Pls note that this
is not a figment of my imagination...
When you are in
Gauhati for a day, and the food options are galore. Follow this diet. You will
get all the carbs, proteins and veggie nutrients...one dreams about.
Land in Gauhati
by the morning flight. Then stop at Maligaon, and have the piping hot samosas.
They are fried every morning till 11.30. As you bite into it, be careful, as
you will be welcomed by a curl of steam. The potato filling has the peel and it
is liberally added with peas and peanuts . One will not be sufficient, but
resist the temptation as you can feed the sweet craving with goja. It is
exquisite in its combination with a singara, that's what a samosa is called in
Assam.
Lunch has to be
fish curry and rice. Go towards the town and halt at a place called Silpukhri,
hop over to Paradise Restaurant and have steamed rice with aari fish kalia and
small puthi ya bhangun fish fry... end it with the hilsa fish in mustard sauce. 
By now, you
will not be full, but stuffed to your gills. Pun intended. Hunt for a bed
pronto. While the stomach works, the body needs to rest and prepare for the
next onslaught.
Luci and bhaji
is the tea that you should be looking to eat. Call up your local friends, make
sure you are invited and give them enough notice for this food to be prepared.
Luci is the puri, but made with maida. The bhaji is made with the button sized
potatoes and garnished with boiled eggs, cut in the centre.
The art of eating
luci is not to count how many you are eating. Go with the flow. And make sure
you have it with the local chilli, Jack fruit or olive pickle. The spice of the
pickle with the simply cooked bhaji and luci, makes this tea extremely
satisfying.
Now you go for
a walk by the Brahmaputra, near a place called Kachari Bazar.. it is a bazar,
where you get the best of the local produce. The green of the vegetables
guarantees their freshness and it whets up your appetite in no time.
Dinner... the
best time to hit a restaurant is 8.30.. look for any Chinese joint... the egg
fried rice and hakka noodles is something that needs to be tasted to be
believed. The noodles are extra fine, the veggies are crunchy and the flavour
of the east can be delectable to the most discerning tongue.
Go for the
chilli pork and any chicken dish that catches your fancy. Eat a lot, as Chinese
food digests very fast...
The day is
complete, 10,000 calories later. This day long dining is not for the faint
hearted. I did it.
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| Bon Appétit |
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