Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Indore Trip- April 07

Wow!! What a year this has been. 4 Months and 4 trips!! Lucky me....It started with Nagpur Trip in Jan followed by Delhi trip for Corporate Training, Udvada Trip in March and now Indore!! Hope my boss does not notice this :-)
This was the first time I got an opportunity to visit this amazing city.. 2 of my best friends Gaurav Vaidya and Dharminder Singh both are from Indore and had planned the complete trip. It’s thanks to them that I and Sanjeev had such a gala time.
The trip was more of an eating Spree or should I say a hogging spree for 4 of us.
Day 1: We were greeted on Indore station by Dharminders friend with garlands, flowers being thrown on us and Rasgollas to top it up!! Never had I got such a royal welcome.
From there we headed to gauravs place where we were welcomed by his folks, sister and ever so loveable Niece Riya!!
Had some amazing Poha at gauravs place and equally mouth watering Lunch.
Next Stop was Chappan (56 in Hindi) a road where there are 56 Food Shops and stalls with all indori specialties like Poha, Kachoris, Samosas, Pattis, Sabbudannas and lots more. We tried almost any and every this available on Chappan....and this was just our Evening Snack which was followed by a visit to Sharafa ( another Foodies Delight) The place opens at 9 pm and people keep flocking for mouth watering Bhutta ka kees, Gulab jamuns, Dahi wada, Jalaba(10 times the size of a normal Jalabi) By the time we finished tasting everything Sanjeev was on the verge of exploding so was I.
Day2: As usual we got up a bit late had amazing Breakfast full of fruits, Namken and of course Poha ( I guess Poha should be declared the official food Item of Indore). Next we headed to Lal Bagh. Lal Bagh is a beautiful palace on 71 Acres of land in the middle of city. The palace was made of Italian Marble with Gold plating all around. Even though photography was prohibited we did manage to get some pics. The Palace had some very amazing things like an 11.5 feet stuffed Tiger, Hand painted sealing, 100 seater dinning table and more. In the evening we visited an amazing place called Nakhrali Dhani also called as Mini Rajasthan. One would actually feel as if he is in Rajasthan after visiting the place. Puppet Show, Folk Dances, Magic Shows, Camel rides....you name it they had it!! And to top it up some amazing Rajasthani cuisines....
Day3: Last day we got a taste of some authentic Punjabi Parathas at Dharms place......

To top it up on our way back we were accompanied by some really pretty Kingfisher airhostesses!!! Can’t ask for more........