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Chaos for an Uttapam

Many might wonder what the title means.  I will attempt to explain.  It helps if you understand some Indian lingo and also if you are born Indian.  It makes understanding this narrative much much easier than say if you were born in San Luis Obispo (SLO) and had never ventured out.  The latter might slow your understanding. But let us pretend we are on the happy path and that I as the writer will make some adjustments to ensure I share more than is required to let the SLO population follow along. We visited an Udipi food joint in Sunnyvale.  Udipi is a region of South India known for its rice based food products.  These products are consumed from morning to night as a snack or a meal.  What adds to the flavor is the accompaniments much like the orchestra to a lead singer or for the ball crazy single tracks, the other Warriors to Stef's three pointers. These food accompaniments are a lentil and spice based curry (with a soup like consistency) ca...