RoustAbout

Every time I am in Europe I am struck by the diversity of people and cultures that I see on the streets, on public transport, in the shops and markets. Of course the greatest diversity is in the kinds of restaurants one gets to sample in most big European cities. I have more often than not avoided getting into an Indian restaurant, but that evening both Jashodhara and I were very hungry. We had landed in Lisbon in the afternoon, and after quickly checking into our room went to the old city which was a very interesting place we were told. We had walked around for quite some time, and soon we were very hungry. And we were now in that part of the city without any obvious cafes spread out into the streets. Around a corner I thought I saw an Italian restaurant – we went in to check out – and it turned out to be a hybrid Indian – Italian one. This was our first interaction with such a hybrid outside the subcontinent. In any other condition we would have not gone in, but there was a young So...