#Tandoori Palace

[satureja13]

The Tandoori Palace in Evergreen Harbor

The Entrance to the 'Palace'. It's a Yoga and Meditation school.

The Food stands.

The alley with more food stands ;)

And the Restaurant. The original 'Tandoori Palace'.

You can eat outside at the patio too.

And the Sacred Cows. One of them, Elsa, is your meditation teacher.

The Map to find your classes and the food ;)

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Tandoori chicken or tandoori murgh is one of the most popular dishes in Indian cuisine, its name derived from the Persian word tannur, meaning fire. The dish consists of chicken meat that is marinated in yogurt, seasoned with tandoori masala, nutmeg, and cumin, then placed on skewers. It is a unique dish because of the way it is prepared - traditionally, it is cooked at high temperatures in cylindrical clay ovens called tandoor, resulting in succulent meat with a smokey flavor. One popular theory suggests that it was invented by a man named Kundan Lal Gujral in his restaurant Moti Mahal (Palace of Pearls). He wanted to make a new dish, so he tried cooking the chicken in the tandoor, which was mostly used for baking the famous Indian bread called naan. The dish was an instant hit with the hungry customers, and the crispy, yet succulent chicken dish even caught the attention of Indian Prime Minister Jawaharial Nehru, who often ate at the restaurant and made it a regular dish at official banquets. The aforementioned theory belongs to the recent past, but historians claim that tandoor-cooked chicken actually dates back to the Mughal period, when the dish was merely a part of gigantic Indian feasts at the time. Tandoori chicken's fame led to many derivatives such as chicken tikka masala and butter chicken, both of them commonly found in restaurants across the country. src.: https://www.tasteatlas.com/tandoori-chicken photo ref.: Dotdash Meredith Food Studios

[satureja13]

The Boys followed the Sun Flower Road and reached their destination for their 'PE Field Trip' - the Tandoori Palace! It belongs to Jack's Uncle Stefan and his partner Janis. Jack: "Thanks for having us here! It's amazing!"

Jack: "There are cows here?" Stefan: "Of course. They are intelligent, have a great humor, are sacred in many cultures and Elsa over there is your meditation teacher."

Janis: "But let's change clothes and have breakfast first!" Of course it's a vegan breakfast as to not offend the sacred cows. (Noxeema forced them to wear something colorful to match the location ;)

Saiwa: "Really Jack? A whole pizza for you alone? For breakfast?" Jack: "What? I'm eating for two!" Saiwa: "What???" Jack: "This form and my wolf, omg..."

Tandoori Palace is named after the indian restaurant in The Big Bang Theory. I already had a Tandoori Palace in Sims 3 -> here

Outtakes

The Sunflower Road in Evergreen Harbor

And when they were finally standing where they are supposed to for the first screenshot, Greg decided to mess it all up again -.-

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Mendax Undercover - Chapter 5: SATC?

^^ Kat talking about her interaction with Julian. ❤️‍🔥

I wrote another chapter! The next one is gonna be more difficult but it should also have some good stuff in it.

After the five friends met at Astrid’s desk on the 1st floor, they decided on a place to have lunch.  There was a quaint Indian food restaurant called Tandoori Palace Gate that was near Santé Genomics.  It had great food, a lunch buffet, was decently priced, and offered a calm, relaxing atmosphere.  This was a typical go- to for many people in the biotech sector, and these friends quickly made it a favorite mid-day hangout where they could socialize and catch up.  Once they were seated and settled, they soon ordered and then began their chat session.  The topic of the hour was Kat’s new story regarding the latest interaction with the otherwise elusive bioinformatics VP.

“Okay so what is this story, what happened?”  Bethany inquired with playful excitement.

The other three focused on Kat with a curious air.

“Oui, tell us!” Astrid echoed.

Kat fanned herself a little bit as she exhaled, trying not to blush too much like a giddy schoolgirl.  However, it may have been a bit too late for that.

