tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36623524.post1130918510143022128..comments2023-03-25T17:39:39.025+05:30Comments on FoodScapes from Below: Makkhan Wali ChaiAbhik Majumdarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06921264695439784161noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36623524.post-49540139552766870812014-10-28T13:15:47.530+05:302014-10-28T13:15:47.530+05:30Thanks so much for the comment, Madhu. For a chang...Thanks so much for the comment, Madhu. For a change it's you commenting on my blog, not the other way round :)<br /><br />I agree it takes some spleen to try out a concoction like that. I mean, I myself had the guts to try it out solely because I had already been suckered into it! Haven't had the chance to try the Ladakhi chai yet. But this one doesn't taste anything like soup. It tastes very much like tea. I've had it several times since then, and it's never failed to disappoint.Abhik Majumdarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06921264695439784161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36623524.post-75815554218197486472014-10-28T11:50:16.626+05:302014-10-28T11:50:16.626+05:30Wow. I had no idea. I'm not sure I'd be ad...Wow. I had no idea. I'm not sure I'd be adventurous enough to try it, but still (I wasn't adventurous enough to even attempt to taste <i>gudgud chai</i> when we were travelling in Ladakh in the 80s, though my parents said that it tasted more like a rich soup than tea). If I remember correctly, the Ladakhis actually put salt instead of sugar in <i>gudgud chai</i>, along with the yak butter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36623524.post-78805625787538110582013-08-12T12:10:55.245+05:302013-08-12T12:10:55.245+05:30Do tell me how it turned out :)Do tell me how it turned out :)Abhik Majumdarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06921264695439784161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36623524.post-36231513069328314032013-08-10T23:51:37.738+05:302013-08-10T23:51:37.738+05:30Reading this stoked my imagination that much! Have...Reading this stoked my imagination that much! Have to make this and try some day! :D<br /><br /><b>Pradeeta</b>Wings of Harmonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17555656671876023265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36623524.post-25091253811055356452007-09-11T13:42:00.000+05:302007-09-11T13:42:00.000+05:30Hmm, will make my version and see :)Hmm, will make my version and see :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36623524.post-80001667838122771762007-07-01T01:19:00.000+05:302007-07-01T01:19:00.000+05:30I have enjoyed reading your blog so much, I dont k...I have enjoyed reading your blog so much, I dont know which post to leave a comment on... this seems appropriate, since its atleast something I might someday try. Most others, being of the nonvegetarian variety, are lost on me. however I do share your enthusiasm for street food in general, and of food expeditions laced with visits to sites with a history, in particular, especially since they are possible in this city like in no other.<BR/>way to go... keep up the good work. and list more vegetarian fare so I might try it in my next trip. :-)pooshahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15528297871198230190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36623524.post-90318617495016040592007-06-23T22:12:00.000+05:302007-06-23T22:12:00.000+05:30Nope. Still not convinced. Just reading this is cl...Nope. Still not convinced. Just reading this is clogging my arteries.<BR/>(A lovely read, notwithstanding).rainbeau_peephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02778706681614415483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36623524.post-47880679152450724572007-06-08T05:26:00.000+05:302007-06-08T05:26:00.000+05:30I shall drink to that!I shall drink to that!Abhik Majumdarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06921264695439784161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36623524.post-67808832228989789842007-06-08T05:22:00.000+05:302007-06-08T05:22:00.000+05:30Your inspired account of your first brush with mak...Your inspired account of your first brush with makkhan wali chai is indeed motivational enough to make one try it out. I'm only too far away, and so shall have to be content with making myself a cup. But of course, if I do go to Delhi, I have every intention of trying it out!Durba Basuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10053884960271807402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36623524.post-3523251103718766482007-05-10T02:52:00.000+05:302007-05-10T02:52:00.000+05:30Point taken! At the same time, by Delhi standards ...Point taken! At the same time, by Delhi standards yak-butter tea is much more exotic than the Lal Kuan version.<BR/><BR/>You might ask, isn't our own makkhan wali chai exotic enough, since only one place in Delhi is known to serve it? I suppose exotic value also depends a good deal on the ingredients used.<BR/><BR/>Table butter is available in most parts of Delhi. On the other hand, I haven't seen too many dairies round here stocking Yaks.Abhik Majumdarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06921264695439784161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36623524.post-5351068517853640622007-05-10T01:29:00.000+05:302007-05-10T01:29:00.000+05:30I am left wondering how yak-butter tea is any less...I am left wondering how yak-butter tea is any less plebeian than this concoction?<BR/>~ HarneetAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com