One of the nice things about having a diverse group of people to work with is the variety of things you can learn about other cultures. It seems like food is always the first thing people share.
One of my colleagues just returned from a month-long trip to India. He was in Mumbai when the monsoons hit, and got stuck there for a while before returning to New Delhi where he is from. He shared that his brother was out walking in the water and it was up to his armpits! I have been in the monsoons in Las Vegas, where the water comes half-way up your shins, but never up to my armpits. I can’t even imagine what that’s like.
He brought these beautiful sweets back with him to share with the team at work. The long tube-shaped one and the cube-shaped one have silver leaf on top. How pretty! The other has coconut and I think they all have pistachios. Yummy!
He says you can buy them here but they don’t taste the same as the ones he brought back. Not suprising, really.