The best tea-time dip. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Just about any Old Delhi resident will pronounce the same verdict. The very best rusk, or ‘paapey’ as it is popularly known, have always been created at the family-owned Diamond Bakery and nowhere else. More than 100 years old, the popular bakery was founded the year World War 1 started. It sticks to old-fashioned techniques for producing rusk that are unmatched for crispness. Tucked midway on the main avenue connecting the Jama Masjid to Tiraha Behram Khan, Diamond doesn’t use ovens at all, unlike other bakeries area. Instead it sticks to the traditional wood-fired bhatti with a furnace so large that 30 trays can be inserted at any given time. The finished product is