City Food – The Germany Bakery Is Not Shutting Down, Appetite, Paharganj
The new life of a sweet landmark. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Can a hyperlocal blog change the world? Hah. Such a blogsite—umm, website, actually—can at least stop the approaching closure of a beloved bakery. The Delhi Walla…
City Food – Milk Cake, Kucha Ghasi Ram
Sweeten the senses. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Some mysteries should never be solved. Why ask how the sticky, gooey milk cake is made? Why ruin the romance by disclosing that this luscious mithai, which looks like beehive…
City Food – The Archaeology of the Pavement Golgappa Stall, Connaught Place
Street food beyond food. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] You raise it up with your naked hand, insert it into your mouth and the rest is indescribable. Great shivers run down your entire being. It is mysterious that…
City Food – Rabri, Chandni Chowk
Condensed sweetness. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] It is sweet snow. This creamy dessert is an exception to the rule that street food is always inexpensive. In Old Delhi bylanes (think chaotic Chandni Chowk), the humble-looking pavement stalls…
City Food – The Germany Bakery is Shutting Down, Appetite, Paharganj
The end of a sweet landmark. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] It’s shutting down. The German Bakery at Appetite German Bakery in Delhi’s backpackers’ district of Paharganj will soon be history. “The bakery is not giving us good…
City Food – Khandani Pakodiwalla, Near Bhikaji Cama Flyover
Delhi’s best deep-fried vegetarian pakodas. [Text and pictures by Mayank Austen Soofi] Some dishes are unlucky to be ghettoized with a certain kind of weather. For some reason pakodas are romanticized with rain. As the sky darkens, cooks dutifully cut…
City Food – Sadia Dehvi’s Iftar Fast Food, Hazrat Nizamuddin East
The evening meal. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Ramzan is the month when the Quran is believed to have been sent down from heaven and revealed to Prophet Muhammad. It is also the best opportunity for believers to…
City Food – Jodhpuri Paratha, Eatopia, India Habitat Center
The crushed dream. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Why should you go all the way to Parathe Walli Galli, in Old Delhi’s congested Chandni Chowk, to have delicious deep-fried parathas when you can get Delhi’s most delicious (and…
City Food – Kwality Special Pudding, Regal Cinema Building
The sins of our fathers. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] It is extremely creamy and is embellished with canned pineapple. Its bulwark is of stale white bread. The Kwality Special Pudding is served in a restaurant of the…
City Food – Kallu Mian Nihariwalle is Dead, Unchi Masjid, Old Delhi
The legendary nihari cook is no more. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Old Delhi’s legendary cook Kallu Mian Nihariwalle died on 18 April, aged 60. He was famous for his nihari, the delicious Mughal-era meat stew that is…
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