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Have you been to Falafels yet

I don't like the food courts at shopping malls. All of them have the same chain restaurants and since I only go on weekends, they are overly crowded. But in the past couple of months I have made umpteen trips to the food court at newly opened Oberoi Mall. All for Falafels.

Falafels is the McDonalds of Arabic food. They have hummus, Baba ghanoush, falafels, pickles all lined up so when you order its just ready for you to pick up and go. There's quite a variety you can order there, including desserts. But I only ever order hummus with falafels. Its typical fast food style : a plate full of hummus drizzled with a few spoons of tahina and dotted with falafels. Plus a couple of warm pitas.

This is one store bought hummus I've truly liked, and Tahina gives it a nice edge. They also let you take pots of hummus and other dips home. Which is perfect for me for days when I am hungry but don't really know what I want to eat. Or for days when I want to eat this favorite food because I am happy. Or when I get awards!

Yes, another award coming up. Andhra Flavors has made me her blogging friend forever. Thanks so much!



The following rules apply to this award:

1. Only 5 people are allowed to receive this award
2. 4 of them followers of your blog.
3. One has to be new to your blog and live in another part of the world.
4. You must link back to who ever gave you the award.

I would like to pass on the first four awards to Bharti, notyet100, Bhags and Swati. The fifth one goes to Pragyan, the newest reader on my blog.

I also realized that I have been hoarding the Rockin' Girl Blogger Award.



I would like to pass this on to the following rocking bloggers:

Nicole for rocking the blog world with her taste & create every month

Srivalli, your melas rock

Rachel, for I love her baked goodies. And she's a daring baker too!
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Rachel said…
Would love to see that palce in the city I live....

Congrst on the awards and thnx for thinking of me....appreciate the lil writeup on me :)
August 2, 2008 at 12:56 PM
notyet100 said…
congrats for the award,..nd tanks for passing one to me,..:-)
August 2, 2008 at 1:10 PM
Srivalli said…
oh that must be taxing if you experience every time right...

thanks for the awards..very sweet of you!
August 2, 2008 at 10:40 PM
Pragyan said…
Hey Simran, Congrats and thanks, dear! Falafels are indeed very handy..hummus is one of favourite snack! :)
August 2, 2008 at 11:14 PM
Anonymous said…
I just came back from a Falafel dinner....what a coincidence........thanks for thinking about me
August 3, 2008 at 9:44 AM
Bharti said…
Thanks Simran! We will be blogging friends for ever if I ever publish one! I have family visiting right now and I'm so caught up. Thanks for thinking of me! Oh and u r right about the falafils beingt he fast food of Arabic food. I ate falefils almost everyday growing up.
August 3, 2008 at 11:23 AM
Shreya said…
I haven't been there yet!:-( Congrats on the awards. I have passed the Booky MeMe to you..
August 3, 2008 at 3:31 PM
Swati Raman Garg said…
yaara sorry pata nai yeh kaise miss ho gaya... and this is such a nice award... wowy... thanks buddy.... and where is this overoi mall... falafels.. sahi hai yaar... thanks again
August 20, 2008 at 7:04 AM
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