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Thursday, June 15, 2006

The Food Bonanza !!

Lord's Tower, my Apartment, is situated at an important junction, known as the "Court More" on Burnpur Road, in Asansol. As the name of my apartment suggests .... its truly a place to lord over. From morning to evening, just as you turn around, water starts dripping from your mouth. All that I shall speak about now is situated within a radius of 25 - 30 m. Beleive me... i am not joking.
I start off from the rightmost shop. It sells Mother Diary brand paneer and Misti Doi. Next is the Pastry shop - MINAR's ... where they have delicious pastries as well as Indian and foreign chocolates. The next shop has varieties of roll - eggroll , chicken roll etc.
Crossing the street, that goes to the Hindustan Park, we have a person selling "Ghugni" and " Boil Anda". Not to mention the 2 phuchka walas ( golgappa) sitting on either side of the main road.
Now comes the 3 main shops.
The two shops side by side , sell sweets which are of very good quality. In the evenings, these are flooded with kachoris and samosas. It would be unfair if i forget to mention the bright red jalebis that lie there to be devoured. You can't come out of these mithai dukans unless you have had something. The Rasgullas, langchas, kheer kadam, chenar toast, sandwich, lobongo latika... they all try to outstage one another in terms of their tastes.
Next in line is the famous "Sugar and Spice". Most of us have probably become a fan of the Mutton Salami Kababs, the chicken Tikka Crossants and the Paneer Rezalas by now. And how on earth can anyone forget their pastries ? Its like manna from heaven! The taste of the chocolate Rum balls, the pineappale tarts , the chocolate almond and the classic orange cakes are truly unforgettable.
Beside these we have many shops selling Cold drinks and ice-cream to provide relief to the common man in this severe heat.
Then comes a small shack selling Rotis from the evening. There you can see long lines of people eager to buy the tadka, the chilli chicken, the Aloo matar etc. etc. The smaller the shop, the bigger is the business .. thats their common theme.
Beside this , we have the Banerjee Restaurant, where one can savour with full delight a plate of fish and rice and with equal delight, chicken butter masala and tandoori roti. Its what you wish.
There are two 'thelas' selling chops ( fish, chicken , mutton, veg, aloo, prawn, jackfruit and brinjal chops !!) What a variety ! Beside that you have a shop selling chowmein ( chicken, egg and veg). You should see the queue in the evenings . Its mindblowing.
Finally to end, the last shop is a departmental store, which is situated on the ground floor of our apartment. There you can have a lot of good biscuits, bhujias and all sorts of dry snacks. Recently they have also started selling cold drinks and ice creams !!

So , when you have all these around you, what else do you need ? And it reflects on my figure as well. I cant do anything except gain those extra pounds. Kya karen ..... CONTROL hi nahi hota !!