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The Lost Logs
We value Arjun's... wellness. His daily logs went quiet, so Gugu has recovered the entries he never posted, with photographic evidence. Pick a log to see what he's really been doing. Try not to get a headache. Or heartburn. Mostly heartburn.
Logs found21
Pizzas5
Chilli incidents4
Sugar offered1
Caffeine crises4
Workouts0
Log 01 · 17 JanRestaurant: Sourhouse · first visit
Bagel or Bombolone?
Wrong pastry
Order
"I'd like the bagel, filled with chocolate, please."
Problem
It's a bagel. Not a bombolone.
Bread
Best sourdough ever.
Follow-up
Arjun goes to great lengths, literally, just to pick up Gugu's favourite sourdough bread
Gugu's statement
I very confidently ordered a chocolate bagel. It was so funny. Best sourdough ever, and he still travels all the way there just to get it for me.
Log 02 · 17 JanRestaurant: Lavonne · first matcha
The Matcha Hangover
Near-fainting event
Anything New
Matcha. First time.
Side effects
Caffeine hangover. Gugu almost passed out in his car. Crazy asf.
Food
Burrata toast. Second time ever trying burrata. So good.
Plot twist
Gugu went home and recreated it. Multiple times. Chef Gugu.
Gugu's statement
Nearly fainted in his car from one matcha. But that burrata? I had to have it again, so I cooked it at home. Multiple times.
Log 03 · 9 AprRestaurant: Paakashala · funniest log on record
The Titanic
Still sinking
Junk
The "Titanic" ice cream
Status
Eating. Eating. Eating. Not getting over.
Movie
Titanic (1997) ends in 3 hours 14 minutes. This one didn't.
Workout
Jaw. Extensively.
Gugu's statement
The original Titanic sank faster than we finished this. I was laughing so hard I couldn't eat, and it still wasn't getting over.
Log 04 · 17 JulRestopub: Bob's Bar
Chairs Built for One Cheek
Seating: 50%
Seating
Chairs that fit exactly one right ass cheek
Left cheek
Unsupported. Floating.
Drinks
Wine
Random Thought
How do people sit here? Do they take turns?
Gugu's statement
WTF. How do people sit here?! Funniest chairs I have ever been on. Half of me had a nice evening.
Log 05 · 18 JulRestaurant: Mara
Rain, Pizza & Someone Else's Breakup
Front row seats
Weather
Raining. Car windows fully fogged up.
Anything New
Art. We drew all over his car windows in the fog.
Movie
Not needed. The couple at the next table was breaking up, live, in full volume.
Series
Table Next Door, Season 1, Finale. We stayed for every episode.
Carbonated Drinks
None. Coffee was okay. Possibly whiskey-flavoured. Possibly not.
Food
Pizza. Soooo good.
Gugu's statement
Someone else's breakup, live, in the rain. We sat there laughing the entire time. Best entertainment in Bengaluru, free with pizza.
Log 06 · 25 JulPizza Bakery · eaten in the car
Sourdough, Sweetened by Mistake
Too sweet (again)
Anything New
First time trying this sourdough, in his car
Preference
Without caramelised onions
Told Arjun?
Forgot
Result
Sweet. All of it.
Who's to blame
Gugu, technically. Arjun, emotionally.
Gugu's statement
I forgot to tell him no caramelised onions and the whole thing was sweet. My fault. Still blaming him.
Log 07 · 30 JulMilano · Arjun's pick · eaten in the car
Arjun Was Right (Once)
Rare event
Selected by
Arjun
Item
Matcha vanilla ice cream
Rating
So good
Arjun's hit rate
Very low. This is one of the very few.
Gugu's statement
Very few times have I liked Arjun's selections. This was one. Please don't let it go to his head.
Log 08 · 1 AugHakuna Matata · match on the big screen
Arjun: More X Than X Himself
Funniest night on record
Movie
Football on the big screen. Ignored.
Entertainment
Arjun impersonating X and Anirudh. At the same time.
Laughter
Most in recent memory
Still echoing
HARSHITHAAAAAAAAAA
Gugu's statement
I don't remember the last time I laughed this much. Crazyyy. I can still hear him calling me HARSHITHAAAAAAAAAA.
Log 09 · 5 AugRestaurant: Toscano · X not invited
The Breakup Party
Breakup: reversed
Event
Breakup party for a relationship that technically never existed
Drinks
Some random wine. Both colours. Grief needs options.
The bill
Scam. Mystery wine, charged like it was vintage. Crazyyy.
Food
Pizza, fries, emotional support
Arjun's role
Head of the Department of Moving On
Anything New
Closure. Returned shortly after, unopened.
Gugu's statement
We drank to forget X. I did not forget X. My delusional self went straight back. And I think we got scammed on the wine. But the pizza was great.
Log 10 · 8 AugBengaluru Café · Arjun's pick · in the car
Bad Maggi, Bad Coffee
Hit rate restored
Junk
Maggi. Bad.
Drink
Coffee. Also bad.
Selection rating
Back to normal
Gugu's statement
Just when I thought his taste was improving. Arjun's bad maggi and bad coffee. Iconic, for the wrong reasons.
Log 11 · 9 AugPaper & Pie
The Best Coffee Ever
Drink
Vanilla latte
Rating
Best coffee ever. No further questions.
Introduced by
Arjun
Anxiety
Yes. Obviously. Worth it.
Gugu's statement
Still gave me anxiety, but it tasted the best. Nothing like that watery, sugary, milk-powder Starbucks vanilla latte. Thank you for introducing me to the best coffee ever.
