Hi from the cosiest table at Lavonne. The one that’s tucked into the corner of the L, where the loud people discussing their workout routine are (mostly) drowned out by the soothing constant that is Bangalore traffic.
I feel like I should be writing about Japan before I forget things, but there’s literally 900 photos from each day, and I know if I wait for a few more weeks, my friend Atul will finally give in, and offer to look through them for me.
Today has been A Day for me. I officially announced that I had stepped away from a business I dreamt up in my 20s. It was bittersweet and I still feel very raw and vulnerable. But it’s the start of a new era, and that’s always exciting. What should this phase look like? What are the lessons I want to take forward, and what has not served me in the past? What will success look like now?
I have none of these answers, but I’m grateful to have this space to work through these questions. I’ll try not to bore you too much with my Soul Searching Lite™. A few days ago, over dinner, my sister was telling was telling us a story about me when I was about 4-5. She says I was looking very worried, and when she asked me what was wrong, I said “I can’t decide if I want to become a dentist or a fairy.”
It feels a little bit like I’m there again.
How have you been? What have you been cooking/eating/reading/watching?
Like my friend sweetly asks, ‘How is your heart today?’
All the very best for your new adventures. Maybe now you will be both - a fairy and a dentist in a different avatar. Meanwhile enjoy the break as you brew/cook up something interesting for all of us to look forward to.
Hello Aysha,
I read this and I just want to remind you and reinforce the energy that you will find whatever you are looking out to in this next phase of your life.
Also, I have been following you for the longest time now. I think I started reading your posts at Malabar Tea Room 2017 or 2018 onwards and I have been a regular.
There are quite a bunch of recipes I tried too - Especially the Broccoli, Cheese, Almond Toasted Salad and the Mutton Stew (Forgot to send the images when we had a chat on Insta DM, will search and send them to you). Your recipes make me want to cook, mainly because you make it look so easy and effortless and also because they come together very quickly.
And the images that you click, they have this rustic-rooted country-life meets modern-quest-of-rawness vibe to them and I absolutely love them.
So, yes, you are amazing at what you do and the way you capture and describe food is just so visual that I can almost imagine it coming to life. So I hope you all the best in whatever you choose to foray in. Just wanted to say this to you and put this out there.
Love <3