“Okay well—we ran into each other at the coffee station again…” Kat began.

“Ahhh coffee…” Marilu mused.  “I bet you needed some after last night—I know I sure did!”  The others laughed in agreement.

“Yes, that was fun, but we can’t make a habit of staying out that damn late—not unless we all call off the next day or use PTO or something…” Juniper added, rubbing their tired eyes.  “Oh but you were saying, Kat…?”

“Ah yes, so the coffee station.  Well, he has this habit of sneaking up on me and taking me by surprise…he’s like some sort of sneaky ninja…”

“Or sexy ninja…” Astrid added with a smirk.

The others groaned and nodded in agreement.  Even though Marilu and Juniper were asexual and aromantic, they could still appreciate the allure of a handsome man.  Plus by now, all of the friends were emotionally invested in Kat’s new crush.

“Anyway—so he startles me again and I of course fumble my coffee cup, thank goodness it wasn’t full.  It just kept bouncing off my hand until it flung towards him and he caught it!”

The friends giggled.

“Right, so then we just started chatting a bit—he made a crack about me going for the caffeinated stuff…oh!  Then I offered to pour him a cup and then he had to run off to a meeting, and asked me to bring it to his office…”

The friends leaned in, interested to hear what came next.

“Have you ever been to his office before?” Marilu asked.

“I hadn’t!”

“What’s it like?” Juniper asked.

“Oh…I dunno…it’s nice.  It’s big.  Large windows on the far wall, and a conference table in front of those.  Then bookshelves and cabinets behind his desk…I dunno, looks like a typical executive’s office...”

“Nothing personal in there?  Décor?” Astrid asked.

Kat tilted her head for a moment.  “You know, no—I didn’t really notice anything… I think he had a small fridge in there, maybe?  Behind his desk…but that’s it…”

“Not surprising…” Juniper began.  “I was talking with Otto in bioinformatics and he said Julian hardly talks to anyone…you have probably talked with him more than anyone on his own team has!”

Kat shook her head. “No way, that can’t be right…”

“He seems like the type to keep to himself,” Marilu noted with a slight nod.

“Takes one to know one!” Bethany teased.

Marilu shrugged. “Yeah, fair…”  They were being amusing in their own way.

“Ooooh, but I haven’t gotten to the good part yet!”  Kat exclaimed, getting a bit giddy.  “Okay so… I go into his office thinking I’m just going to drop his coffee off and leave—but then he’s like, ‘hey my meeting was canceled,’ and I was like, ‘oh that’s cool,’ and then he was all, ‘why don’t you stay and chat a bit,’ and I was all, ‘bpbpbpbpbokay!’”

Laughter filled the table.  As Kat continued, her speech and hand gestures were becoming more dynamic as her cheeks flushed slightly.  She was beaming.

“Anyway, so yeah, we just chatted a bit about how we ended up at Santé, and I told him about a couple of fun pubs around for dancing and stuff and then he was all, ‘maybe you can show me sometime…!’”  Kat started to fan herself again.

The others expressed surprise with dropped chins and more leaned in gestures.  “Whaaaaat…” they sang in unison almost.

“He is so into you—he has to be!” Bethany exclaimed, then taking a sip of her Lassi.

“But you guys, it gets even better…  After that, he asked about my graduate research, and then, well, long story short—he said that the company is on him to do some research so he asked if I would like to work on my research with him!”

“Woooooah!”  the friends chimed.

“I know!”  Kat brought her cold glass of water to her cheeks and forehead for a moment, trying to calm her excitement.

“I’m not gonna lie, I’m a little jealous,” Juniper responded.  “I wouldn’t mind some hot VP wanting to help me further my graduate research…”

“You could end up publishing a manuscript with him!” Bethany exclaimed.

“And presenting together at ASCO… Oooh overseas trips together…?” Marilu mused.

