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Last night at Delhi. We met up with iron-wife's friend and his family
for dinner. We settled at a restaurant in the Ambience mall just next
door to the Kempinski Leela. This restaurant is considered as
"formal" dinning. Six people in total. We had about 5 dishes. Saag
Paneer, an Aloo dish with yellow gravy, Dal, nan, prathata, rise. O
yes, a nice tomato soup with Indian spices. The grand total was Rs
2,314.00. I was like what? That was for six people. Just the two of
us at Leela was Rs 3,500 with two dishes. Granted I usually had a pre-
dinner drink, that went for Rs 650.00. Good thing though with our
hotel room package, the dinner as long as we eat at a specific
restaurant, it's free. But still, what a difference in price between
the hotel and the mall separated by a thick concrete wall.

I have enough of Indian food now. Ready for some home cook Chinese
meal in Singapore tomorrow night. Friend of ours, his mom and sister
will cook for us. Clean, less saltiness and food that we can sink our
teeth into rather than heavy gravy and liquified veggie. And of
course, less consumption of the fattening "Gee" (butter) Indians love
to cook with.