcelona at a coffee fair.
On my second visit, the owner I spoke to was supervising a photoshoot. She was very particular about what she wanted. At one point, she was standing on the counter pouring a drink from a height! The photoshoot went on for at least an hour. Bottles and other receptacles were emptied and refilled as shots were repeated. With that attention to detail, I understood why the cafe looked stylish.
