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Experiencing a Thali

Not to be confused with a super fast rail service in Northern Europe.  That is Thalys.  The affair I'm about to narrate is that of a Thali (plural Thalis - very similar pronunciation as Thalys).  Or more correctly of enjoying a good one. Thali in Indian lexicon is a food platter.  Technically it simply means platter, usually reserved to receive food on it.  It is the equivalent of a plate. Now the more commercial version of that definition is a dinner platter, usually made of recyclable stainless steel, adorned by a necklace of of small steel bowls that hold a variety of food preparations as to not mix them up, letting the consumer enjoy each item in its unique flavored glory. Imagine this arrangement.  You have a melange of foods from spicy moist curries with lentils in one bowl to dry vegetable curry in another while yet another hosts a cool cucumber salad and another a dairy product like a yogurt based sauce and then simultaneously gawk ...