The mural on the Women’s Building on 18th Street adds a magical element to the entire street. I walk past it everyday and never lose appreciation for its size and artistry. I’m not the only one in awe — there are always photographers and tourists clicking away at its magnificence.
This Friday evening, we are proud to parter with The Women’s Building to serve food from the Kasa Indian Truck along with a live performance of Yoni Ki Baat, which translates to ‘Talks of the Vagina’ (think Indian Vagina Monologues). Part of the proceeds from the event will go towards restoring the mural.
The performance is put on by the South Asian Sisters, a diverse collection of progressive South Asian women dedicated to empowering the community to resist all forms of oppression through art, dialogue, conscious alliance and grass roots political action. The show has been touring the country for the last 8 years very successfully. This weekend’s shows have a funny, touching new script that is not to be missed!
I am honoured to be able to give to this cause. Whilst I am busy convincing people to eat more vegetables, it warms my heart to learn of the various organizations working on such important and complicated issues such as women and their place in our community. I was raised by a single mother and am very aware of the strength of women and the struggles they endure, in particular the many ingrained and subtle oppressions of South Asian women.
Please come out, watch a great show, support The Women’s Building organization in the Mission and of course eat wholesome Indian food from the Kasa Truck. We’ll be out there Friday night only (tickets), but the show is also playing Saturday and Sunday (Saturday night is sold out).
Thanks and look forward to seeing you all. You can purchase Friday night tickets here, and Sunday tickets here.
I am insanely passionate about my personal mission (and Kasa’s) to introduce my larger community to Delicious Indian Food from Scratch. I’m coming to realize that I may be driven by this passion for my entire life, whether I like it or not. I envision myself introducing people to the wonders of Gobi Aloo and Saag Paneer for eons.
Thank goodness there are noble people tackling MUCH more important issues, and we at Kasa want to highlight and support them.
December 1st is World AIDS day and 16 dedicated organizations are going to ‘Paint the Castro Red’ to raise awareness about this 30 year old global epidemic.
Their goal is to to educate about the need to protect ourselves and continually get tested, to help those who have been affected, to remember those we have lost and also to highlight the advancements that have been made in the prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS.
We are VERY proud to support their efforts and will donate 10% of our proceeds on December 1 to this cause. Many of our fellow Castro business owners are also participating.
So please come to the Castro — which will be adorned with red lights, red ribbons and red balloons — and shop, drink and eat delicious Indian food from scratch at Kasa and participating merchants tomorrow. There will also be free HIV testing and a candlelight vigil at 6:30pm in Harvey Milk Plaza. Here’s the Facebook event link.
We look forward to seeing you and are yet again proud to be a part of the Castro Community.
We have LOTS to share in the next couple days as this is Kasa Indian Truck launch week! The truck wrap is done, permits are completed and events are locked down.
We’ll do a small test run for the kitchen on Tuesday night and will tweet out the location earlier in the day. Free food for anyone that shows up! Bring your friends, kids, neighbors, whatever. Probably 50 people’s worth of food will be cooked.
Separately, we’ve been catering these fun Bollywood sunset cruises in the Bay with the Red & White Fleet. Yes, it is touristy, but you know it’s still breathtaking to be out on a boat in that magnificent setting. Plus you get Kasa food, Indian dance performances by our dear friends at Cree8 Productions and you can have a few drinks before busting a move yourself. Check the details here and email cruise@kasaindian.com as we may be able to get you an insider’s hookup!
We’ve been thinking through how to celebrate and show how much we appreciate you.
Giving out sweets for special occasions is a wonderful tradition in India. Endless amounts of mithai, gulab jamun, jalebis, halwas and ladoos are purchased from specialized artisanal mithai stores. They are often covered with pure leaf silver, boxed beautifully, exchanged among friends and families, displayed lavishly, and fed in small bites to whomever the celebration is in honour of. Then of course they are consumed by everyone else too. When Suresh and I got married, we both had major sugar overload as hundreds of people shoved mithai in our mouths!
We don’t make traditional Indian sweets at Kasa, but we still wanted to pass out sweets for our anniversary. And we offer two of the best sweet treats in San Francisco at Kasa, so…..
On June 18th, we’ll be giving out complementary Kasa Chai and cookies from our friends at Anthony’s Cookies!
No crazy purchases required or anything. Supplies may run out at some point so come early.
Much love for all of your continued support of Kasa!
Anamika, Tim & Suresh
P.S. Thank you to Anthony’s for providing cookies for this special event!
Call 415-690-8512 for reservations or email popup@kasaindian.com for reservations.
Thank you all for coming out the past couple months! This week will be our final pop-up night at The Corner (2199 Mission St) for now, so you’ll have to come and get the original Kasa food in the Castro for the time being, at least until the Kati Roller truck launches!
Wednesday, April 20 Vegan Prix Fixe Menu
@ The Corner, 2199 Mission St, 6-10pm
$20 per person
~Appetizer~
Tomato Shorba – a thin but richly spiced tomato soup
The mural on the Women’s Building on 18th Street adds a magical element to the entire street. I walk past it everyday and never lose appreciation for its size and artistry. I’m not the only one in awe — there are always photographers and tourists clicking away at its magnificence.
