I visited the Sealdah area of Kolkata, where there's a massive train station.

My plan was to travel to Barrackpore and eat at the famous biryani restaurant called Dada Boudi. However, since the market area around the train station looked like quite a happening place, I decided to spend some time exploring it and eating a few delicious desi snacks.

I found one food stall with all sorts of deep-deep fried desi delights. I ordered a samosa and some sweet donut ball thing, and that cost a total of just 17 rupees (£0.16 GBP / $0.20 USD.)

The samosa was very tasty, but different to other samosas I've eaten in India. It wasn't just the aloo masala (spicy potato mixture) inside, but it also had some kind of beans and raisins. So maybe that's the Kolkata style of Biryani. Just when you think you're familiar with Indian street food, you visit another state and the taste and ingredients all change.

All the other patrons in this little street food shop were eating some kind of kachori dish, and it looked delicious. I tried to order a plate for myself but the shop owner just waved his hand at me and refused to take the money. I wasn't sure what was going on at first, but then figured out he was telling me to get out of his shop.

I'm not sure why he was so angry, as I wasn't taking up any more space than any other customer and I also brought customers to his shop. The fans who were following me around also bought food there after me.

Anyway, I went hunting for a toilet and this time found one in a local hospital. That's somewhere that's always going to have such facilities available.

Feeling refreshed, I got even more refreshed with a fresh coconut, that I stood and drank with the junior doctors outside the hospital.

Then it was time to tackle the Kolkata local train to Barrackpore. The Seadah train station was huge and confusing but the locals there helped me out, with where to buy the ticket and what platform to wait.

The train was quite full when I jumped on it, a couple of minutes before it was due to leave, but it didn't leave on time and more and more people kept jumping on. By the time the train left, it was absolutely packed and when it stopped at stations along the way, more and more people jumped on. What an experience.

I made it to Barrackpore in one piece, at least, and my reward for the adventurous train journey was one of Kolkata's best biryani's at Dada Boudi.

There are now many branches of the popular Dada Boudi in Kolkata, but I wanted to visit the original shop that was established in 1961.

Just like when I visited Arsalan biryani restaurant in a previous video, Dada Boudi has two sections for eating. A casual section on the ground floor, and upstairs a fine dining area.

Walking into the shop wearing shorts and t-shirt, I was guided to the casual area, but it was full so I was upgraded to fine dining. It was very nice up there, and the prices are just the same as downstairs.

After enjoying a delicious mutton biryani, I decided to explore the Barrackpore area a bit. Barrackpore is an army cantonment area, and there's also a huge police camp there. It's probably one of the safest places that you could explore, because I can't imagine much crime taking place there.

I visited the Mangal Pandey Park, that someone on the train recommended to me. I met some local lads there who told me that this park was mainly for lovers. They go there to see each other and get some privacy away from their families.

The Barrackpore boys arranged for one of the local fishermen to give us a boat ride on the river and then they took me on their Royal Enfield bikes, giving me a tour of their town.

We were able to enter the massive West Bengal police HQ camp, as one of the guy's father is someone important there. What a nice, clean and safe community they have there for all the police officers and their families. It's like a whole town within a town.

We also visited Gandhi Ghat, where some ashes of the late Mahatma Gandhi are resting, and the Annapurna Mandir, which is a big Hindu temple in the area.

The Barrackpore lads showed me amazing hospitality, showing me around their town, and even invited me back to their home for tea and snacks. Incredible!

0:00 Sealdah Market
1:33 Desi Snacks
7:30 Angry Vendor Kicks Me Out
10:10 Fresh Coconut
13:54 Tunnel Market
16:15 Massive Train Station
21:24 Crazy Kolkata Train Ride
38:17 Dada Boudi Biryani
50:41 Exploring Barrackpour
1:04:45 Lovers Park
1:10:04 Boat Ride
1:15:45 Police Camp Tour
1:18:53 Gandhi Ghat
1:21:17 Annapurna Temple
1:25:40 Local's Home


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