Never thought that I would be traveling to New Delhi one day! A new country, a new journey, and blended with cultural diversity – Delhi brought splendid experiences to my life. It all still feels like a dream and encouraged me to believe in myself. So, in this diary, I have lots to share about my food fiesta in Delhi!
On the 21st of April, I landed in New Delhi, and on the first day, I went out for an evening walk at Connaught Place. There were food carts near the hotel and they were filled with mouth-watering items.
The first item I tried was Golgappe, which is almost similar to Mumbai’s “Pani poori” or Kolkata and Bangladesh’s “Fuchka”. A spicy tamarind chat was served with it. They serve a single Golgappe on each plate and for each eaten item customers have to pay cash.
We also found rolls or famously known as “Momos”. Different momos have different ingredients, such as meats, veggies, and whatnot. Kachori with Sabji was also found in different carts. There was onion and matar kachori and they were too much spicy! So to cool down the spice level, I immediately ate gulped a large portion of Ras Malai! It’s almost like the Bangladeshi Roshogolla and too much sweetness was incised in it. Aloo Chat was available in the street food carts, and so was Kulfis. These kulfis were almost as similar to Bangladeshi kheer, blended with food-grade color. Though I didn’t taste it, my Bhutani friend tried Rabri Faluda – and it was really good in her opinion. This syrupy delight is full of caramelized milk and dry fruits.
On that particular night, we ordered a pure South Indian Dosa from the Zomato app. My goodness, was that so delicious! We ordered cheesy and spicy dosas and they were delivered with almost buckets of chats and curds. That reminds me of our last night’s trip to Chadni Chak Market. It was inhabited by the Muslim colony. We went to a kebab house and ate kebab on sticks with green chilli sauce. Foods were salty in there, but I love a bit of extra salt in my foods! At late night, we went far into the market and it was too crowded even at midnight. Tired us went inside an economy restaurant and ordered chicken fries. We were served a bowl filled with chicken wings and drumsticks. It was all salty, spicy, and crunchy and the flavor of foods in Chadni Chak, along with the surrounding environment highly reminded me of my own country. We found juice carts around and drank pineapple juice with extra masala. These kinds of carts are so much available in Bangladesh too.
During those days, luckily we found a “hop-on-hop-off” bus service and they took us on a tour to many tourist places around New Delhi. We took our lunch at a nearby regular restaurant suggested by our tour guide. The menu had different kinds of thalis. Thali means “plate” in Hindi, and in restaurants, one thali serves with different veggies, meats, pakoras, and rice altogether. I ordered a non-veg thali and there were paporbhaja, rice, chana, curd, soybean, etc in it. The foods were fine and fresh, but the places were too crowded. Apart from these tour appetites, I enjoyed the buffet of my hotel.
Specially I was fond of the chicken curry, green salad, and veggies with peas. The pulp orange juice of morning or the malai tea of breakfast was truly refreshing. I couldn’t even choose between chocolate pancake or croissant! The Deliciousness of Delhi went great for me absolutely!
