Amazing Amritsar
It is the city of Sarson Ka Saag and Makkai Di Roti and Butter Chicken and Amritsari Fish. Everybody here is a gourmand if not a gourmet! And to eat hearty is to stay healthy. That�s why, the city has no health clubs and gymnasiums. But it has eat streets by the dozen, discovers UpperCrust.

At the Golden Temple,There's Always A Meal For The Hungry

UpperCrust Editor FARZANA CONTRACTOR makes a pilgrimage to the Golden Temple at Amritsar and visits the community kitchen that serves food free to some 70,000 visitors every day

The Harvest of Kohinoor Basma Chawa
Forget Dehradun, the finest Basmati rice is grown in Amritsar. Lush green fields sway in the breeze with long-grained stems of the prestigious rice. Amd in grannaries, many hands make light work of the harvest as they pack the Kohinoor Basmati Rice that goes into cooking pots all over India, discovers UpperCrust.

Ritz: Another Amritsar Landmark
The Ritz Plaza in Amritsar, owned by the aristocratic Mehra family, is a homely little place that offers visitors to the Golden Temple five-star comforts and gourmet meals, writes COL (RETD.) BERTIE SIMPSON.

A Tikka Masala Fit For Queen !
The Chicken Tikka Masala that is currently UK�s national dish, traces its origins in Amritsar, discovers UpperCrust.

A Fish With Sole!
It is available on North Indian menus everywhere in the country, but Amritsari Fish tastes best of all in Amritsar... even when had in small dhabas off the road, discovers UpperCrust.

Amritsari Street Better Than Cooked At Home
The city loves to eat. And eat off the street! The more reserved pack the grub and take it away where it is consumed with home-made rotis and parathas. Junk food was never more delicious anywhere else in India. No wonder Amritsar has the highest rate of heart disease in the Punjab. And the city has no health and fitness centres. Eating in the national past-time here, says HARPREET SINGH.

Punjabi Butter Chicken
It�s got more to do with the robust country fowl of Amritsar than the butter content, and this signature dish of Punjab, made in tomato and cream, is relished heartily by the hungry truck-driver as much as the local gourmet. No wonder it is on every menu... at home and in restaurants, reports UpperCrust.