ETUNAGARAM TOUR ( EPISODE - 21 )

Bus Conductor: - Sir, you people wanted to get down at Chalvai, right?

Prady: - Yeah…Yeah…Chalvai…

Bus Conductor: - This is the Chalvai market stoppage. Just get down here.

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Arindam: - Now it is 11.30 AM. There is no surety that we will get to eat any food in and around Lakhnavaram Lake. Within half an hour, we will feel hungry.

Prady: - Don’t worry. We will buy some Britannia cakes from these shops. First, let us hire an auto from here to Lakhnavaram Lake. There is the Auto Stand.

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Arindam: - What? To go to Lakhnavaram Lake from Chalvai village, you are demanding 80 bucks. What is the distance between Chalvai and Lakhnavaram Lake?

Auto Driver 01:- Sir, it takes around 10 minutes by Auto to reach Lakhnavaram Lake from here.

Prady: - for a 10 minutes ride, you want 80 bucks. Hello, boss, how much will you take?

Auto Driver 02:- The rate is same for all Autos, Sir. I will also take 80 bucks. But, we will not go now. Now, it is too hot outside. We will start the Auto after 1.30 PM.

Prady: - Arindam, they will not go now. So, it is better that we have our lunch in any restaurant here.

Arindam: - Yeah, I was also thinking the same thing only.

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Restaurant Owner: - Just wait for another 10 minutes, Sir. The rice is getting cooked now. After 10 minutes, I will serve the chicken rice.

Arindam: - Basically, in this restaurant, all the truck drivers, auto drivers, bus drivers and bus conductors have their lunch and dinner. Look at the condition of this restaurant.

Prady: - Aah…this is a village restaurant. At least, this restaurant is a hygienic one. I have seen many roadside restaurants like this in big cities, which are totally unhygienic. Come on; let us wait for another 10 minutes while sitting on that outside bench.

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Arindam: - Oops…I am sweating too much after eating this Chicken Curry.

Prady: - This is broilers chicken only. Don’t eat the gravy of this chicken curry. You may get hospitalized if you eat that.

Arindam: - This is the typical Andhra Chicken Curry, which is very spicy and has a little sour taste also. Look at the color of Chicken Curry Gravy. It is reddish- yellow in color. They have given too much meat masala in it.

Prady: - Ha ha ha…actually, in this chicken curry, they have neither used any Shahi Garam Masala nor any meat masala. They have just cooked a Red Mirchi Soup and poured some roasted chicken on that soup.

Arindam: - Ha ha ha…yeah…I think that you are right. My tongue is burning now…uff…babah…let us sing the song…’Hai hai…mirchi…uff uff…yeh mirchi’ ….he he he…

Prady: - for 45 bucks, we are eating Mirchi Soup, Rice and Chicken…I really wonder that how these Andhra people eat these spicy curries?

Arindam: - Chilies and Tamarind are good for stomach, if you are living in a very hot region of the world. But, it needs a lot of practice to adjust this spicy and sour taste to your tongue, he he he…and we are playing the practice match now.