In continuation of my last post Mumbai's Taste Buds please read Vikram Karve's description of the quintessential Burger of Mumbai Wada Pav... Wada-a-description Sirjee...I almost felt like I was eating one...
ART OF EATING by VIKRAM KARVE: CTO VADA PAV - MOUTHWATERING MUMBAI MEMORIES: "CTO VADA PAV - MOUTHWATERING MUMBAI MEMORIES EATING OUT IN MUMBAI MOUTHWATERING MUMBAI MEMORIES CTO VADA PAV By VIKRAM KARVE Vada Pav ..."
Friday, February 25, 2011
Monday, February 21, 2011
Mumbai's taste buds
Whether it's a holiday or work related travel, food always stays at the top of the agenda. Being a foodie I love to try out different cuisines and I research quite a bit before I venture off on a trip.Googling on local food specialties helps tremendously. Sometimes the excitement does get washed down when the taste buds do not seem to agree with the "local speciality" as being tasty. In one grooming class I attended they taught us a term to express such distaste for food politely. Call the item you have tasted as " interesting" so as to not sound rude. So there you go, next time you have a guest at home, especially an international guest and they were to say to the dish you've served or ordered. "Oh, very interesting" you know what they're tying to tell you.
So coming back to the usefulness of googling about local food stuff before your trip. Well for the uninitiated it's a get a headstart on what to expect from the dish they have ordered and what it would be made off. As I write this, I am recounting my experience in Germany where a poor vegetarian friend who has grown up in Hyderabad was craving for spicy food & on chancing a Pepperoni Pizza instantly ordered and devoured one without the slightest of knowledge that Pepperoni does not mean Red Pepper Pizza but Beef & Pork.Poor soul refused to eat out after that incident.
So here in this blog. I'm putting down a few must-eat food items when in Mumbai and adding a little bit of my own description. The average Bambaiya or Mumbaiya louvessss these and relishes them ever so often. Hope you'll do enjoy them as well. I'll add a link of the recipe and a photo as well.
Bon Appétit!
1. Vada Pav : Most people like to call this one the burger of Mumbai. It's one of the cheapest food items available at almost every corner. It's a ball of mashed potatos,green chilies,ginger & garlic paste and deep fried in Besan Flour. You could eat it as a Vada, which is the potato ball or with Pav, which is a bread.
To add more taste to it...you can have it with a spicy or a sweet chutney (sauce).
Here are some places where you must have a vada pav:
1. Outside NMIMS college try the maska vada pav...it's addictive
2. Incase your at Dadar you can try the one right outside the station
2. Chaats-Bhel/Sev/Dahi/Dahi Batat puri- These are great snack items and personally I can eat them at anytime of the day but yes mostly they're eaten in the evenings. They normally taste spicy and sweet and the taste can be altered according to your liking.
Take a look at the recipe to know more about this appetizer http://www.tarladalal.com/Bhel-Puri-2795r
Where to eat it?
1. Gurukripa, Sion
2.Juhu Beach
3.At the food stalls outside Vile Parle Station
4.Jhama sweet shop Chembur Camp
5.Vittal's opp. C.S.T. station
3. Pav Bhaji: This food item cannot be categorised as a meal or a snack.It's essentially bread served with a vegetables.It's normally pretty high on the calorific value, because there seems to be a general consensus that the more butter there is in this dish the tastier it will be.
4. Gola: Beating Mumbai's humidity and heat is best done by slurping on a Gola. Gola is an ice candy made of crushed ice and flavored syrup, not very different from an American Snow cone.One of the popular flavors is Kala Khatta
Where to eat it?
1. Juhu Beach/ Chowpatty
2. Gogola at Phoenix Mall
So coming back to the usefulness of googling about local food stuff before your trip. Well for the uninitiated it's a get a headstart on what to expect from the dish they have ordered and what it would be made off. As I write this, I am recounting my experience in Germany where a poor vegetarian friend who has grown up in Hyderabad was craving for spicy food & on chancing a Pepperoni Pizza instantly ordered and devoured one without the slightest of knowledge that Pepperoni does not mean Red Pepper Pizza but Beef & Pork.Poor soul refused to eat out after that incident.
So here in this blog. I'm putting down a few must-eat food items when in Mumbai and adding a little bit of my own description. The average Bambaiya or Mumbaiya louvessss these and relishes them ever so often. Hope you'll do enjoy them as well. I'll add a link of the recipe and a photo as well.
Bon Appétit!
1. Vada Pav : Most people like to call this one the burger of Mumbai. It's one of the cheapest food items available at almost every corner. It's a ball of mashed potatos,green chilies,ginger & garlic paste and deep fried in Besan Flour. You could eat it as a Vada, which is the potato ball or with Pav, which is a bread.
To add more taste to it...you can have it with a spicy or a sweet chutney (sauce).
Here are some places where you must have a vada pav:
1. Outside NMIMS college try the maska vada pav...it's addictive
2. Incase your at Dadar you can try the one right outside the station
2. Chaats-Bhel/Sev/Dahi/Dahi Batat puri- These are great snack items and personally I can eat them at anytime of the day but yes mostly they're eaten in the evenings. They normally taste spicy and sweet and the taste can be altered according to your liking.
