Expenses

I have received a comment asking about my expenses here in Bangalore in one of the other posts, and thought maybe I would just post which prices you would expect to find in bangalore when shopping, going to eat or going out. So here it is:

Food

McDonalds combo (don’t expect any beef, it’s all chicken at Mc D here)	115 INR	1.70 Euro
Pizza at dominos/pizza hut	100-220 INR	1.45 – 3.25 Euro
Eating at the company’s cafeteria (Indian food, meal with pharata or chapati bread, rice and 2-5 different sauces)	20 – 40 INR	0.30 – 0.60 Euro
Coffee at the cafeteria	4 INR	0.06 Euro
Coffee at something similar to Sturbucks	30-60 INR	0.45 – 0.90 Euro
Bottle of water 500 ml	10 INR	0.15 Euro

Supermarket

1 kg of Apples	120 INR	1.75 Euro
Toast bread	20 – 30 INR	0.30 – 0.45 Euro
4 frozen chicken burgers	100 INR	1.45 Euro
Jam or peanut butter	150 INR	2.21 Euro
50 gr Chocolate Bar	100 INR	1.45 Euro

Very Good Restaurant

Glass of Wine	400 – 600 INR	5.90 – 8.85 Euro
Entrée	250 INR	3.70 Euro
Main dish	400 – 750 INR	5.90 – 11.00 Euro
Hamburger at Hard Rock Café	350 – 400 INR	5.20 – 5.90 Euro
Dessert	250 INR	3.70 Euro

Hope this helps you get a good idea of what life costs here.

You can use everything sir!

We are staying at the Prestige St. John’s Wood. Of course with such a name you would imagine an enormous complex with everything in it, and that is what I imagined. The night we came we realized it was big: four or five buildings each one with 10 or more floors. But that was all. Today we realized it had everything.

Until now, we have been going to the Forum Mall for our necessities (power cords, fast food, etc). This morning, after having gotten the permit to use the club from the HUB administrator, who had to contact the club administrator and he had to contact somebody else, we though about having a look at the club, as we did not have anything else planned. To our surprise, before even entering the club in its first floor we found a very good supermarket. There is microwave food, and fruits, and milk, and bread, and almost everything you would normally need.

After buying the necessary shampoo and some food, we went ahead and inspected the club. In it we could find a squash court, a big gym with treadmills, a card room, a Ping Pong table, a party room, a coffee shop, a billiard room and a pool, well everything.

Finally, on our way back, we met the security guard, who manly asked us in which apartments we are staying. He checked all his papers, correlated some information from some of them and said:
Ah, yes sir, well, you can use everything here!