“কলকাতা, তুমিও হেটে দেখো
কলকাতা, তুমিও ভেবে দেখো
যাবে কি না যাবে আমার সাথে”
Setting the mood on by starting it off with lines of one of my favourite song “Kolkata” by again one of my favourite singers Anupam Roy.
By the beginning, you can probably tell by now that it's going to be the new addition to the Kolkata series of blogs. If you are coming to Kolkata for the first time or may you be an inhabitant of Kolkata for several years I will try to include some exciting places that surely will excite you.
So this whole blog is going to be a story where I am going to share my experience of travelling alone in north Kolkata.
The story begins like this, one day suddenly I was too bored of college and thought why don't I just bunk it and spent some time alone. I am not encouraging you to bunk your school or college or office but you know sometimes it's fine to break some rules for internal well being.
I had literally no plans where to go or where not to. Then I decided that I want to have breakfast outside. So my journey began with the visit to the Terreti Bazaar in central Kolkata. For your information, it is a place in Kolkata where the Chinese immigrants live. And every day in the morning they sell traditional homemade Chinese food in the streets. It is one of the best places to visit if you want to enjoy the original Chinese cuisine.
Now you may ask how to reach there? You can take any bus or metro to the central metro station and from there, search for the place known as Poddar court and from there it is 2 minutes of walk, anyone in the streets can help you out with directions or I will leave the location above. One suggestion is please try to go as early as possible ideally before 8:30 AM or there will be nothing left for you to eat as its very popular among office goers.
Some of the highlights of this place will be apart from all the mouth-watering foods, there is a Chinese temple situated here. Now coming to what you all have been waiting for what are the things you can eat here. There are many Chinese sellers who cook the food in their homes and bring it here to sell it. Some of the items which I tried were Chinese momo which in comparison with our momos what we have here is completely different. And there they sell Chinese bread, dumplings, some Chinese sauces and many more. Most of the Chinese sellers speak Hindi and they are very well behaved men and you would love interacting with them.
Prices of all the items are very reasonable, if you are going there the dumplings are a must try. It is kind of a hollow bread with some chicken stuffing and egg inside it served with a very hot spicy sauce. The sauces have a very good texture like salsa.
After finishing my breakfast I was looking for where can I go next in google maps. But you don't have to go through all those same hassles because just about one small bus ride far there is the jorasanko thakur bari. The home of the Tagores. This place has a very beautiful atmosphere. Once where Rabindranath Tagore used to live now is a well-maintained museum.
The museum opens at 10 am so if you are planning to go there after Terreti Bazaar then it may happen you have to wait for some time before it opens for the public. You can drink sugar cane juice or have a cup of tea to spend that time and enjoy the roads of this majestic city.
At 10 A.M. ticket counter of the museum opens, at the time of writing this article they charge 30 rupees per head and if you want to take photos inside the museum you have to buy a separate ticket which cost 50 rupees per camera. And if you guys are students like me having your id card with you the tickets will cost 10 rupees each.
Entering the museum they have many sections divided into very well categorised manner. All the sections are rich with information and also some of them are air-conditioned. You can learn and enjoy comfortably inside. Before exiting don't miss the car showcased in the garrage just beside the exit gate which Rabindranath Tagore used to use.
So this was the first quarter of my day. The exploration does not end here. Many exciting places remaining to mention. Stick around for part 2.
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