Close to the seasonal flow of the great Jamuna River, in the village of
Hemnagar, we found our latest addition to our ever-growing collection of
delicious local speciality snacks in Bangladesh.
At the Shahin Tea Stall, on the banks of a great tank it shares with the
local Girls College, founded in 1900 by Hem Chandra Chowdhury, we were able to
watch the making of this donut like, sugar encrusted delicacy, and wash it down
with the usual cup of fresh made tea.
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Just down the road from ‘The Angle House’, the fine palace occupied by
Hen Chandra, the local Zaminder, we were welcomed by a friendly gathering of
local men, who, whilst their womenfolk were taking care of house and home, were
busy watching a ubiquitous ‘teledrama’ on the tea stall TV, reminding us that TVs
in country pubs at home are not the only public places to suffer socially from
such entertainment.
But whilst some such forms of social behaviour may, these days, be
international, fortunately, the same cannot yet be said for local speciality
snacks!
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