“This could also mean lots of late nights together, eh?” Astrid inquired with a raised eyebrow.  “Wouldn’t you have to do research after the normal workday?”

“Ooooh…” the others chimed in unison, agreeing with Astrid’s thought.

“Yeah…maybe…I guess we’ll see!  But yeah, I am pretty elated about this, you guys…  I really don’t know why or how this is happening, but I guess I’ll try to enjoy it and not screw it up by doing something stupid!”  Kat scoffed at herself.  “Hopefully I can control the clumsiness around him if I have to see him more…”

“Awe Kat, you’re so hard on yourself,” Juniper said, being a supportive friend as they often were.  “You are so passionate about precision medicine and what we do, and I bet he sees that in you and knows you will take it seriously.”

“Thanks, my friend,” Kat nodded to Juniper.  “So yeah, that’s my big news for the day…how is everyone else doing?”

“I’m so fucking tired…!” Astrid growled.

“Didn’t you leave with that businessman last night?” Bethany asked.

Astrid chucked. “Ah yes, I did…upper-class connard,” she added with disdain.

“But he was handsome—was he not very nice?”

“Bof… he was fun for a night—to dominate, you know…but they are all the same.  Thinking the pretty French girl is so exotique…it’s so…ennuyeux, non?”  Astrid rolled her eyes.  “But I give them what they want, a show, eh!  It’s fun for a night.”

Bethany grimaced.  “But what about finding a real nice man and falling in love?”

“Pfft—l’amour, c’est la guerre,” Astrid quipped.

Bethany looked at Marilu and Juniper.

“Don’t look at us, we’re ace…” Marilu noted, crossing her hands back and forth a bit.

“That’s not to say we don’t believe in others finding love, “ Juniper added.  “I just think it’s very tricky, and rare to find a good one.  Most of the time it’s just too much hassle, and who has time for that nonsense?”

Bethany sighed, then looked hopelessly at Kat.  “Kat, what do you think?  Do you believe in love?”

Kat shrugged.  “I am generally a skeptic… However, deep down I do want to believe, wish for it… It’s been a long time since I met anyone who made me think of stuff like that though…”

“Until now…?” Bethany inquired with a hopeful smile.

Kat cracked a shy smirk, almost feeling like she were caught with her hand in the cookie jar.  “Yes…Mr. VP…well…he is giving me the feels for sure.  He is just so…enchanting…”  Kat sighed hopelessly, then immediately scolded herself in her head for being such a silly schoolgirl.

“Oh my God, I just realized something…” Bethany added while covering a giggle with her hand.

“What?” the others asked.

“We are just like the ladies from Sex and The City…!”

“Huh?” “What?” “How do you mean?” the others inquired simultaneously.

“Oh my God, yes!  It’s so obvious!”  Bethany laughed, so proud of herself for discovering this parallel.  “Sex and the City—the biotech version!”

The others just looked back and forth at each other, then back at Bethany for further explanation.

“Okay so I’m totally Charlotte—the one with the more reserved and traditional outlook on love…”

“Ohhh…” the others began to nod as she continued.

“And Astrid here is Samantha, feeling power in her sexuality and having fun with it.  Then we have TWO Mirandas!”  Bethany gestured toward Juniper and Marilu.

“Ah yes, the romance skeptic!”  Juniper laughed.  “I even have the short red hair!”

“And Kat…” Bethany motioned toward the variant scientist.  “Well, she’s our Carrie of course…and Mr. VP is her Mr. Big!”

The table roared with approval.

“God…” Kat sighed.  “He’s even elusive like Mr. Big was…”

“Oap, there she goes…” Marilu waved a hand in front of Kat’s eyes to bring her back down to earth.

The table giggled as they continued to finish their lunch before heading back to the office.

And just like that… Basel was starting to show Kat there was room in life for friendship and potential romance as well as a successful career, and maybe having it all wasn’t as rare as most people thought.