City Food – Milk Shakes, Around Town Food by The Delhi Walla - September 10, 20190 Downing the city. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] When belligerent Bombayites assert their refusal to accept Delhi’s cosmopolitanism, they dismiss its people as “villagers”. They are right, up to a point. Delhi has 275 (registered) villages. The most upscale neighbourhoods lie next to villages. Indeed, you must have spotted the elderly “taus” with their turbans and hookahs regally lounging on their string charpoys bang across the street from hipster cafes. The city’s charming rural character is also reflected in its milkshakes. A fine dining restaurant may risk serving a watery banana shake, but a street cart will never dare to do that if it wants to survive. In villages, parents who can afford it are particular that their children get fresh buffalo milk. In Delhi,