Masala chai

Today is a moving day. We started at 7.30am and are heading southeast towards the lakes. Some people on the tour had some issues at checkout in that there was discrepancies in payment of the bill. We've been told to pay our bills at night before we checkout and this couple insisted they've paid. The hotel maintained that they hadn't paid so they paid again. That put a sour mood to the morning. The hotel usually caters to domestic tourists and were not used to the amount of alcohol the group consumed. The regular nightly drinkers complained about the lack of service in the bars and being ignored.

We stopped one hour and a half in the journey for a toilet & refreshments break. I took the opportunity to get some chutney flavoured crisps, peanut brittle and masala chai. I watched it being made and interestingly enough they put drops of essence from a bottle in the cups of tea to flavour them. It was still lovely though but made me realise that when we try to recreate what we think is authentic and are disappointed it might be that we are not equipped with the correct materials. A few people bought packaged tea with the hopes of recreating it when they get home.Baca lagi