Wow, I went for dinner for the second time in a week at Lagnaa, bare foot dining, at 6 Upper Dickson Road in Little India in Singapore. This is the place where they have 10 levels of spiciness in their curry (I’ll lean on The Washington Post to provide some cialis needs prescription). I’d been there on June 16th, after my band’s gig in Little India, and couldn’t resist an opportunity to savour their lovely masala dishes.
I brought Zen and Naoko this time, although Zen had been reluctant at first. We got there at 5:00 PM, a bit early, and found out that the upstairs “barefoot” section only opened at 5:3; the very kind staff lady gave Zen a popadam to munch on in the meantime and we wandered around the area and went for a beer at the Prince Of Wales, an old haunt of mine nearby on Dunlop Street. Nice. Got back to Lagnaa at 5:50 or so, with a healthy appetite, had the whole upstairs to ourselves the whole time, chatted for a long time with the staff about masala and curries, and enjoyed a wonderful meal. Zen, who had previously been reluctant to go out for food in Little India, even told me things like “this is the best curry I’ve ever had in my whole life, even better than Japanese curry” and “this place has replaced Bar Bar as my favorite place to go to in Singapore.” It really pays to have an open mind and try out new things!
Yes, a wonderful experience indeed. Both of the ladies who work there gave us wonderful stories about curry, about life in general, even a philosophical discussion about Indonesia’s slash and burn farming that has kept Singapore in a haze all week (which lifted this afternoon).
After we left the place we saw a beautiful full moon hanging over Little India. Awww… Took a cab home, chilled. Great weekend underway.
Lagnaa’s highway to heaven
10 – We declare you king
9 – Make my day
8 – Say your prayers
7 – Where angels fear
6 – I dare you
5 – You are crazy!
4 – Show off!!!
3 – Hotter (chef can’t, can you?)
2 – Hot (almost anyone can)
1 – Not h to (anyone can)
I’m now a four, actually…
My peg
We’re a curry family
Four curry leaves means level four, two curry leaves means level two…
Superbrain!!!
Superbrain!!!
Update – on August 23rd, one day after the full moon, five of my colleagues and I went to Lagnaa to try their curry, two of us (me included) tried the level five, four of us tried level six. Two of the level-sixers didn’t make it, the the rest of us did. It was great fun! I also got the chance to meet the master chef, K7 (Kaesevan), who explained that the measure of spiciness of the curries goes up by 100,000 Scoville Heat Units (SHU) per chili leaf; I tried Level five, which meant 500,000 SHU. Next challenge – level six. Last night was the full moon, so that means we have nearly four weeks to prepare before the next full moon – August 21st! I need to do a six before I can do a special seven at the full moon, looking forward to it!
lovely, lovely curry!!
the gang’s all here!
six leaves means 600,000 Scoville Heat Units (SHU)
I’m at Level Five!!
I’m at Level Five!!
the beer was good too!!