My Birthday at “Halli-Mane….”

….seems strange isnt it!

July 12th 2009…my birthday. This time we all met at my father-in-laws home to celebrate my birthday. We all….means my wife Manasa, son Abhi, brother and sister in law – Giri and Madhurya, their kids Rachit and Archita &……of course the birthday boy…Raghu…that’s me. My father and mother in law- Ka Na Sri & Sharada Srinivas were hosting the bash. Big family…..no!.....But really missed out two more i.e my parents Seetharama Sastry and Prabha Sastry.

Early morning…as if everybody were waiting to pour their first wish on me. Family members sitting all around to hug and wish…calls and messages coming one behind the other…no spaces…call jams…waiting lists…continued till late morning. Wishes started flowing in right from the early morning….from friends…students…uff…never to end till night…more belated ones on the following days too.

We will come back to the special day. It was special in another sort because we had Giri’s family with us may be for the last time in a big get together before they flew to US in early august for a year or more. We ll be seriously missing them and they us. We all drove to a studio for a family photograph.

The next venue was HALLI MANE….dont mistake….we were not going on a trip to a villge cottage. We had planned our lunch in a wonderful restaurant…one of its kind by name Halli Mane…in 3rd cross Sampige Road,Malleshwaram – Bengaluru. Really pleasant place to have your food with a cultural touch….Only if you could book your seat and could wait for an hour or so with patience.We couldn’t have gone for a better place. Other than having good delicious food, tiffin and sweets of your choice…at the bottom floor….you could relish the feast of a tongue tickling dish on the first floor…especially if you are with your family or friends. The services and hospitality, cleanliness, environment, taste, choices….my god no compromises whatsoever with any thing. Hats off for the maintainance.

If you are at Bangalore and havent visited this place or if you are struck at Malleshwaram and would like to have good stuff for your belly or even for a visitor of Bengaluru searching for fabulous food…I would recommend Halli Mane. You will definitely like it and remember it for long.

We came back home at night.We had a nice time together and enjoyed as ever.

Bye…meet you on my next birthday….