At the risk of sounding Elitist, I have a confession to make!
I have never had the road-side paani puri or bhel puri or sev-puri or dahi-paapdi or anything for that matter! Or rather, HAD never had any of those, until I ended up having some in the chat street opposite Vardaan Market in Calcutta.
The experience was absolutely exhilarating… And I ended up wondering why hadn’t I tried any of those before. The reason was this perennial paranoia that something will happen to me if I have any of those chaats! It was more of a mental block that I had… every time I saw my friends have those, I would wonder, “Arent they afraid, they will fall sick or catch some God-forsaken disease???”
I used to worry myself silly thinking ill fall sick with either Typhoid, or Jaundice if I have those road side food items. At the same time, some of the healthiest people I have seen thrive only on those! But, knowledge of that fact never kind of convinced me that I should try one of those things out… that is until he mentioned that I was probably missing out on the taste of India… It was difficult for him to fathom how I could have grown up in India without having had the chaat with the ultimate concoction of paseena, a little bit of soil, some keede-makode (insects) and the works!
Yeah, true! I probably did miss out on that one! So, don’t be surprised if you find me gorging on the next thele wala, around the corner 🙂
Welcome to the club dear 🙂
well, i guess if u just walk to any of those ‘neat’ restaurant kitchens. you wud stop eating from there aswell. !
🙂
you’ve gotta be kidding me??!!! you’ve never had panipuri after being friend with panipuri maniac like me… Shame on me!!!
but then again you had never been in rain before too!! Miss Kumar, looks like you’ve A LOT to experience in your life yet 🙂
So… Neha changes for “HIM”!!!!
@Sathish: 🙂
@Nishit: hehehhehe yeah i guess 🙂
@xylene: hehehhe yeah 🙂
@Shyam: 🙂
Well i guess that since you’ve broken past the barrier, you oughta try the “bhajji-pav” that they sell at nariman pt in Mumbai. Oh Yeah!!!
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