One of the stopovers for The Bohri Mohalla Walk is Haji Tikka for its khiri kebab, kofta kebab and parathas

In the first chapter of The Travelling Belly: Eating Through India's By-Lanes (Hachette India), Kalyan Karmakar clearly states a list of things that the book isn't - neither a directory of best eats nor a recipe book. Fair enough. Then, he asserts that it also doesn't stress much about eating at more authentic places. What it turns out instead, is a largely autobiographical account. It is packed with stories about the restaurants that Karmakar, a popular food blogger since 2007, has devoured meals at - while growing up in Kolkata or after moving to his current base, Mumbai. He has also paid an ode to food in cities that he has visited like Lucknow, Delhi, Amritsar, Jaipur, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Chennai and Goa.