In a city teeming with 'unforgettble' sweetshops it’s easier to forget than to remember the chosen ones. A dear friend's prized company took me inside the fabled Phears Lane of Central Calcutta in pursuit of a sweetmeat more mooted than tasted – Bombay/ Karachi/ Turkish Halwa.
I was overwhelmed. This one carried all the vices that I admire in a sweet – poise, colour, texture, aroma, surprise and a lingering aftertatste. The measured sweetness, quite atypical of this particular sweetmeat, didn’t kill the desire to have more of it and I had to oblige mine.
I will visit Haji Liyaqat Sweets again 'hungry for more'…
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