Mar 17thEarly weekend catch up, Colonialism, Curry Mantra II

We had a power outage on Wednesday night, so I found a hardcover and a candle and did some light reading.  On Thursday when a friend was coming over, I wanted to have some cocktails, but all I had on hand was the makings of a martini.  According to the book, Hemingway favored a style of Gordon’s Gin no longer produced.  I substituted Boodles, named after a Gentlemen’s Club, and rumored to be a favorite of Winston Churchill.

After drinks we went to Panjshir.  We split a bottle of wine, and decided we had to watch The Man Who Would Be King.

In the colonial mood, we also watched Khartoum, and had some Indian food.

For the Indian, we took a short walk to Curry Mantra II for lunch the next day.  CMII has a lunch buffet that is very good, but their dinners also impress.  The first pic is all lunch buffet food.  The rest are from a dinner the wife and I had there.  I intended to write up the Falls Church Curry Mantra before, but never got around to it.  Short of Rasika, which is really in a class all its own, I think you’d be hard pressed to find better Indian in the DMV.