As I entered, the first thing I needed was to find a toilet. After bumping into a gentleman with a white beard who was standing outside his restaurant I asked if there was any toilet around. He seemed to nod and pulled me into his restaurant and then back out again to the other side which was now inside a very large building.
It was like a shopping mall. He walked with me towards the end of the first walkway on our right and then turned around to the left and raised his hand to point right to the end corner. This was past the tables and dining area and the food court. I said thank you and indicated that I would come back to eat. I actually already placed an order of 2 pieces of chicken and a cold diet pepsi. I made sure to say that I didn’t want any rice or roti because my sugar levels were still high even now and I explained I’m a diabetic and can’t eat right now. I don’t know if they understood but they seemed to.
When I got to the toilets it was quite busy. There were 4 squat toilets and only one sit down one which was being used by women when I arrived. But I still queued up and waited patiently. On returning I’m not sure how or why but I lost my bearings and I think I got a bit lost and forgot the location of the restaurant.
After I walked around in circles in all directions for 4 or 5 minutes I managed to come back out to the road that I had come off from initially. It was soon after I ran into the guy with the white beard again who kind of jumped and grabbed/escorted me back to the restaurant. He was bengali and as we were walking back, other vendors tried to grab my attention and I understood the gentlemen explained to them I had already ordered but forgot where. With a bit of a laugh which was fair enough!
Despite not asking for any rice or roti they did provide two pieces of roti. The meal was decent I would say although it was a bit dry but not too much. I was just happy to be able to sit down and enjoy a rest and meal with a cold drink as I had been walking all morning really.
One event at the restaurant was when two staff members in the kitchen started an argument. It got quite heated and one of them tried to grab the other and remove him from the restaurant. This was until about 5 other staff members intervened. I carried on eating! I didn’t really get involved but I just remember a lot of loud voices throughout my lunch. Typical Bengalis!
I managed to walk back to my hotel after this as it was within a walkable distance – about half an hour – and I think I just wanted a bit of air and exercise as well as to look around a bit more and explore. I do wish I had spent more time in Quba walkway rather than just rush through it like I did. There’s a great number of shops as I mentioned, kind of like Oxford street in London. I should have spent a bit more time walking up and seeing what was around if I’m honest. A slight regret but on the other hand all the shops sell pretty much the same things anyway.
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