Our meal with Sanjay was delicious! He picked us up from our hotel and we went to a nearby "restaurant", if you can call it that, to eat. It was more like some guy's hut that he cooked out of. We weren't quite sure whether or not Sanjay had actually cooked any of the meal, but we knew for sure that he had brought the ingredients to the man in the hut.
While we waited for the food to be cooked Sanjay and his other driver friend cracked a bottle of "Bagpiper" (Indian whiskey) and we proceeded to drink the entire bottle. In India they say "ram ram" for cheers and drink the whole drink in one sip. Brian and I did this for the first round, but after that returned to slowly sipping our drinks.
The mutton was served with chapatie (bread) called roti, which is similar to naan but not cooked in a tandoori over. We ate the chest of the goat and the meat literally fell off the bone! We told them before hand that we liked a "little bit of spice", which in India is still incredibly spicy. Sanjay seemed worried when we said it was spicy. We kept having to reassure him that it was very good and that we were just not used to spicy foods. That night we went to bed very satisfied and slept like babies after getting buzzed off the Indian whiskey.
The next day we ate breakfast at the hotel and hopped into the car for our 6 hour drive to Agra to see the Red Fort and the Taj Mahal.
While we waited for the food to be cooked Sanjay and his other driver friend cracked a bottle of "Bagpiper" (Indian whiskey) and we proceeded to drink the entire bottle. In India they say "ram ram" for cheers and drink the whole drink in one sip. Brian and I did this for the first round, but after that returned to slowly sipping our drinks.
The mutton was served with chapatie (bread) called roti, which is similar to naan but not cooked in a tandoori over. We ate the chest of the goat and the meat literally fell off the bone! We told them before hand that we liked a "little bit of spice", which in India is still incredibly spicy. Sanjay seemed worried when we said it was spicy. We kept having to reassure him that it was very good and that we were just not used to spicy foods. That night we went to bed very satisfied and slept like babies after getting buzzed off the Indian whiskey.
The next day we ate breakfast at the hotel and hopped into the car for our 6 hour drive to Agra to see the Red Fort and the Taj Mahal.
Sanjay sounds like a great guy. I bet he added some local personality to this part of the trip.
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