Piquant Photos
Some photo-essays on subjects which caught my attention while shambling around the world
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- Photo Essay: Autumn Garden Toys on Nov 22, 2009 in Nature
I got hold of a new camera and went off taking some photographs with it in the garden. What else to pick but the garden gnomes, etc. :) he looks like he has gone to the corner to take...
- Jamies: A review on Nov 21, 2009 in Food and Cuisine London
We had some office guests over from all over the world, so decided to take them to have a bite to eat at the nearest restaurant to the office. Here’s my review on UrbanSpoon: "Avoid. Wine good, ambience good. Starter was good, interesting...
- Sights in Vale Farm on Nov 17, 2009 in Humour Road Trip London
My lovely little princess had her birthday at Vale Farm and took some interesting snaps while I was parking the car. Rather amusing and interesting. First was the arrows. I liked the juxtaposition. The idea that you would have traffic safety cen...
- My first shot at Huevos Ranchero on Nov 16, 2009 in Food and Cuisine
You know I bought few books yesterday and decided to inaugurate the first one today. Its a book about simple recipes. Its the big red book in the middle. Anyway, this is what my eldest cost centre decided for breakfast and little princess said...
- The Rack of Lamb on Nov 15, 2009 in Food and Cuisine
I think this turned out to be nice :) That’s an aged Welsh rack of lamb, with thyme, parsley, Dijon mustard and some other secret herbs with a bit of salt and pepper. Perfectly cooked inside and out, medium rare :) As Diya says, Baba’s...
- Photo Essay: Diya’s Birthday Celebrations on Nov 15, 2009 in Diya London
It was Diya’s 6th birthday on 1st of November. As usual, it turned into a week long celebration. We had a cake cutting ceremony first at home. That’s a cool cake, eh? nice one. very Halloweeny :) See the two witches having fun with the b...
- Photo Essay: A trip down Swansea way on Nov 11, 2009 in Railways United Kingdom Shopping Buildings Rail Trip History Church
I had gone to Swansea to give couple of lectures, one to the first year students as part of the bank’s outreach programme to first year students and the second was to the MBA students. Its a pretty good time, love to interact with the students, but...
