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Dish#2 – Boussree

utp — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 10:20:15 +0000

Never heard of the word? Boussree. I don’t blame you. Its the local name probably known in the not-so-small Memon community of Pakistan. We got it from my maternal grandma and my mother. We have grown up having Boussree for breakfast on the weekends. It was such an important part of my life...

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Dish#1 – Pizza, Potato Salad & Garlic Bread

utp — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 14:00:08 +0000

The project begins. Umami Tasting Parsnips – Episode 1. This last Friday, the project began. My wife decided, it’s got to be straight forward and not to complex. Also, something that we could all enjoy. So the menu was set. Chicken and Tomato Pizza, Potato Salad & Garlic Bread. She...

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Umami Tasting Parsnips – The Project

utp — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 09:37:03 +0000

What’s the deal with the title, you ask? Well its name of the new category on UTP. I have just initiated a self-project. It may not involve Umami or Parsnips, but its sure involves a lot of tasting and well mainly cooking. Yes folks, UTP is facing his worst fear. His most hated thing. His...

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Cookin’ Nanta!!!

utp — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 13:54:06 +0000

Okay I saved this post right till the my last day in Korea. Now publishing this from the airport on my way back. As I had promised in my last post on my trip to Korea that I am going to dedicate a separate post on Nanta, well folks here it is. Cookin’ Nanta was [...]

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Korea – Work Hard, Party Hard

utp — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 04:00:44 +0000

Leading from the series of Travel posts that I have been doing every month and plan to do them until January cos that’s how the project is making me travel. This month, is the month for Korea. Yes, readers, UTP has contaminated the streets of Seoul, South Korea this month. Seoul is probably...

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As Dead as the Dead Sea

utp — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 11:00:05 +0000

As part of the project I am on, I have been lucky to scream “Frankfurt Helau!!!” and been to the “Land of the Pharoah”. Last month I visited Amman, Jordan, the land of Petra and the Dead Sea and not to mention the Baptism Site and the bother with Jerusalem. Interesting place...

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Time Passes… We run…

utp — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 08:39:51 +0000

There is one thing that is perpetually ongoing, never stopping, man on a mission, like there is lots to do and not enough…”Time”. Its “Time” itself. Time passes as naturally as possible. Not a second earlier and not a second later. Cruise Control with no breaks. Time...

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Right Place … Right Time …

utp — Fri, 28 May 2010 20:00:02 +0000

I ve heard it a million times. Okay not a million, many times. In order to be successful, you have to be at the right place at the right time. Recently, I was just told by someone I respect that I have been lucky to have been at the right place at the right time. [...]

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Falling feels like Flying

utp — Wed, 26 May 2010 18:06:21 +0000

I had a good weekend this last one. Enjoyed a great movie. Crazy Heart. The one that fetched Jeff Bridges his Oscar. The title is from one of the songs from the movie which Jeff Bridges performed. The story is about Otis ‘BAD’ Blake, an alcoholic country singer on the other end of his...

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Getting Over the Writer’s Block

utp — Sat, 22 May 2010 10:59:34 +0000

I have been staring at the “Add New Post” screen for the weekend which will end in a few more hours. I have being wanting to write something but just can’t seem to get myself to write. One of my fellow blogger had said once that this is the typical situation called “the...

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