City Food – Unusual Tikki, Gupta Chaat Corner
A popular snack’s strange adaptation. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Nobody can object to the fact that deep-fried aloo patties soused in a cold gravy of dahi and chutneys make up the essentials of a respectable plate of…
City Food – Chuski, Around Town
Season’s ice candy. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Of course, there are more sophisticated options to beat this horrible Delhi heat— smoothies, gelatos, cold-pressed juices and coconut water. But sucking on chuski, perhaps, is the rawest way of…
City Food – Bel Sherbet, Galli Suiwallan Street
Shiva’s drink. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] He sells only one kind of sherbet, but on the other hand it’s said to be Lord Shiva’s favourite. Bel or wood apple sherbet, dispensed at Nafees Khan’s stall, is also…
City Food – Summer Water & Snacks, New Colony Road, Gurgaon
Summer’s friend. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] It’s miserably hot. The blinding white sun is showing no concession. The very air seems to be slowly boiling. A thirsty man is walking on the street when, suddenly, a voice…
City Food – Fresh fruit Roller Ice-Cream, Mathura Road
Fresher than the fresh. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] It isn’t every day one stumbles across fresh fruit ice cream that is really fresh. But that’s exactly what you get from the brothers Arif and Amjad who make…
City Food – Rooh Afza Drink Stall, Old Delhi
Summer’s utmost pleasure. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Where else to have a tasty glass of scarlet-hued sherbet than in the bazaar lanes of Old Delhi? Make a point this summer to turn up at a modest establishment…
City Food – Shri Sai Pickle Store, Old Subzi mandi, Gurgaon
The achar lane. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] The entire lane in Gurgaon’s Old Subzi Mandi in the National Capital region is smelling deliciously pungent. And why won’t it be? After all, it is lined on both sides…
City Food – Nirula’s Hot Chocolate Fudge, Hawker Street, Ambience Mall
Lost taste, regained. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] The Futuristic City of Gurgaon is in truth weighed down with a lot of past. Like this Nirula’s outlet in the tidy Hawker Street in Ambience Mall. Millennials might be…
City Food – Kailash Kumar Sharma’s Rajma Chawal Stall, Gurgaon
The taste of hard times. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Consider the setting. A table on the sidewalk, along with two or three chairs. Some three or four dishes, and tree leaves falling down like a slow drizzle….
City Food – Railway Station Chai, Gurgaon
The romance of the platform tea. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Frothy, extra-sweet, moderately milky, ginger-flavoured and aggressively invigorating. Such is the chai you’ll find on platform No. 2 in the Gurgaon railway station. The tea, however, is…
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