Ya,I was just listening to this song ,fish rock by Thaikkudam Bridge,over and over again..Reason being,i just had my very Gujrati lunch,I was so excited like I had my first cotton candy when I saw sambar on my plate,ho ho ho..I just had a mouthful,and it was sweeter than my mom's samiya payasam!And Im not even exaggerating..God,how much I miss a proper meal with fish and fish( cant think anything else)
Listening to this guy rapping all the fishy names in Malayalam makes me feel like I'm in Kettuvalam,my favorite restaurant for fish.While I was in Chennai,my hobby was to find all the mallu restaurants..Find which one serves the best fish curry,from Kalpaka to tharavadu,from Ente keralam to Thattukada..I was totally new to the word Mallu ,till I reached Chennai..And the first time somebody said.."Hey! I didn't know you are a Mallu",I went all Denzel Washington in Remembering the titans.And fun comes with Menu cards,Do you have Kerala Fish curry? Guy Immediately goes..With coconut right??? Hell Noooo...kerala doesn't mean Coconut,We don't eat them all the time,and certainly we don't sing Ooooomana Penne...I can feel my alternate personality becoming Hanibal Lector..I want the piping hot,burn your taste buds to charcoal fish curry...Finally me and my friend Divya decided to end the drama and found an apartment so that we can cook..This year when I ordered in SeaShells T nagar ,where every one is Mallu,I asked my waiter,Hey do you have Mallu Porotta?? I saw him transforming into Denzel Washington,Sorry Chetta,Kerala Porotta!!!
Talking about Fish,I did something that I cant even think off,It was somewhere in between an 8 hour phone call and my Engagement ceremony,my husband told me the golden words" I'm allergic to fish".I know ,I have been framed,defrauded,I mean ..common!! Do anyone talk about fish when they are in love?? you should! You Fraud Mallu! My mother in law,bless her heart, cooked fish curry every other day despite of all the disagreement from her boys. But one day I don't know how,He cooked Pearl Spot ,I mean filleted,cleaned and cooked and made me a delicious dinner...So I thought Ok,thats really hard,So I decided to let go the grudge..
Because of him,I learned how to fillet a fish,without touching any other stuff ,sink and other kitchen appliances (Thanks to Gary Mehigan,And six seasons of MasterChef Autralia)
And times like these ,I dream about My moms tuna fish curry in her old MannChatti....This is a very much Mommy I love you moment...,I shall call him Chatti and You shall be Mine...
I'm gonna hear Fish Rock again!
