thecoffeeshop
located in m.g marg naya bazar, this quaint and chic cafe is perched above some stores. being adamant about not having any food from the hotel, we walked to m.g marg for breakfast and wandered for some cheap local cuisine brekkie options. it wasn't available. the place wakes up well into the afternoon and thus we had to enter a café which we had sorted out from the night before when we were exploring the place and its eateries.
coming to food...
in frame :
1. lemon iced tea - it was hella refreshing! the tang of the drink was just perfect and went well with with what we took next.
2. himalayan breakfast platter - skipping the usual american or english breakfast platter, we opted for the cheaper option...the himalayan platter. it had a whole himalayan thick bread(bakar khani) sliced in half, sautéed medallions of sausage, a double-egg omlette, a bit of sautéed potatoes & onions and a bit of butter. the whole dish is quite dry and thus a drink pairs well with it.
3. the decor and the view outside
this isn't quite a must-visit place for a foodie visiting gangtok like many we visited but in a morning like the one we went through, the place was a great refuge. the ambiance is really nice and the servers were really polite too, even helping us in charting our walking plan in the nearby lanes of m.g marg!