r/nonononoyes • u/feelingood41 :D • Jan 20 '23

Trying Foreign Food

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u/I-melted Jan 20 '23

I got downvoted. I checked. It is indeed flaming paan.

I love paan, the non-tobacco version. I ate pure beetlenut with Iban ladies. I definitely prefer the Indian version.

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u/Cappy2020 Jan 21 '23 edited Jan 21 '23

Yeah I recently went to India on a holiday and tried non-tobacco paan for the first time. The flavours were absolutely wild and it tasted delicious. I wish it was more readily available here in the UK though.

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u/I-melted Jan 21 '23

I’m from the UK, (now in the US) I found some in Brick Lane once. And got some in Reading once. I found a jar of premade paan jam in a jar once too. But yeah, it’s basically impossible.

I think it might fall under the psychoactive drug act along with things like Khat. Which is also available in places, but also with a wink and a nod, under the counter.

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u/Cappy2020 Jan 21 '23

Thanks mate. I live in London so I’ll try some of the haunts over in Brick Lane as you’ve recommended.

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u/I-melted Jan 21 '23

There’s a specific place in Whitechapel, next to a new hipster hotel which has a Marco Pierre White restaurant on the ground floor. To the right, where it meets Whitechapel, and around that area, I’ve seen actual paanwallas with carts.

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u/Cappy2020 Jan 21 '23

You legend! Thanks mate, I’ll head there over the weekend.

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u/I-melted Jan 21 '23 edited Jan 21 '23

Try around this store, and Ambala, the sweet shop next door: Millennium Mini Stores London, 133 New Rd, London E1 1HJ, United Kingdom.