Puchkas, Papri Chat, Icecream & Beer

Yeah I know you're thinking how Puchkas and Beer share right of place in the headline. Well when one thing leads to another, that's what happens. Khichdi!! Of course if I start including all of the ingredients of a great evening out, it involves more than all that. From a food point of view the evening started out at New Alipore and a discourse on the finer points of selecting good puchkas. Yeah there are three types I learnt - the Marwari ones, local Bengali ones and I kind of forget the third type. So after feasting on puchkas, we moved over to the papri chat and jhaal moori and believe it or not there are different kinds of moori too. Anyway chat and moori done it moved to Mama Mia's for gelatos. Seriously think they're overrated, but theek hai while your enjoying the company and in the flow of things anything goes.

From there the plan moved up on the scale and a decision was made to head to the one street in Kolkata. Park Street was destination numero uno. So Park Street was where we ended up. And Some Place Else is the numero uno place to be on Park Street. So, no points for guessing that we ended up knocking back beers to the sound of some decent music by Cassini's Division, the band that was belting out some of their original stuff. By 8.30 PM there were demands of food and while some hungry people couldn't relate to the food on the menu card, others a bit more prudent suggested Mcdees (MacDonald). So Mcdees it was and it just seems like there were quite a few prudent people in Some Place Else, because Mcdees was full of the SPE crowd. After a couple of burgers and fries and coke of course, we headed back for the second innings at SPE.

Orient Express had started playing and we came back and caught up with a couple of more friends. While the Latin beats kept us tapping our feet, we were provided with more than ample entertainment with the eager dancing performances of some of the happy people on the floor. I took a brief hiatus to drop a couple of younger people home (you know deadlines still exist). Once back we guys went up to The Atrium for some dinner finally.

All I can say about that is, as one of us aptly put it, "we know why the DJ plays here and doesn't have a gig at a night club". That said, I'm still reeling with a headache just thinking about that pounding music.

Finally we all got home and here I am at work just back from witnessing the "Mothership" descending on Kolkata. Pics below.