but that s easy to forget when you first smell the food. there we go. kesar da dhaba, meaning side of the road food stall. there are countless dhabas to choose from in this town but this one is legendary. see tony eat vegetables. and like it. to eat around this part of the world, punjab in particular, get used to eating a lot of vegetarian. india is one of the few places on earth where even for me, that s not a burden. what s that? i ll take that. right here, my good man. mm. that s good. in the punjab, meat or no meat, you are almost guaranteed a free for all of intense colors, flavors and spices. unlike some of the joyless
there we go. kesar da dhaba, meaning side of the road food stall. there are countless dhabas to choose from in this town but this one is legendary. see tony eat vegetables. and like it. to eat around this part of the world, punjab in particular, get used to eating a lot of vegetarian. india is one of the few places on earth where even for me, that s not a burden. what s that? i ll take that. right here, my good man. mm. that s good. in the punjab, meat or no meat, you are almost guaranteed a free for all of intense colors, flavors and spices. unlike some of the joyless vegetarian restaurants in my sad experience, vegetables here are
see tony eat vegetables. and like it. to eat around this part of the world, punjab in particular, get used to eating a lot of vegetarian. india is one of the few places on earth where even for me, that s not a burden. what s that? i ll take that. right here, my good man. mm. that s good. in the punjab, meat or no meat, you are almost guaranteed a free for all of intense colors, flavors and spices. unlike some of the joyless vegetarian restaurants in my sad experience, vegetables here are actually spicy, all taste different, different textures. and served with extraordinarily good bread. it s got this multi-tiered crispy on the outside, chewy in the middle. it s a whole different experience. if this was what vegetarianism meant in most of the places that practice it in the west, i would be at least half as much less of
want something good? really, really good? when in amritsar? something local, regional, iconically wonderful? you can t say you ve had the amritsar experience until you ve had a little kulcha in your life. kulcha, this is the iconic dish of punjab is this yes. kulcha, a perfect little flavor bomb of wheat dough pressed against the side of a very, very hot clay oven, slathered with butter and served with a spicy chickpea curry on the side. did i mention the butter? how is it? delicious.
the punjab of the early 20th century saw some of the most violent resistance to british rule. and when the british finally cashed out in 1947, they carved off a huge piece, what is now pakistan. and it remains a potential flashpoint for conflict. but that s easy to forget when you first smell the food. there we go. kesar da dhaba, meaning side of the road food stall. there are countless dhabas to choose from in this town but this one is legendary.