Whats really Cooking..!!!

“ He stands there by the window…. He looks a little lost in his thoughts. He stares in trance for a while. It’s raining outside. Rather pouring heavily.
Unlike anybody else who would prefer holding a cup of hot coffee, Survestor has a bottle of Kingfisher Ultra. He has a few sips and he looks down from the window of the 17th Floor of his plush suite. He can see a terrible maddening traffic near the Currey Road Flyover. Just like the bumper to bumper traffic floors below, he has a chaos of thoughts in his mind. That makes him a little lost. There are some tiny petty thoughts, some major issues, some work pressures to handle, some personal issues to tackle..
But Survestor has the perfect technique. He has a few more sips. He shrugs his shoulders, shakes his head and all the silly petty thoughts disappear. He takes a deep breath, heaves a sigh and leaves the empty glass beer bottle on the table..
He walks off gracefully from the suite, shuts the door and makes his way towards the kitchen.
That’s Survestor.. Chef Survestor… A young fair skinned tall handsome guy..exceptionally good at his communicational and culinary skills !!!
People say “The pen is mightier than the sword” but for Survestor, his chopper is his weapon, his defense, his tool. You cannot blink your eyelids as much quickly as he chops his meat on the board. He works his chopper swiftly and beautifully through the meat.
His has an impressive personality.. both work wise and personality wise. You meet him after a hectic long tiring day’s work. Surve is still fresh and enthusiastic to have a small conversation with you.
We all complain of hectic work schedules and work pressures But surprisingly Survestor hasn’t ever complained or cribbed. He has slogged a lot – as much as working without a break for 18 consecutive days. Its 18 consecutive hectic tiring long days and nights. Still he sports a smile when you greet him on the morning of the 19th day. That’s Survestor. !!!
He knows his job, the expectations from it . And he leaves no stone unturned when fulfilling his commitments. He honors each word of his, lives up to each commitment of his and fulfils each promise that he makes. A rational realistic thought process is what Survestor exemplifies.
He has a funny bone though.. He keeps humour as a key to win situations and that’s what makes his stand out from the rest. Hailing from a family of simple living and high thinking, he carries himself so well.
He blends his creativity ,his thoughts into his work and brings out the most efficient in him, the best in him. Originality with a tinge of cultures is what you can sense when he serves you his own preparations. Smart guy that he is, he has a keen eye for sports, for social stuff. Some of the most interesting memories of Survestor trace him back to the memory lanes of Manipal, where he spent 4 years of his life, understanding cuisines, recognising the magic of flavours,experimenting on food, getting a little sloshed sometimes, nurturing a little doggie on the campus,



hanging out, participating in sports. You name and you have him in there. He is a true foodie. And the fact that he enjoys to treat his taste buds the delicacies of Rogun Josh and Prawns Thai Curry at a suburban five star to the “Anda bhurji” at the local stall near his house.. He enjoys food. .

For him, each preparation is equally important. It has to be perfect- correct ingredients, perfect proportions, right flavours finished with an excellent seasoning and a complimenting presentation.
So be it a routine order at the restaurant or the food delicacies to be served at the Basel Watch exhibition or the CM’s daughter’s wedding. For him, every client is equal and so is the quality of service and food.
His passion for cooking is not limited to the ingredients and the recipe. He goes behind the scenes, understands why any such ingredients used, he tries to figure out what people want, what they enjoy. He talks to people, to know more…to know what exactly should go into the food to make it click and to make it appealing and finger licking good. “ Simplicity coupled with a constant urge to bring out the best and to keep the client satisfied for each single rupee so spent “ is what his USP is.
He is a simple common man..mango man.. truly.. His witty “ mango” ness can be seen from a small incident that occurred with him. After finishing a long hectic day, he had just parked himself on the couch that a junior rushed towards him. Survestor who was just about to close his eyes, that he interrupted. Chef Gaurav, “Thoda locha hua hai”.. udhar ek madam aayi hai, unko aam khana hai, buffet me aaj aam nahi hai..thoda issue banareli hai”.. Survestor smiled and met the lady, had a nice sweet talk, arranged for an aam for the not so aam lady and sorted it out. He has a great knack of dealing with people. He knows how to keep his clients happy and can impress them too…
The best part about him is that, he is a calm composed guy, who knows he has common sense and uses it too… That how he solves the complicated problems in life by making them so simple.

Let the problem be as petty as attendance issue in college where he scribbled his name in simple letters so that any tom,dick or harry could proxy it, OR be it a French class assignment of making a poem.. Half the class kept racking brains-“ saala English me aaj tak poem nahi banaya, French me kyaa karega”.. But Survestor was humming the song of” the then hit Swades – Ye tara wo tara” and he simply translated that –Cette Etoile-ci, C’ette Etoile La.. (Excuse me for my spell mistakes)…
Survestor is a guy who has a few dreams.. No matter how muchever tiring day he has had, each morning he wakes up to chase the dream, to live upto his own expectations and that what makes him excel in what he does.
God bless you with all that you deserve…

Lotsa love and best wishes Survestor- the true Marathi Manoos… ;)
As I conclude this blog, I am hoping to have his puranpolis this ganeshotsav…!!!!!!

PS : Hope to see you open up your own restaurant called “ Survestorzzz ..”