Kailash Parbat in Colaba is certainly one of our favorite restaurants in Mumbai. We end up there at a drop of a hat. It is walking distance and close to the Maruti Mandir that we try and visit every day. Importantly, Meera is very comfortable there and their wait-staff are quick to bring her a [...]
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Kailash Parbat: Pav Bhaji & Chole Bhatura
Posted in Food, Mumbai, tagged vegetarian, desi, desi food, Colaba, Mumbai, lassi, Street Food, Colaba Causeway, chaat, South Mumbai, Kailash Parbat, Chana, pav bhaji on August 1, 2010 | 12 Comments »
Parsi Dairy Farm – Still the bestest!
Posted in Food, Mumbai, Travel, tagged desi food, Indian dessert, Mumbai, lassi, Food, milkman, yogurt, Sutarfeni, Rasmalai, curds on July 27, 2010 | 19 Comments »
True Mumbaikars know the place for delicious sweets, desserts and even milk is Parsi Dairy Farm on Princess St, Mumbai; at the ramp for the Marine Lines Flyover. Milk was delivered by their dudhwallahs in khaki shorts and cobalt blue shirts. They’d balance the handa (milk pot) on their thigh and carefully measure out the [...]
Colaba Vegetable Market
Posted in Food, Mumbai, tagged bazaar, market, desi, Colaba, vegetable market, Mumbai, Micro Business, Mangoes, healthy foods, Street Food, Colaba Causeway, Food, Fruits, South Mumbai, vegetables, cantaloupe, water melon, lychee on May 31, 2010 | 12 Comments »
Growing up, most evenings we’d end up around Colaba Market. It was centrally located and many friends lived around there. Even today, when we go for a walk with Meera, we shop our way through the market enroute to Kailash Parbat for some chaat. It is refreshing to see baskets of fresh fruits and vegetables [...]
Dayaram Damodar for Sutarfeni in Mumbai
Posted in Food, Mumbai, Travel, tagged desi food, Indian dessert, Mumbai, lassi, Food, Dadar, Sutarfeni, Best of Mumbai on April 22, 2010 | 25 Comments »
Hope you have all tried Sutarfeni – the sweet, shredded, flaky, rice dough, topped with pista and almonds. What a dangerous agent it is; melts my self-discipline, and like a slobbering idiot I empty a pound of this “buddi ka baal” in no time.
Chana Wallah: Quintessential Mumbai
Posted in Food, Mumbai, tagged Chana, desi, desi food, Food, Gateway of India, healthy foods, Micro Business, Mumbai, South Mumbai, Street Food, Taj Mahal Hotel on April 3, 2010 | 8 Comments »
(behind the Taj, Nov 2008)
Meera Tames Wild Animals at Kala Ghoda Festival
Posted in Arts, Meera, Mumbai, tagged Colaba, Mumbai, Meera, Indian Art, Festivals, Colaba Causeway, South Mumbai, Kala Ghoda, Kala Ghoda festival, ceramics, pottery, Animals on February 8, 2010 | 20 Comments »
Meera at the Kala Ghoda Festival 2010
Limbu Paani: Lemonade and Meera’s Right Foot!
Posted in Food, Mumbai, tagged desi, desi food, Food, Gateway of India, juices, Meera, South Mumbai, Street Food, Taj Burning, Taj Hotel, Taj Mahal Hotel, vegetarian on December 30, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Limbu-paani (lemonade) wallah at the Gateway of India.
Best Street Food: Asli Vada Pav, Sandwich and Bajjiyas
Posted in Food, Mumbai, tagged bajjiyas, Colaba, Colaba Causeway, desi, desi food, Food, Mumbai, sandwich, South Mumbai, Street Food, vada pav, vegan, vegetarian on December 13, 2009 | 25 Comments »
You are not a Mumbaikar if you haven’t tasted the street-side Vada Pav. Not the sterile globs you get in a restaurant. You gotta eat from the street stall. If you haven’t, may I ask you to kindly turn in your Mumbaikar card! During college days, the vada pav wallah near Fountain (Hutatma Chowk) was [...]
Mumbai Blasts: Previously Unseen Pics from 26/11
Posted in Mumbai, tagged Colaba, Islamic Terrorism, Leopold Cafe Shooting, Mumbai, mumbai 11/26, Mumbai Blasts, Mumbai Fire Brigade, Mumbai Firemen, mumbai terror, Nariman Bldg, South Mumbai, Taj Burning, Taj Hotel, terror pics, Terrorism on November 26, 2009 | 16 Comments »
While covering the terrorist atrocities in Mumbai last year, I found myself racing from the Leopold Cafe to the Taj and to the Nariman Bldg; shooting pics, updating my twitter feed and simultaneously keeping an ear on what the locals were telling me. Everything happened so fast, there was not much time to think ~ [...]
Flower Sellers at Dadar
Posted in Festivals, Mumbai, tagged Chauti, Dadar, Festivals, Flower sellers, Flowers, Ganesh Chaturthi, Hindu festivals, lotus, Mumbai, spring flowers, women business on November 2, 2009 | 57 Comments »
Five years ago I wrote about the Dadar Flower Market, in Mumbai. It is tucked under the bridge next to the Dadar train Station, and like alien slime, oozes into adjoining alleys and walkways, filling every doorway and cranny. So jam-packed, my cousin cautioned, “don’t put your hand in your pocket, coz it will go [...]
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