it's been a long time since my last post so those who actually read it, i'm sorry.

today i am going to talk about a hill station i went on vacation to some time ago. it is popular, so i'm sure a lot of you have visited it at least once. that's right........SHILLONG.

shillong has all the features which make it a good holiday resort.  bargain shopping, sites of interest and above all a breathtaking view. but i, being a foodie, am not going to talk about it like a travelouge. i'll instead speak about the feature of it which interested me most,it's street food.

they say that the way to a man's heart is through his stomach. well if that is the case then shillong is a heartbreaker. the main part of shillong city is the police bazaar, the thoroughly metropolitan heart of the city. here you'll find restaurants boasting of all types of indian cusine. punjabi, south indian, indo-chinese, you name it. but for a lazy tourist like me, nothing beats the hawker sold  fried pakoras and others found on the roadside. in the evening, you can get it piping hot, cruchy giant bellpeppers, steaming potato fries, brinjals, tomatoes and a host of other veggies tasting like no home cooked veggies ever does.  the moutain air and walking uphill works up an appetite, so it is very pleasant to do the nighttime sightseeing with a hot spicy pepper in one hand and bags full of shopping in another . If one is tired, they can always pop in a restaurant and sample the local cuisine. the specialty is a sort of pork stew, but  for vegetarians,their veggie fare is equally good.

to be continued....