Log 12 · 9 AugAmfries · eaten in the car
The Spiciest Fries of My Life
Spice: approved
Junk
Fries with jalapeños
Spice
Spiciest fries ever. What a chilli combination.
Texture
Nice and juicy
Sugar required
Not by Gugu. Arjun would need a spoonful.
Gugu's statement
Spicy, juicy, jalapeños everywhere. Everything I want in a fry. Best fries ever.
Log 13 · 21 AugPaper & Pie · our 4th anniversary · in the car
Four Years Together!!
Occasion
Our 4th anniversary
Drink
My favourite vanilla latte, Paper & Pie. Best coffee.
Also
Pain au chocolat. Tooooo yummy.
Venue
The car. Our best table.
Gugu's statement
Four years. He brought the cakes, my favourite coffee and a pain au chocolat, and we celebrated in the car like always. Best coffee. Best person.
Log 14 · 1 SepPizza Bakery · unusual order
The Honey Pizza Betrayal
Gugu: furious
Ordered
Honey-flavoured pizza
Should've ordered
Our regular Pizza Verde
Sweetness
Sooo sweet. Gugu hates sweet.
Consequences
Arjun got blasted. Verbally. At length.
Redemption
Garlic bread. As usual, too good.
Gugu's statement
We had a perfectly good regular. He chose honey. The garlic bread is the only reason he's still alive.
Log 15 · 4 SepEaten in the car · leftovers: Gugu's fridge
The Chilli Supply Chain
Rotting peacefully
Chillies gifted
Constantly. "For your maggi."
Chillies used
0. Gugu can cook. Gugu just never gets to these.
Current status
Back of the fridge, living out their final days
Anything New
Raspberries. First time. Approved.
Random Thought
The one person who can't eat chillies keeps handing them out. We don't ask questions.
Gugu's statement
Every time, chillies. Every time, they die in my fridge. Every time, he gives me more anyway.
Log 16 · 4 SepHis car · recurring entry
Lunch in the Car
Restaurant
His car
Food
The regular. Jeera rice and gobi. Sooo good.
Frequency
Often. Logged: never.
Service
Picks it up, brings it to the car, feeds me, drops me back. Six stars.
Gugu's statement
I sit and wait while he gets it to his car, and he also feeds me. 6-star service??
Pizza. Their "extra chilli" wasn't spicy, so we asked for a whole bowl of chillies and poured it on ourselves.
Junk
Sourdough puffs, dusted in what looked like a full bag of icing sugar
Random Thought
Cannot handle chillies. Can finish a plate of pure sugar. Priorities.
Verdict
Gugu: too sweet. Arjun: finished it.
Gugu's statement
Can't handle chillies. Can handle an illegal amount of sugar. Nobody understands this man.
Log 18 · 27 SepRestaurant: Nerlu Café · Table 22
Nerlu: Bad Coffee, Best Place to Chill (Except the Dogs)
Heart rate: yes
Food
Sandwich. Arjun "simply" took it. It wasn't even nice.
Carbonated Drinks
Lemonade coffee. Was nice, honestly.
Also
A latte, because one caffeine wasn't enough. Bad.
Vibe
Best place to just sit and chill. Except the dogs.
Side effects
Gugu: shit tons of anxiety. Arjun: fine, apparently.
Gugu's statement
Mid sandwich, my heart was doing cardio. Which is more than he does.
Log 19 · 4 OctNerlu · reading day
Came to Read, Left with Anxiety
Coffee: unfinished?
Plan
Sit in a café and read, peacefully
Ordered
Coffee. Two of them.
Outcome
Shit tons of anxiety. And a fight.
Pages read
NR taxation!! Completed? Obviously NOOO.
Coffee finished
Unknown. Records lost.
Gugu's statement
We went to read. We fought instead. I don't even know if we finished the coffee. Very us.
Log 20 · 13 OctPizza Bakery · staff still recovering
The Sugar Baby Incident
Medical attention offered
Junk
Corn. Ordered against legal advice.
Food
Pizza, with the usual extra extra bird's eye chilli
Incident
Arjun began wheezing and crying. The server walked over and offered him sugar. Then returned to refill his water and asked, "Is it spicy?"
The server
Kept watching Arjun for a solid 5 minutes. Concern? Or a crush? Sugar on a spicy night is basically a pickup line.
Status
Arjun: officially someone's sugar baby. The server: still thinking about him.
Spice levels
Gugu
Arjun
Leftovers
None. Gugu ate everything.
Gugu's statement
A whole server stood there checking on him for 5 minutes. Arjun got a sugar daddy, I got his pizza. I love spicy. I ate it all.
Log 21 · date unrecoveredRestaurant: Milano · eaten in the car
Pineapple Sorbet, Again
Ordered by shape
Junk
Pineapple sorbet. One's a cat paw, the other is its whole head. All cats here.
Repeat orders
3 logged. Real count: lost track long ago.
Ordering method
Is it shaped like an animal? Then yes.
Anything New
Every time. Always the cutest thing on the menu.
Gugu's statement
He always finds the cutest thing on the menu, and somehow it's always the best one too. Our little car dessert tradition.
Log 22 · 31 Oct · Posted by Gugu
Happy Birthday, Arjun
Random Thought
You stopped logging your life, so I logged a bit of it for you.
Food
Anything you want. Spice level set to "Arjun".
You ate the sugar I couldn't, and every chilli you couldn't. You keep buying me cat sorbets. Unlimited pizzas, I lost count. Fries ordered, I lost count. The number of wines we drank could make me a drunkard. You introduced me to the best coffee ever, and turned your car into our favourite table.
Four years of meals. Thank you for every one. Here's to a lot more.
Same table. Always. — Gugu
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