Reached Malda by Farakka Express (16 hours late) from Delhi Well the quest for dosa was on, alongside house hunting. Met an interesting teacher, who shared his experiences in the jungles of Bihar and West Bengal. By the way Darjeeling is just 4 hours away from Malda.
There is this place called "Indians" near Malda bus stand. You get (surprise, surprise) Dhosas (as the board and menu card say it) and Idlis. And its pure veg. I feel 95% hotels serve only non-veg. A pure brahmin actually eats non-veg (without onion and garlic - bcos they are brahmins!!). The masalas simply hit your olfactory nerves and stay there. Now for the dosa - it was actually cheap (35 bucks butter masala dosa) and did taste a lot like a dosa. This is surprising. Though I won't be going there regularly.
The other day I had been to a supposedly decent restaurant. Along with the mostly non-veg items I saw some veggies too. So i ordered Paneer butter masala - the waiter said its not there. I asked for all the other items in the menu - and got a no. Finally I asked for Roti - again no! So what was there? Rice, dal and some sabji (and papad - fully veg - phew!!). The sabji was aloo gobi (the cauliflower looked like it belonged to the appendages of a goat!!). Fortunately it was not spicy.
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| The river Mahananda flows along the city |
I visited the "begetable" (in Bangla) market and found so much of variety of vegetables and fruits - I began wondering how come people eat so much non-veg when so many vegetables are available.
Will be sending more posts on our stay in Malda...
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