There’s a decent chance that you love Bengali cuisine without even realizing it as pretty much all of the Indian food in the UK, as well of much of the USA is made by Bengalis. Now when I say Bengalis for the most part I am talking about people from Bangladesh, but there is also…
When we think of India fast food might not be the first thing to come to mind, but with this fascinating continent (not a typo) now one of the fastest growing economies in the world, a middle class that requires fast food is quickly becoming a thing. So, what are the leading Fast Food in…
Hot, dirty, and full of poverty and squalor, Siliguri offers a grimy contrast to its neighbours in Sikkim and Darjeeling, ironically two of the cleanest places in all of India. Quite the irony indeed, as Siliguri is quite literally one of the filthiest places in India, and easily the dirtiest in West Bengal. Aside from…
After trying the culinary abortion that was McDonalds India and seeing that Burger King and KFC were not much better I decided to give Singh Burger a try. Marketed as a Punjabi Burger I had thought they might have a lamb offering (they did not), so decided to try this national burger chain if nothing…
I am way used to trying McDonalds around the world and in fact I love the subtle differences and additional menu options that make this global behemoth stand out. In some places though it is so devoid of anything from its parent restaurant to such a degree that it is another place entirely. Indian McDonalds…
Irish pubs tend to come in two varieties, actual Irish pubs and fake Irish pubs that call themselves Irish to get people to go there. Well would you guess that the imaginatively titled “The Irish Pub” in Gangtok, Sikkim falls into the latter. The worst part of this though is I got so excited after…
