{"id":3943,"date":"2010-03-31T11:12:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-31T05:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indiauncut.com\/?p=3660"},"modified":"2010-03-31T11:12:00","modified_gmt":"2010-03-31T05:42:00","slug":"shiok","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/shiok\/","title":{"rendered":"Shiok"},"content":{"rendered":"
Today is a sad day for me. One of my favourite restaurants, Shiok<\/a>, is shutting down—today is its last day of operation. Shiok is based in Bangalore, serves far-eastern cuisine, and is owned and run by my good buddy, Madhu Menon<\/a>. (He also designed and built this site for me in his spare time.) Running a business in these times is hard, and the day-to-day hassles can affect your quality of life. So after much agitating, Madhu decided to close Shiok and move on to a newer, quieter phase in his life. Those of us who know him well are happy for him—but sad for Shiok.<\/p>\n Sadly, I’m not in Bangalore today. That one last meal will not happen. (Madhu has promised to cook anything from the menu for me when I next visit his home, but that won’t stop me from shedding a quiet tear tonight.) If you’re in Bangalore, though, hop over today for lunch or dinner (or drinks in his lounge, Moss, where he whips up some pretty mean cocktails). I especially recommend the Drunken Beef—but really, the quality there is consistent and every last thing on that menu rocks.<\/p>\n Damn.<\/p>\n Update<\/b>: There’s a party<\/a> there tonight. So go!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Today is a sad day for me. One of my favourite restaurants, Shiok<\/a>, is shutting down—today is its last day of operation. Shiok is based in Bangalore, serves far-eastern cuisine, and is owned and run by my good buddy, Madhu Menon<\/a>. (He also designed and built this site for me in his spare time.) Running a business in these times is hard, and the day-to-day hassles can affect your quality of life. So after much agitating, Madhu decided to close Shiok and move on to a newer, quieter phase in his life. Those of us who know him well are happy for him—but sad for Shiok.<\/p>\n Sadly, I’m not in Bangalore today. That one last meal will not happen. (Madhu has promised to cook anything from the menu for me when I next visit his home, but that won’t stop me from shedding a quiet tear tonight.) If you’re in Bangalore, though, hop over today for lunch or dinner (or drinks in his lounge, Moss, where he whips up some pretty mean cocktails). I especially recommend the Drunken Beef—but really, the quality there is consistent and every last thing on that menu rocks.<\/p>\n Damn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n