Territti Bazar is a few lanes off Rabindra Sarani near Poddar Court, and for most of the day there is little to see. Between about six and eight in the morning it becomes a street market selling Chinese breakfast from folding tables and baskets: pork buns, fish ball soup, momo, sausage, rice rolls and sweets.
It is run by the remaining families of the old quarter, largely elderly, and Sunday is when the community gathers. It is one of the few things in India that exists nowhere else.
The names
Places, institutions and dishes| Name | Where | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| The morning market | Territti Bazar, off Rabindra Sarani | Six to eight in the morning; pork buns, fish ball soup, momo, sausage, rice rolls. |
| Sea Voi Yune Leong Futh Church1905 | Territti Bazar | One of the surviving Chinese temples of the quarter. |
| Toong On Church1924 | Blackburn Lane | A Cantonese temple; the Nanking restaurant below it closed, and the building has been contested. |
| Sea Ip Church1905 | Chhatawala Gully | Another of the clan temples. |
| Gee Hing Church | Territti Bazar | A Hakka clan house and temple. |
| Tung Nam | Chhatawala Gully | A small old Chinatown kitchen. |
| Eau Chew1927 | Ganesh Chandra Avenue, nearby | Four generations of the Huang family; possibly the oldest Chinese family restaurant in India. |
| Poddar Court | adjoining | The commercial block at the edge of the quarter. |
| Bentinck Street | nearby | Chinese shoemakers and dentists; a few shops still trading. |
| Chinese New Year | Territti Bazar | Lion dance, firecrackers and the community's one fully public day. |
Worth knowing
- Six to eight in the morning. There is genuinely nothing later.
- Sunday is when the old families come.
- Chinese New Year, January or February, is the other time to go.
- It is a residential quarter, not an attraction. Be a guest.
- Cash, and small notes. The stalls are elderly people running a tradition, not a business.
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