It’s simple to end up in a place in Mumbai that is insipidly chic, ambiguously pulsating, and completely full of itself. I will find myself at parties or bars and inevitably things will drone on and wit in conversation will seem like something from a dream. When that happens, stepping away to have [...]
This might be some of the most satisfying street food I’ve had in a long time. The seekh kebab is commonly served in that unflattering long tube shape due to being on the kebab skewer for cooking. These guys said screw that, we’ll just fry it. That’s why I like these guys. [...]
The mangoes are so constant that they have become more than common here, but I try to remind myself that throughout the entirety of my life they have not been so, instead being a random treat once in awhile. I eat them all the time, so much that it becomes difficult to figure out [...]
Chaat, literally meaning “lick” in Hindi, is the term for anything here that is sold as something between a snack and a meal. Sev Puri is one of the seminal attractions, along with Pani Puri, a mixture of cracker and flavored water, Dahi Puri, a cracker and curd extravaganza, and the ever popular vegetable [...]
This is the onion ring, fritter, and pancake menage a trois love child. Common in chip shops in England and with chai in Mumbai, which rhymes. Herein there will be no more rhyming, but there will be onion.
