Question: Where is Kasmir ?
Dumbed down answer: Next to Maxim's in the square.
Settling into a new Mallorquian lifestyle, Bonyladette has laid down a few ground rules " You, can cut your drinking down, opportunity to change to a healthier diet, eating out the exception rather than the rule, blah, blah,blah...."
Glancing at the obits in the Diario de Mallorquia she's probably right cos most old boys " va a Dios " well into their nineties. So two weeks into working through the Mediterannean Cookbook and it's oily fish, fresh fruit and salads, olive oil drizzled vegetables ( alas not drizzled enough to make chips !!!!) all the way. So a night off last night and we revert to national type and head for a few pints of Lager and a good curry. ( Blimey, we'll we watching Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway next !!!!!! )
A couple of pints of San Miguel in Bonys first. Incidentally , a new waiter this year, lovely lad called Jose Luis who hails from Venezuela. To avoid any confusion, I christen him Jose "Dos". Meanwhile Jose "Uno" is careering around the square on his bike with a 20ft plank of wood, scattering all before him, and looking like he is going to take flight. BLT reckons it's some sort of emergency DIY but I reckon he's been watching Will's Cranwell passing out parade !!!!
Enough preamble ( get on with , ED ) and to get to the point of the thread onto
Kasmir. About four tables taken inside ( interestingly all locals not tourists).
The price of your meal is governed by your main meal c 15/17 Euros per head.For this you get a poppadum plus usual sources, a starter of a samosa,barghi and tandori , followed by your main dish plus Basmati rice.Chicken Passanda para mi and a chicken dansak para madame.Washed down with more San Miguel it was certainly quite tasty. They need to ease up on the colorants though cos mine had the hue of day glow orange.
Then it starts to rain, this isn't just April showers but your real rain. Gene Kelly "Singing in the rain" rain, Somerset Maugham "Sadie Thompson" rain. To a man we all jump up and rush outside and clear the tablecloths and glasses from the empty but laid tables
al fresco. Kinda breaks the ice cos we all start talking and we share a warm feeling to have shown such community spirit.
Eventually ( after about an hour ) the rain eases . Jose " Uno" is nowhere to be seen, he's either called it a night or flying halfway to Palma by now.
Sometimes only a curry will suffice. Fun night and back on the sardines today!!!!
BonysLad
p.s. It's raining again now, so trying to amuse meself ( plus you I hope ??)