Guest post by PUJYA PRIYADARSHNI, travel writer

If what you do first on a trip sets the tone for the rest of the journey, then ours was a bugle call to the gastronomical adventure we were about to embark upon! Like most travelers to Amritsar, our trip was driven by pious intentions and was made rather spontaneously for the weekend. Planned around the timings of the Amritsar Shatabdi from Delhi, it gave us just about 24 hours in the holy city. 

Typical to all modern travelers in a hurry, one perused through various travelogues to identify things to do and places to eat. My simple list comprised of the Golden Temple, Jallianwala Bagh, Heritage Walk and the newly unveiled Partition Museum. Of course, one had done this itinerary before, except for the Museum. However, this trip was different for I was accompanied by a friend who was a visiting local…