Episode 187 : The good son

'Do you know any nice restaurants that are open late in the night in the Tambaram area?' he asked.

I racked my brain and came up with the few I could recall. 'How late is late night?' I asked.

'Around 10.'

'You'll find most small restaurants open at that time.'

'I am taking a friend along, a girl.'

Ouch!

'Now you know the glitch?' he grinned.

A few minutes later, we came up with options at places other than Tambaram. Street-food choices over fancy restaurants.

And then it struck me. 'What the hell was I doing not going to these places when I was in college?' I thought aloud.

I guess I was playing the role of a good son. A tad too well perhaps.