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My guide to the best Microbreweries in Bangalore (and an appreciation of beer in general)

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Bangalore used to be known (and still is) as the "pub city" of India thanks in large to the presence of United Breweries (Mallya sir) and an alcohol friendly government (unlike the dear neighbouring states). Back in the 90s and 2000s, the most popular pubs could be found in the cantonment areas such as  M.G. Road, Brigade Road, Ulsoor etc with names such as The Pub (later rebranded as NASA), Pecos, Guzzlers Inn, Windsor Pub, Watsons, Downtown Pub, Sathya, Sherlock, etc being popular amongst the burgeoning youth serving KF draught beer and playing kick ass rock music. You could find those large beer keg kept outside the pub similar to how you'd find drinking water bubbles outside kiranas and supermarkets nowadays (sigh, how times have changed). Fast forward 2020, the landscape has changed dramatically with some of these pubs having shut down or relocated. The reasons are aplenty and to put forth a few- the Cantonment area isn't as popular as before leading to decreased

My Guide to the Best Dosas in Bangalore

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For the longest time, I've held this grudge against folks who spoke ill of the beautiful golden brown goodness that is the masala dosa we get in Bangalore. I'll categorize these folks into: 1. Folks from outside South India who get used to the "thin & crispy" or worse, the mashed up version of everything that you get on the streets of Mumbai, so much so that they start thinking that that is the real version of of a dosa. They're not too bad actually but hey, that dosa is as authentic as gobi manchurian is "Chinese". Read this blog to know more  or see the image below for a quick snapshot. 2. Stubborn Tam folks with whom I've had umpteen borderline philosophical debates on  Karnataka sambar vs Tam sambar. Murugan Idly Shop's amazing Podi Idly cannot make up for the shapeless, hapless and underwhelming "dosai" that you get at the same place 3. Folks who like "99 variety/verity/vareity/varity Dosa" where they go have their fa