Today evening I went out on an eating spree. Let me explain a bit more. At 5.30 PM I was not in a mood to study anymore. So I went to Pendu’s tiffin shop which is situated just in front of our Old Gents Hostel. I ate 2 egg chops. At rs 4 each I thought myself being cheated. So with half empty stomach and a lot of anger intermingled with the frustration of a pre-PG I searched for other avenues where I can satisfy my hunger and pacify my anger.
Then I thought of the chop shop in sagadia sahi. Well be assured this chop shop is nowhere related to Infosys. It is a simple tiffin shop that caters different types of chops like egg-chop, mutton-chop, liver-chop, chicken-chop and chams.
Egg-chops cost 1 rupee each and Chams cost 10 rupees each. Whereas other chops cost 2 rupees each. Well That is definitely a deal. For those of you who do not know what a cham is, I can not help much. But to give you an idea, it is portion of goat containing the a spine from the spinal cord and a rib. The mutton amount is very less, but eating eat seems as if one is eating leg piece of chicken.
But even after eating a total of 25 rupees my eating spree has not ended. So I went to Brindaban Cinema Hall in Dolamundai , Cuttack. In front of which there are the fast food stalls.
In here the real story of Gupchup and Mineral Water unfold. Gupchup as you might be knowing is the Oriya/odia of Golguppa. Golguppa/Gupchup is very tasty, but the hygiene is almost non existent. While I was unmounting from my Boxer Motorcycle I noticed 2 young girls at the Gupchup stall. The slimmer girl asked the stall owner, if he knows where she can find a mineral water bottle. The stall owner showed a shop across the street. Then the girl asked if he could send somebody to get either a Bisleri or a Bubbles. The assistant of the boy obliged. In the meanwhile both the girls ate some 10-15 gupchups. I joined in and devoured 20 gupchups. After eating the gupchups the said girl drank from the Aqua Pura (I never knew such a brand existed) that the boy brought. Her friend was satisfied with the water the stall owner had.
Though I could not ask out of general decency still this incidence is a reminder how people can be unpredictable. I admit I do not have any problem in eating unhealthy, unhygienic food, but why people drink packaged water when they are eating contaminated water containing food simply beats me.
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