we've befriended some localers during our stay here in kolkata. there's one man who owns a little bodega... ok, a stall... that we buy water from almost every day... and then there's a guy who owns this small restaurant who sells these delicious chicken wraps. it's kind of like a philly cheese steak... well, with some substitutes. egg instead of cheese... chicken instead of beef... paratha bread instead of hoagie roll...onions and peppers stay. the first time we bought food from this man was not so pleasant. i think he was getting frustrated because we couldn't understand his accent... but those chicken wraps are just so good so we had to keep going back. he's a hindu man who 'blesses' his business with his god... well i'm not really sure if that's the right way to describe what he does, but a couple times during our visit, while we waited for our food, we'd see him light some incense, smoke it up a bit, waft the smoke and sprinkle water into different parts of his store... most notably he opens his money drawer and is sure to waft/sprinkle 'spirit' into that drawer. fascinating ritual... praying he'll come to know JC.
he's actually sold out the past few days which is a major bummer... but i guess good for him. he's so apologetic every time... i'm gonna miss this guy. we actually ran into him today - he's closed today tho - but we told him we'd have to wait till next year to see him and eat from him. sweet man who doesn't really undrestand us and neither do we really understand him... but what started out as a somewhat dicey anger and frustration filled relationship has become quite a fun loving relationship... so, mr. chicken wrap man (who sells much more than that...), until next year... stay well and don't forget us... we won't forget you.
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