22 ounces!

If you love big food portions, you will love Texas. Oh ya!

We visited Texas last weekend. Houston and San Antonio to be precise. It was good timing. Few feet of snow was expected in Chicago and there was Texas with its warm 60s weather. Ahhh! I don't have too much trouble with cold and snow so that wasn't my motivation.

There were couple things that motivated me for this trip. Our friends (not trying to be cheezy) and food. BBQ ribs, Steak, mexican food. Oh ya!

Ironically, the first eating-out we did in Houston was at a IHOP. They are guys who serve mega-carb-overloaded-fill-me-up-portions in a weight-watchers convention so nothing different in Texas.

This was our first visit to San Antonio. I loved the place. Well, to visit. The riverwalk has been dedicated to restaurants and bars. Well, that is all you can do while you are there. Eat. Walk around. Eat some more. I am not rebel to break tradition so that's what I did. I might have taken it to heart because I ate like there is no tomorrow. Our dinner was at a mexican restaurant called Casa Rio. The first time we approached the front desk, the nice lady said they stopped taking names because the wait for more than an hour. Maybe they ran out of pagers to give out. People were lined up like they would at the passport office in India. So we went to another mexican restaurant with plenty of seating. You could tell why once you tasted the appetizers. Went back to Casa Rio and this time we had to wait for just 25 minutes. Oh wow! This better be the holy grail of mexican food. Anywayz...I liked the food. It wasn't the best mexican food I have had but it was better than most of the restaurants.

I had had my eye on County Line all the while though. And we hit that place for lunch next day afternoon. I got the combo; pork ribs, beef brisket and sausage (all in bbq sauce of course). I think it was the best bbq I have ever had. The sauce was not your typical greasy bbq. It was more watery and had a kick. Yummy! Oh ya, I finished it.

Chinese that night. Nothing out of the ordinary.

Monday Dinner. You ever had a feeling when you know you are not hungry but you take a bite and you realize you have never been more hungry? Do you know what causes that? Hunger? Nah. It is the food dummy!

Dinner destination? Salt Grass

Now I go through the menu and I am looking for the biggest steak they had. 22 ounces! I think the most I have had before was 10 ounces. Wonder why. I am not going to pass up on this. This is what I ordered (picture above).

Silver Star Porterhouse

Certified Angus Beef® 22 oz. Porterhouse is two steaks in one. Featuring ample portions of both filet & strip enhanced with “bone-in” flavor

OMG!!!! It was heaven!

I could go on and on about the food in Texas but I will stop here. I have gained 2 lbs from my trip and I have hit the gym every day since I got back. It would take a week to burn just the T-Bone calories.

I am not new to Texas. I went to school in Texas for about a year and a half. But I had a different experience this time. I loved the food. I loved the weather. Maybe it wasn't any of that. It is the Texan hospitality. So I thank our friends, our hosts. This was a great trip!

YeeeHaaa!

Dickhead!

Last week's Fareed Zhakaria's GPS is a must watch. He interviews an ex-chief of ISI and it is amazing how this guy Gul makes a complete ass of himself. He thinks mumbai attacks could be an "inside job" and 9/11 was an inside job as well by Zionist conspirators. Oh and he topped it off by saying Osama is not a terrorist because US does not have proof to substantiate that allegation. What a dickhead!
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestoftv/2008/12/08/fz.hamid.gul.cnn?iref=videosearch

To hell with diplomacy!

I am my wife’s darling. I am my daughter’s ach-cha. I am my mother’s favorite. I am my sister’s little bro. But I am also my country’s son. I am India’s son and today I am angry, sad, helpless and frustrated. My country is bleeding. My countrymen, my brothers are sisters were killed by terrorists.

I resisted blogging about the Mumbai carnage all these days because I was so sure my anger would pour absolute profanity and insane frustration and I would make no sense at all. I fear that no more. I might flood this blog with profanity but I will not contain my anger. I might make no sense here but I will not contain my frustration. We, Indians are too forgiving, too forgetful, too naïve, too accommodative, too liberal, too calm that it is perceived we are too weak to act.

To hell with diplomacy. Talks with Pakistan can go down the stinking toilet for all I care. In whose best interest is it to make peace with a bankrupt-wanna-be-democratic country like Pakistan? Our interest? At what cost? The blood of our brothers and sisters? To hell with diplomacy.

Mr. Prime Minister. Who is in-charge? Who commands the armed forces and intelligence? Who gets briefed on intelligence reports? Who is supposed to act on intelligence reports?

The government was apparently warned of attacks on hotels in Mumbai carried out from the Sea. Ever heard of pre-emptive strikes? That time has come and gone.

Strike those terrorists camps. Unleash the most ruthless covert operation to annihilate the Dawood network and every one of those Dons out of India and inside India. We have sat on our asses too long. Show no weakness you piece-of-shit politicians. Seal those borders. Impose those embargos. Deport every illegal immigrant, Pakistani and Bangladeshi alike.

I don’t want to wear a Pakistani –made Tshirt. I never did. I don’t want to see the Pakistani cricket team tour to India. Ohhh, to hell with diplomacy!

The Pakistani ambassador to US was on George Stephanopoulos show this Sunday. After all the talking points were reeled off he end it saying that India cannot blame Pakistan. The ministers have owned up responsibility by resigning and Indians should probably look closer to home in their investigation. What the f***! A few ministers resigning? They resigned because they were incompetent. They resigned because they didn’t do their job. They resigned so that their party’s face is saved. They resigned because the government thinks it will give its citizens some closure. Closure? Oh no no no. I gave two shits about the resignation. I do not want closure. I want my country to act. I want my country to respond.

And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who would attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know my name is the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon thee.
- Jules Winnfield quoting the bible in Pulp Fiction

To hell with diplomacy!

Jai Hind!