Street Food Junkiee..

Food. Now if you've seen Ratottuie and loved the finnesse associated with good food ..perhaps you wont like what I am just about to cook.

A month in Mumbai (i like bombay to mumbai and VT to CST.. not that it matters.. but I sure am entitled to an opinion), the financial capital of our nation, gives you umpteen chances to indulge your taste buds with the most exquisite cuisines and also the most mundane of them all... However, what follows is a compilation of what i found to be the best amongst equals.

Starting with basics- Mumbai and wada paos .. sure go hand in hand.

However, not all are alike. Walk that extra pace for indeed they might look all alike, but differ they do :P

If you are amidst the Fort/kolaba/foutain area - following are the places to dig for the best ..

a) Across the AmEx Bank, Near Siddhartha College, Fountain; and

b) Across HDFC Bank/Globus on the periphery of Vishwavidhyala building.

Now, with the arrival of Jumbo Kings, and the associated notion of hygiene etc, I doubt if many would wanna try the above mentioned places, but well .. its not for you if you aint a SF Junkiee in any case ..

The next essential in Bombay would be the omnipresent "sugar cane juice"..

What can go wrong with a thing so simple.., or rather - what can differ?

Well, as I said..you gotto be a junkiee !! Surely sugarcane doesnt share the same space as grapes to boast of eclectic tastes and certainly their aint no glamour as with wine tasting.. However, every endeavour has rewards all of its own.

The place is across fountain again.. On your right while you go towards CST from Flora fountain.. the little stall is notting different from the millions dotting all over the city and sells the concoction termed plainly as sugarcane juice - however, the same comes with just the right tinge of ginger/lime and perhaps some secret potion which certainly makes it ramarkably different from what you could have ever imagined.... (to be contd..)