Infinity? No, It's Infinitea

After a busy morning on Monday my friend and me decided to meet for lunch. We chose to go to my friend's favorite place. I heard a lot about this place but had never been there before. Infinitea (I guess the name makes it obvious about tea) was the place and you can't see much of the place from outside except for the huge glass window in front.

As you enter it looks like any other restaurant. But as my friend said, the place grows on you and it didn't take much time for me to like the place. Infinitea gave me the feeling of sitting in a ranch in the Californian country(I might be wrong?). The wooden shelves with crockery, framed black & white photographs(as simple as a kettle breaking) and quirky posters adorning the bright walls, or the whole place being lit primarily by sunlight through the big glass window(I liked the old lamp shades too, rather simple but artistic) proved a relaxing and fantastic place for a long afternoon spent talking with a pretty girl(of course our conversion made me lose track of time too...). 

Setup by Gaurav Saria with the backing of a tea industry(Darjeeling and Bengal) of more than a hundred years, the menu features over 50 different kinds of teas(both hot and cold; with and without milk), and each comes with a little descriptor that tells you about the brew. About 27 of these entries are dedicated only to the iced tea variety where the flavors range from the usual Lemon and Peach to the more exotic Blue Curacao and Butter Scotch. Also, the coasters come with interesting snippets about tea.

Though being Gaurav Saria's first tea room, Infinitea serves, probably, among the best Pasta that I have eaten. And frankly, the quantity can fill your tummy for good! The food  was good and alongside our dishes was a generous basket of garlic bread, which was delicious(not the same kind you get in Pizza Hut, etc). The food reminded me of the spaghetti and pasta I had in Valmozzola (Italy) - ample quantity, mouth-watering aroma, heavenly taste and lots of bread!

Quite unfortunate that I couldn't try any variety of the different teas from their menu(next time for sure) but there is definitely magic at this place. Had a wonderful and delightful afternoon after a long time and was a welcome break from all the fast food that is popular now... 

Oh! By the way, Infinitea is on Cunningham Road, Bangalore. Try it if you haven't yet...

Warning: The prices are a slight bit on the higher side...but the food justifies it. YUUMMM!

7th Rock from the Sun

In the fabulous ages of ancient times the appellations of Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn were given to the Planets, as being the names of their principal heroes and divinities. In the present more philosophical era it would hardly be allowable to have recourse to the same method and call it Juno, Pallas, Apollo or Minerva, for a name to our new heavenly body. The first consideration of any particular event, or remarkable incident, seems to be its chronology: if in any future age it should be asked, when this last-found Planet was discovered? It would be a very satisfactory answer to say, 'In the reign of King George the Third.'


...wrote Herschel to Joseph Banks about the new planet he discovered in 1781. But little do people know that this planet was initially called Georgium Sidus, or the "Georgian Planet". Well I am not talking about a planet from some other solar system, I am just about Uranus or Ouranos(Greek God), father of Cronus(Saturn) and grandfather of Zeus(Jupiter).

Now why would I be talking about Uranus? It's just another gas giant in our solar system with not as many moons as Jupiter and frankly appears to have not much of activity happening on it(really?). But what interests me about this one is how it's axis is freakishly tilted to a relatively large angle of 97.77 degrees! Though Venus and Pluto(I'd like to think of Pluto still a part of the planet line-up) have larger angles of tilt, 97.77 gives Uranus a rather awkward and weird alignment. The axis more or less points towards the sun all throughout the planet's revolution around the star and if you lived at one of its poles(you can think about the possibility of this later :P) you'd experience 42 years (not days) of sunlight continuously and then 42 years of continuous darkness! Can you imagine that?? Happy time for those who love sleeping ain't it?

Georgium Sidus, thanks to its popular name, Uranus, has presented some pronunciation issues in popular lingo. Say "YOOR a nus" and not "your anus" or "urine us"(embarrassing connection for Uranus!). Though Uranus is the "butt" of all jokes, the most brilliant view of Uranus is from its back, as seen against the sun. One gets a magnificent picture of its rings and moons with the sun shining against it. You can see the moons revolving around Uranus like clockwork. 

When I saw the rings around Uranus, they looked like icy platforms. Wish someday I have the pleasure of dancing with a beautiful girl on these icy platforms! (that should be a sight :P). I enjoyed the pictures and video simulations of Uranus and its view from behind rather caught my eye! One has to see to believe...