In a recent episode of Tere Gully Mein, we met Harsh Beniwal and Gagan Arora to explore Northeastern cuisine in South Delhi’s Humayunpur. We took the duo on a food trail and made them try seafood items like prawns, crabs, fish, squid, tempura and more, all served together in a hotpot. But the real highlight of the hotpot was something unexpected: It was an octopus! Harsh Beniwal never steps back from experimenting with food and gives it a shot. Let’s see how he reviewed the taste of the octopus.
Harsh Beniwal Tries Octopus!
This food trail wasn’t an easy one, as the duo had to taste some unusual food that they had never tried before. Gagan Arora hesitated to try many items, but with Harsh, that wasn’t the case. While we were adding the seafood items into the hotpot, Harsh said that he loves prawns. To this, Gagan jokingly replied in his Punjabi accent, “Gobi de paranthe khane wala hun kenda, I love prawns.” Harsh had even tried crocodile during his trip to Thailand, so trying an octopus wasn’t a big deal for him.
When the hotpot was all set to eat, we took out a huge crab, and after seeing that, Gagan replied, “Isko wapis aap andar daal do, pani mein hi rehne do isko.” Gagan was clearly hesitant to try the seafood, and unfortunately, he got a baby octopus in his bowl! He then transferred it into Harsh’s bowl and said, “Octopus toh nahi kha paunga main.”
As soon as Harsh took a small bite of the octopus, he went numb for a second. He didn’t like it at all and said, “Bilkul bhi acha nahi hai. Bohot hi zada chewy hain or ajib sa lagra hai yaar.” It almost looked like Curly Tales was preparing the duo in case they ever got stuck on an island, so that they could survive by eating all this.
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The Duo Couldn’t Try This Food Item
When we headed to our next spot, we had planned a game with them and wanted them to try a dry, roasted fish. The fish looked quite unusual, and they were quite hesitant to try it at first. After much contemplation, they refused, walked out of the store, and promised to try any other dish instead.
Curious to see what the fish looked like? Watch the full episode to catch all the fun conversations we had with them.
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