The Ant Blog

Episode 4:  Deleted Pasts, Tim Howard Saves and Christ the Savior: History Lessons in Salvador Watching the Belgium vs USA match in Salvador was a slightly awkward experience. More than two thirds of the stadium was there to cheer for a Soccer team, while everybody else was watching a football match. It was a foregone conclusion that the “Football” team or Équipe de football, to be precise, would beat the “Soccer” one. But for a short while it seemed that there was nothing that Tim Howard, the brave American goalkeeper, could not save. (as illustrated in the adjoining image) Exhilaration at watching your last world cup football match in Brasil paired with a strange sense of unease that neither team playing deserves a place beyond the round, for various reasons. In retrospect that could sum up the entire Salvador experience. Something exhilaratingly beautiful and incredibly exotic, that you  wouldn't  trade for anything else, paired with that itch in the g...

I am quite a regular at this place…erm by that I mean I visit them once in a few weeks to a month. Well, to be honest I am visiting this place so frequently as a common friend has been hosting some fun events at this joint. Every time I have been here, I have come across warm and pleasant staff always ready to help. I frequent both the Lower Parel and the Kurla Marketcity locations.  The drinks, especially the cocktails are very good. Also they have a good range in the beer section. The food menu quite nicely compliments the place. Most of everything that I have ever tried here has been prepared nicely according to me. The pics have been taken from my latest trip, which included Draught Beer. We had lots of it. Along with a Basket of Chicken Popcorn to begin with. For the mains we ordered Original Italian Spaghetti with Prawns, and The Great Irish Fish & Chips. The dips that came along with all the fried food were quite nice.  By the time they cleared our table...