Get-together ... a complete success !!!

As I mentioned in my previous post, we had been planning on organising a get-together (potluck sort of) for MS (Microsoft) Indians from Bombay (Mumbai :) ) since a week now ... It was today @ 6 pm .. I just came back from there ... It was a huge huge success !! I had so much fun !!!



The menu included 'Misal Pav', 'Vada Pav', 'Kande Pohe', Dhokala' & 'Kadak Cutting Chai' ... Yes ! You missed it :P .. It was sooo awesome ! I could not believe the enthusiasm everyone showed ... 70 ppl had RSVPed .. Out of them, 42 showed up for the event ... And what a potluck !! ... man ! 5 different types of misal, 3 different types of Wadas .. 4 different Kande Pohe & 2 different dhokalas ... more than enough food for 42 ppl !! It was a feast really !! :) ...


The MS cafe where we had arranged this get-together, had a speaker system .. so we played Hindi/ Marathi/ Pop music in the background while we enjoyed the food ! And then after the dinner, we all sang songs !! well ... not only songs and parodies of songs but also old advertizements (remember BTex, Humara Bajaj ads & Mile Sur Mera Tumhaara ?? ) Yes !! The best thing was though we were all meeting each other for the first time, we gelled with each other sooo well !! There was no awkwardness .. no hesitations .. It was just fantastic ... The group had bachelors, families, families with kids ... everyone really ! And still it was never a boring party at any point !!

(Yep ! Thats me in Kurta ! :) )

(Song Session - post dinner)

Can you believe this whole thing started with a single email from a girl craving for Misal pav !! Within a short preparation time span of merely a week, this event turned out to be sooo good !! Unbelievable !! I am soo happy for being able to organize such an event ... Made lott of new friends, acquaintances .. Hopefully this will continue & we will keep meeting each other regularly ... we planned to arrange something of this sort for Ganesh festival as well .. so lets see how that goes .. I am already looking forward to that one ..