Here are some pics of the venue:
Posted on 03/01/2006 7:11:16 PM PST by indcons
THIS 1985 chartbuster will set the tone when US President George W Bush bites into ginger prawns and American pineapple salad with French dressing at the Rashtrapati Bhavan banquet tomorrow evening.
Written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Ritchie, and sung by over 40 of America’s top popstars to raise funds for Ethiopia, this number is not a random selection. As Cyndi Lauper’s words waft across the Mughal Gardens— Let us realise that a change can only come when we stand together as one—the theme is clear: the new warmth in Indo-US ties.
But before President A P J Abdul Kalam receives his US counterpart, PM Manmohan Singh will have hosted a special luncheon for President and Mrs Bush at the Taj Palace’s Durbar Hall. Laura Bush is expected to join her husband after her morning engagements.
The afternoon banquet that will feature no chicken dish is being prepared by Hemant Oberoi, Group Chef, Luxury Division, Taj Hotels group. “The brief specified that this was to be a working lunch, and that it was to cover all aspects of regional Indian cuisine,” said Oberoi who has been flown in from Mumbai.
At the Rashtrapati Bhavan, three of the 11 items on the menu will be American dishes, including red cabbage, pineapple with French dressing and broccoli soup that President Bush is known to relish. And, of course, the all-American peach melba, a favourite of the First Lady.
Chicken will stay off the menu again and instead, be replaced by tandoori fish, mutton kebabs, mutton korma, dal bukhara and curried vegetables to be relished with rice and a choice of rotis.
Hosting Presidential banquets in the Mughal Gardens is a new development — it began as an experiment when French President Jacques Chirac visited last month. An officer on Kalam’s staff said: “Chirac loved it. It’ll soon be hot, so we decided to make the best of the pleasant evenings.”
It probably won't contain dog, either.
India has seen some bird flu cases in the last one week.
Ahhhhhhhh
Among the other things his meal won't contain - snakes, spiders, squirrels, monkies.., frogs, sloths..most arachnids, arthropods..
Speaking of "we are the world", what ever happened to Michael Jackson getting kicked otu of Bahrain?
Sounds like a scene from Indiana Jones.
Here is the link to the complete poll. India has a 71% favorable view of the USA.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1587733/posts
Thanks
Well, as I understand it, you could even eat a chicken with bird flu if you cooked it well. I'm not sure anyone would knowingly want to do that, but serving undercooked chicken is dangerous even without bird flu.
But it's probably hard to get a good beefsteak in India, either, so Dubya is just going to have to roll with the punches or get the Secret Service to sneak him in something later from Air Force One.
"Among the other things his meal won't contain - snakes, spiders, squirrels, monkies.., frogs, sloths..most arachnids, arthropods.."
Most Hindus are vegetarians.....addtionally, meat-eating Hindus, Christians, Sikhs, Muslims and others don't share these dietary preferences.
BTW, what is dal bukhara and rotis?
I'm curious about the chicken thing too. Bird flu?
It surely won't have beef. Sacred cows.
Are we not supposed to be eatting chicken due to bird flu? Doesn't cooking ... make it okay?
I am aware of that. Just fueling the western stereotype ( as in the Temple of Doon) some more..
It looks like lamb is on the menu. I'll bet he won't starve.
Even I like curried rice about once every six months. That probably wouldn't work out too well if I ever moved there.
Welllllllllll.........Look:
"...11 items on the menu will be American dishes, including red cabbage, pineapple with French dressing and broccoli soup that President Bush is known to relish."
Like much international dining, you will notice that they concentrated ON the individual dishes without much thought as to whether they particularly all go together in balance..........and if Dubyah eats some of all of these 11 dishes?
The result?
Lets just say that: "Cut the Cheese" may become a new part of the Hindi lexicon!
Good Luck Mr. President!! ( Beano?)
Well I guess he will just have to lick his lips as his motocrade maneuvers cows holding up traffic.
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