For Suzywong from Moondog on food in Bangladesh

[moondog]

So far, the housekeeper has made a few fab curries but all eating out has been done in SE Asian places.

However, accompanying dh next week on work trip to remote NW region by indian border for 4 days so will report back.

There's actually food there?

I have also discoverd a mango chutney to die for. Nothing like UK slop.

Excuse mad short sentences. Bloody laptop wont take more than few words at a time.

Expat, you persecute me!

I am currently on an Indian tag - have read every book available by Indian authors here in Bordeaux and have been chatted up by local Indian man who obviously misconstrued my enthusiasm. So do border hop for me and tell me all about Bangladesh, the curries, the chutney, the indigens....

Will do.
Have you read Ruth Prawer Jhabvala?
I love her and have for years.

Am watching lots of subtitled Bangla films too. Lovely people. Suffered and continue to suffer a great deal.

I want to know all about Bangladesh too. Not just the food. I know nothing about the country other than disasters you see on the telly.

And that Oldham has the second biggest Bangladeshi community in the UK.

I need to know more about the place than this

tell us about the clothes and fabrics!

I've been told that the beaches are fantastic.

Oh the clothes!!!!
The shalwar khameez(trousers and tunic) are to die for. Every woman looks so elegant.

Sari buying is a spectacle too. Big groups of women settle down in front of shelves stacked with thousands of 'em...

HOW on Earth do those scarves not get in the way??

my pakistani friend does that, wears this flowing tunic and trousers in 100+ degree denver hear, looking cool and comfortable.

i met her in a biology class and she was dissecting animals attired as such, looking totally collected.

i had my tongue out and stray hairs everywhere.

and barefoot blokes on divans unfold one after the other. I am doing all my Christmas shopping on Friday.

oh, god!

i'll bet the colours of those textiles is phenomenal!

Tis muslin. V light. Cox's Bazaar.Longest beach in world (100km) on border with Burma. Christmas destination.

Are the children missing McDonald's?

Sunderbahns in south. Huge mangrove swamp where tigers are. Tea plantations in NE. (Sylhet) Trip next week.

Sunderbahns in south. Huge mangrove swamp where tigers are. Tea plantations in NE. (Sylhet) Trip next week.

Will be staying in crumbling colonial guesthouses next week.
No Macdonalds in B'desh!!!! I asked!

Alas no curry burgers.
I expect you're lovin' it.