Travel Day 933 – Bangalore, Karnataka, INDIA
While I had initially gone to Bangalore to see my Tabla teacher and to listen to some classical Indian music, in the end I also got to enjoy something else: a lot of really good home-made food… : )
Home-made Idly for Breakfast in Bangalore
I actually had to say that I felt a bit embarrassed when I first arrived in Bangalore, because I felt that I was inviting myself to stay with a local family. My teacher had only given me the contact information of another student of his, but unfortunately I wasn’t able to get in touch and have a conversation until I actually arrived in Bangalore in the early morning…
So I felt a bit uncomfortable when I just called from the train station while sitting on my backpack and asking if I could come round and stay at their house, but luckily it seemed to be no problem at all. And as soon as I had found the way to the house and put my backpack down, I was treated as another member of the family and that really was a great experience to me…
Home-made Lunch with Paneer Curry
Not only was I able to join the daily family business and go to concerts or other family visits, but I also got to enjoy the delicious home-cooked food. Every morning there were fresh Dosas, Idly or a wheat based Bangalore-cement, which was actually really delicious, waiting for me when I got up to the family room. Obviously all the goodies were accompanied by home-made vegetable curries and fresh chai…
For lunch I got to eat such amazing things as fresh Paneer curry with chapatti or other home-made vegetable dishes. One evening there was a little get-together and of course home-made Indian food was served again, but this time it was a whole buffet type arrangement where one dish seemed to taste better than the next and it seemed almost impossible to stop eating…
Home-made Dinner at a Get-together
This seemed to have become the theme of my days with my family in Bangalore and all I used to hear was: we are not counting, we are just making sure you eat well… while I was served my third Dosa for breakfast. Obviously the food was nothing but amazing and so it was absolutely impossible to resist the temptation of eating more than I normally would have. So even if I ate too much food in Bangalore, it was at least really amazing home-cooked food…
Yes, overall I had to agree, Bangalore didn’t have the most or the best tourist attractions, but after the few days here, I would remember Bangalore as a place of friendly people, a place where I felt at home in a family, a place of great music and definitely a place of great home-cooked food. And that I will always remember and always be thankful for… : )
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