Guilty Pleasures

I strolled into Shri Krishna Sweets today after my 40 minute walk, scanned their snack shelves from top to bottom and then asked the sales person, "Aren't there baked snacks here?" She looked at me, controlled a snigger and said, "Illa madam." I gave her an all knowing smile back.

She and I both knew, I was definitely not looking for healthy food options inside one of Chennai's oldest sweet shops.

I quickly walked up to the billing counter, grabbed two individual Kaju Katlis and one Chandrakala. As she was billing the items, my eyes fell upon a very tempting poster of golden fried samosas. "Samosa irruka?", I asked her with drool practically dripping down the sides of my mouth now.

"Irruku madam. Ellame gaali." I now had access to ghee fried Samosas and puffs barely five minutes away from home. My heart skipped a beat. My tongue quickly took a delicious trip down nostalgia lane remembering those aromatic ghee-fried samosas stuffed with raisins, cashews and potatoes.

I've had a good day. I gobbled down two Kaju Katlis and one Chandrakala faster than a lizard  flicking it's tongue in and out to catch bugs.

I've had a very good day indeed. Burp!