Have you ever been to cultural
capital of India? Calcutta, also known as the city of joy and city of palaces
is also considered largely to be the heaven for street food.
From toddlers to teenagers
and even veterans, you can find everyone hogging around the fuchka wala because the taste just
doesn’t gets better anywhere else. Calcutta is a city that brims with joy and
exudes ‘energy’ in its ‘laidback style’.
You may not find the
maddening rush like the Mumbaikars because this city of Bangali babus loves its own ‘lazy swiftness’. If there is one thing
which Calcutta guarantees, it is that it will leave you pampered as far as food
is concerned.
No matter, which high end
malls you visit, you will always find a fuchka
wala (no, you just don’t call it pani puri) sitting just outside. He will
not only give you the best street food, but he also catches up on the latest
gossip and if you are a regular, he would know your tastes as well as you do.
It is not just fuchka which Calcutta prides itself on;
the list of street food is never ending. From jhaal muri to ragra chaat
to the ammchi Mumbai’s vada paw and
the epic chana masala, Calcutta
proudly has it all.
If you are a foodie, this is
one place which is going to spoil you for life. Don’t even get me started on
the misthi doi and the bangali sandesh which are the true
delight for any Calcuttan (Is there such a word?)
Calcutta – Serving The Street Lunch
Go to Salt Lake Sector 5 or
even the Writer’s Building (Yes, the haunted one which you have often heard of)
or even Rajarhat commercial areas which are developing at a breathtaking pace
and you will find a long and unending line of food stalls. They serve
everything there; from masala dosa to Tandoori naan, ilish maach, rumali roti
and our very own staple-daal bhaat.
You don’t need to carry
those carefully packed lunch boxes because these stall walas serve food with an equal dosage of love and that little
sikora chai as well. Does all of this
make you crave to taste what the delight of street food is?
Book your tickets and come
here just to relish what staying at Kolkata feels like. You don’t need to be a
Bengali to cherish the flavors of Bengal. We make everyone feel home after all
it isn't without a reason that we are hailed to be the city of joy.
Don’t miss out on these
delicacies which you are least likely to find anywhere else in the world.
Calcutta is the true place to be as far as street food is concerned. Don’t worry
about hygiene because the people have been eating here on the streets all their
life and have managed to be healthy for long. You will survive just well.
If you have ever been to
Calcutta, you would know that it is perfectly normal to find a guy wearing a
rich black suit with a red tie and standing at a chaat stall just beside a man
in tattered clothes because when it comes to street food, Calcutta has no distinction.
Everyone wants to get their hands on it; from the top shot CEO to the security guard
and even the firangi from Amsterdam.
I would have shared more of
the epic street food which Amader Kolkata has to offer, but I can smell
the aroma from the chaat counter beside and you just don't say no to street food,
when in Calcutta.
Lick your fingers and say
nom nom nom!
