Kerbcrawling

I have a new hobby – kerbcrawling for Bangladeshi streetfood. Admittedly, I haven’t eaten a huge amount in the last three days because finding somewhere to eat and getting food is a bit of a chore although perfectly doable. All signs, menus and staff come in Bengali only and being vegetarian doesn’t make it any easier although I’ve managed to learn how to explain that in Bengali, although I need to expand it to include fish – something I learnt the hard way. Streetfood, however is so much easier since you can browse and point, and it’s absolutely delicious and you get the bonus of a wonderful atmosphere. A good way to start is with a couple of onion bhajis before rambling down the train tracks to the next pitstop for some rice and coconut cake-things and then doubling back to the main square for a bowl of chickpea curry and boisterous exchange of smiles with all the company on the way. Of course this isn’t complete without a quick cup of cha (tea) on the corner whilst browsing the newspaper you picked up on the way. And then there are all those milk-based sweets dripping in sugar syrup…