Take a look at the recipe to know more about this appetizer http://www.tarladalal.com/Bhel-Puri-2795r
Where to eat it?
1. Gurukripa, Sion
2.Juhu Beach
3.At the food stalls outside Vile Parle Station
4.Jhama sweet shop Chembur Camp
5.Vittal's opp. C.S.T. station
3. Pav Bhaji: This food item cannot be categorised as a meal or a snack.It's essentially bread served with a vegetables.It's normally pretty high on the calorific value, because there seems to be a general consensus that the more butter there is in this dish the tastier it will be.
4. Gola: Beating Mumbai's humidity and heat is best done by slurping on a Gola. Gola is an ice candy made of crushed ice and flavored syrup, not very different from an American Snow cone.One of the popular flavors is Kala Khatta
Where to eat it?
1. Juhu Beach/ Chowpatty
2. Gogola at Phoenix Mall
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Monday, February 14, 2011
Size does matter- Especially on the Mumbai-Pune expressway
Recently, the Mumbai-Pune Expressway has been in the news for the wrong reasons. Entire families have lost their lives and there are many more who've been injured.
The increasing fatalities on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway have been attributed to over-speeding,frequent lane changing and reckless driving. All of the above is true, but there is one reason that has been missed out and an important one that too.
Lane discipline: I am not talking about small car drivers changing lanes...that's already been acknowledged. Here I am talking about Heavy vehicles particularly Trucks,trailers,tempos and the likes. Hogging all the lanes on the express highway is what they do!They do this much to the chagrin of car drivers who are then compelled to either trail these huge iron monsters at the speed of 20 kms per hr or then try to squeeze through whatever little space risking dear life. Overtaking then becomes rampant as there is a traffic build up and every car driver is trying to outdo the other to go ahead.The fear of getting stuck in a jam behind an overloaded truck compels even meek drivers like me to join the rat race.
What is even more scary is that on fairly steep slopes there is an overloaded truck making strange screeching noises going backwards rather than forwards and there is no way to escape because there is bumper to bumper traffic behind. I have experienced all of this making my driving less pleasurable and one that is filled with stress. Once I was stuck in a jam alongside many others because 3 trailers decided to hijack all the lanes and while they were at it, They suddenly broke down in a staggered manner on a slope just a little before the Lonavala exit.What then! We were stuck for over an hr. till the traffic cops got the traffic moving through a small lane which was really the shoulder.
What is the solution to this? Most countries internationally have rules wherein heavy vehicles have to drive strictly in the third lane. I have noticed this message on a random board or two alongside the expressway and that too in english. I wonder if they are able to read these at all. Why can't these boards be in hindi/ marathi?
Once we talk to them in their language they will follow what is being told. Those who despite this continue to break the law need to be heavily penalized.
There also needs to be an overall public awareness of how to share the road safely with large trucks and vice-a-versa.Untill then, I wish everyone a Safe Drive.
Article on Mumbai Pune Expressway
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/More-blood-on-expressway/articleshow/7449523.cms
The increasing fatalities on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway have been attributed to over-speeding,frequent lane changing and reckless driving. All of the above is true, but there is one reason that has been missed out and an important one that too.
Lane discipline: I am not talking about small car drivers changing lanes...that's already been acknowledged. Here I am talking about Heavy vehicles particularly Trucks,trailers,tempos and the likes. Hogging all the lanes on the express highway is what they do!They do this much to the chagrin of car drivers who are then compelled to either trail these huge iron monsters at the speed of 20 kms per hr or then try to squeeze through whatever little space risking dear life. Overtaking then becomes rampant as there is a traffic build up and every car driver is trying to outdo the other to go ahead.The fear of getting stuck in a jam behind an overloaded truck compels even meek drivers like me to join the rat race.
What is even more scary is that on fairly steep slopes there is an overloaded truck making strange screeching noises going backwards rather than forwards and there is no way to escape because there is bumper to bumper traffic behind. I have experienced all of this making my driving less pleasurable and one that is filled with stress. Once I was stuck in a jam alongside many others because 3 trailers decided to hijack all the lanes and while they were at it, They suddenly broke down in a staggered manner on a slope just a little before the Lonavala exit.What then! We were stuck for over an hr. till the traffic cops got the traffic moving through a small lane which was really the shoulder.
What is the solution to this? Most countries internationally have rules wherein heavy vehicles have to drive strictly in the third lane. I have noticed this message on a random board or two alongside the expressway and that too in english. I wonder if they are able to read these at all. Why can't these boards be in hindi/ marathi?
Once we talk to them in their language they will follow what is being told. Those who despite this continue to break the law need to be heavily penalized.
There also needs to be an overall public awareness of how to share the road safely with large trucks and vice-a-versa.Untill then, I wish everyone a Safe Drive.
Article on Mumbai Pune Expressway
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/More-blood-on-expressway/articleshow/7449523.cms
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