Mike Foley and I went to MG Road today for lunch and shopping. We traveled down Brigade Rd for a long time, looking for a restaurant Mike wanted to eat at, but we never could find it. All along the road guys followed us trying to sell us their handcarved wares, which consisted of (1) a chess set, (2) a backgammon set, (3) a pipe, (4) a segmented snake, and (5) drums. (Note: all street vendors sell the same things.) We finally doubled back then cut across to avoid the most annoying of the vendors, and found Mike's restaurant. Unfortunately, it was closed for lunch "due to goverment regulations". We ate at 20 Ft High, attached to the entertainment area Amoeba. It was good, but slow. We then travelled down to Cauvery Handicrafts, a shop filled with different small stores, each selling furniture or decorations or fragrances or, the most important item, toys. Mike and I both bought presents for our children, authentic Indian things. Next, we travelled down to Cafe Coffee Day, the local version of Starbucks, for an iced coffee before calling the driver to come get us. He said he would be 30 minutes arriving, so we visited another toy store (this time with typical toys) as well as a clothing store. We then waited by the drop-off spot, where another street-side hawker pestered us for 15 minutes. We had fun with him (well, I did, anyway) since we knew we weren't going to buy anything. It took the driver a lot longer than 30 minutes from when we called - but that's not his fault. As you can see, the traffic on MG Road is very bad.
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