mumbai's food legacy

   

MUMBAI'S FOOD LEGACY
Mumbai food has been around years but has had additions at intervals from traditionally local to locally created dishes to global fused to local taste dishes.

I take off from 1950’s since the time i have understood or remember food. Staying in south Mumbai Girgaon we were at the heart of Mumbai activity then... especially the maharashtrian food & food outlets.

Mumbaikar outlets - The Kulkarni Uphargruh famous for its Batata Bhaji (potato fritters) and a variety of other bhajiyas with awesome lassoon (garlic), green chilly pudina, coconut chilli. Then there was Kelkar Bhuvan with its awesome Misal, a meal itself popular with the traders/vegetable hawkers as well as the middle class of Girgaon.

A stone’s throw away were Panshikar Sweets (sikka nagar, majestic cinema, thakurdwar branches) outlets offering the best Piyush (a drink made from buttermilk & shrikhand), delicious sabudanawada (sago pattice), farali missal and of course mawa mithais. Tambe arogya Bhavan at Dadar also was famous for Piyus, bhajiyas and thalipeeth. Mama Kane’s batatawada was all india favourite. Samant’s outlet was famous for its purity of milk produce, mainly ghee.

Piyush  sabudanawada

Anand Ashram a very non vegetarian household eatery run by a family and open for lunch used to serve fish, mutton, bheja, chicken all maharashtrian style and unbelievable but true....food for lunch used to be over by230pm. Gomantak fish eateries were the popular place for workers for its value for money seafood.....yummie spicy and tangy.

Non Maharshtrian but Mumbaikar outlets -The Parsi Dairy at princess street known for its milk products. Lassi, curd, ice creams were marvellous. Shetty Bhel house at nana chowk served some delicious chaats, Merwan’s bakery at grant road baked tray after trays of cup mawa cakes, Delhi Darbar at Pilla House a place for biryanis & kabab, The orient restaurant at grant road known for its patrani macchli and dhanshak, Cafe Vihar on way to chowpatty served south Indian food so mumbaikar taste, Kapoor Kulfi at chowpatty, Aquarium’s cafe serving Fried Fish a delicacy not forgotten even today by many.

The legacy of mumbai’s food cannot be talked about...umm mean written about in one stir, it needs a lots of explaining. I shall do this in the subsequent series. WATCH OUT FOR THIS SPACE.

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