India

I have to admit to missing coffee. I spent my first two weeks in Mussoorie trying to find a Madras coffee filter — people mostly just laughed at me. The “South Indian” restaurants here only serve Nescafe. For the most part, I have surrendered to morning Chai.
Recently I found a Western style cafe called “Cafe Coffee Day”. They have very good espresso and cappuccino. From what I gather, this style of cafe has become popular because of Indians watching the American show “Friends”.
I just stopped into the cafe for my semi-weekly coffee fix. I sat listening to the Hindi movie music, which i assumed accompanied the television overhead. When I looked up, I realized they were showing a Jean-Claude VanDamme movie. It was rather surreal listening to a woman sing in a high-pitched Hindi voice about love, while watching Jean-Claude beat people up.