After our Buddhist morning, we were all ready for a more secular afternoon. Our cars got us into downtown and we were dropped next to Gangtok’s main market – Lal Bazar – for a market visit. From here it was back to MG Road and the rest of the day was on us.

During the walk around the area yesterday with two of my fellow travelers, we had seen several cake shops – incl. some with rather good-looking blueberry cheesecake –  exactly what we were craving for now. A first search was unsuccessful – and we eventually ended up in a cafe with Sikkim-grown and in-shop-roasted coffee and Japanese cheesecake (close – but not close enough – though the coffee made up for it). The quest continued … and we were not able to find the bakery from the day before (or they simply had sold out) – sheer luck got us into another cafe, where I simply ordered the thing – and ended up with a slice of blueberry cheesecake – yummy …

I challenged my luck once more this day – by ordering the “special cocktail” in our dinner place later on. We had been here the day before – and then no one had been able to explain, what it is … well, there is only one way to find out – a nice watermelon based drink – going nicely with the Gobi Manchurian 😉