Saturday, October 07, 2006

Cerritos. Traffic. Los Angeles.

We went to Cerritos today to do some Indian shopping. My wife wanted to get some jewelry for our daughter. The traffic, however was very bad and it took almost an hour and a half to get there. By the time we reached Artesia (Little India), all the jewelry shops had already closed (They close at 7:30 pm on Saturdays??)... Reduced some tempers by promising to take her back before Deepavali.

We had dinner at Tirupathi Bhimas... I had Sambhar Vada and Parotta kurma. My wife ordered a mini-tiffin. My parents-in-law each had Rava dosa. Sambhar vada was not very good. The vadas were too hard and were not soaked well in the sambhar. Also, the sambar idli that came with the mini-tiffin was kind of disappointment. Earlier, they used to serve mini-idlis soaked in sambar. But this time it was just the plain idli. Otherwise the food was pretty good. I would say the best South Indian Vegetarian food in Southern California. Saravana Bhavan is still the best food of this kind in California (may be in the US).

The main culprit for the traffic jam was the games that were going on today in LA. UCLA played Arizona, USC played Washington and Dodgers played their last game of the season :( against Mets.

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