Alvida Dilli, I will be back

It’s been a week of eating, furlough-ing, and meeting people, apart from Xmas. Today I go back home, leaving with memories of a week spent well. Of lip-smacking food, cold days, freezing nights, foggy roads, warm people and a loving extended family.

I spent a few days as a tourist visiting some not so famous monuments( I did the more famous ones last year) and was once again awed by their grandiose. Its amazing how rich the Mughal emperors were and how much thought they gave to posterity.

I also spent time with friends, meeting people and  attending Xmas celebrations, apart from a trip to the famous Karol bagh to shop for auto parts and Nehru place for electronics,

What I enjoyed the most was the food. From aloo-tikki to seekh kabab, gaajar-ka-halwa to daal makhni, beef curry to jalebis, gol-gappe to cakes, this has been a trip that my tummy will not forget for a long time.

I loved every moment of it and never missed a chance to try something. Eating kachori in Nehru place when visiting the electronic market or driving to the nearest place from home for a fix of gol-gappe, with my wife; The whole trip was focused on food, in one way or another.

So what all did I eat in the last ten days

• ·      Gol-gappe/aaloo tikki: From 4 different places
• ·      Seekh kabab/chicken tikka/shammi kabab: from 4 different places
• ·      Jalebis/ Gaajar-ka-halwa/gulab jamun: from a couple of places, but the one from Chandni chowk was un-forgettable
• ·      Kachodi/Dahi bhalla
• ·      Sweet-potato chaat: Not a big fan
• ·      Dal makhni : I stopped having daal makhni in Mumbai/Pune, it doesn’t make any sense why they can’t make daal makhni like the ones in Delhi.
• ·      Shawarma: Really good ones from a shop called spice junction near IIT
• ·      Cakes: with real rum-soaked dry-fruits, about 5 different types. It’s Christmas you see J
• ·      Beef/chicken/fish curry (the spicy,blood-red one) with tapioca, appam and stew ( for Xmas breakfast) : a-la-MumInLaw

So I wasn’t exaggerating when I said at the start of this trip that the main focus would be food, It has been that way. And like I have said many times before, I have absolutely loved it.

My holiday ends today, it’s back to work now. I am glad for it, too much of a good thing is bad too. J

I have also enjoyed posting on the blog, it’s been rare for me to have time to do it when I am working. 

I am looking forward to enjoying food from other parts of our country and to be able to write about them. Let’s hope I get a chance soon enough.