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Earlier this week, I, along with a couple of friends visited Lucknow. While Lucknow has several tourist destinations, its a great place for foodies, specially if you are a non-vegetarian.

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The Itinerary

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Between the 3 of us, we wanted to eat the famous Tunday Kebab, Avadhi Biryani, Makhan Malai and Chaat(for the vegetarian among us). Luckily, all these are available in the Chowk, and so we settled on the following itinerary -

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  1. Biryani at Idris Biryani.
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  2. Tunday Kebab at Tunday Kebabi.
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  3. Nihari at Raheems
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  4. Malai Makhan
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  5. Chaat at Shukla Chaat, Hazratganj, this was a recommendation from our cab driver.
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  6. Bajpayee Kachodi Bhandar, Hazratganj.
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Idris Biryani

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Tunday Kebab is probably the most famous dish in Lucknow. You get it in both mutton and buffalo meat variants.

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Not much to say here, this dish was every bit worth the hype. The kebab’s were soft, melting in your mouth and full of taste. The Mughlai Paratha was buttery, fresh and a perfect foil to the kebabs.

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Raheem’s Nihari

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My search for makhan came to an end on the other end of chowk, 10 minutes of walk from Raheem’s and Tunday and it was everything I expected it to be. It was fluffy, not very sweet, and delectable.

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Shukla Chaat

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After waiting patiently all day, it was time for the only vegetarian in the group to have some fun (& food)!

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On the recommendation of our cab driver, we made our way to Shukla Chaat in Hazratganj.

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We started with Pani Poori (or Golgappe!) and they tasted amazing. The water was just the right amount of spice and the shop keeper offered us extra water for the complete experience.

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Following the Pani Poori, was the Aloo Tikki, I don’t know how to describe these flavours, so I’ll just say it was full of flavours, fresh and damn tasty!

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Bajpayee Kachodi Bhandar

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A short walk from Shukla’s is the Bajpayee Kachodi Bhandar. When we arrived, we had to get in a long-(ish) queue. It was late afternoon, and the Kachodi place had run out of the Kachodi’s. So we opted for a plate of Chole Poori.

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The Poori was crispy, deep-fried and the Chole were homely. It was a very familiar and flavour-ful combination.

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By the time we reached our hotel, all of us were happy, full and satisfied. Lucknow had fulfilled all the promises it made and left us with memories that we will cherish for times to come!

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