Pav Bhaji is an iconic Indian street food. It's birthplace is Mumbai and is considered to be a symbol of the city's street food culture. Since it seemed to be the most popular food at the Juhu Beach area, where I've been staying, that's the desi food that I chose to begin today's Mumbai foodie adventure.
'Bhaji' is a mash of potatoes, peas, tomatoes, bell peppers, coriander, onions, lime. It has a sweet, spicy and tangy flavour and tastes delicious when it's mopped up with the toasted, buttery 'Pav' (bread rolls).
The Pav Bhaji at the 'Karthik Fast Food' stall was very tasty, and put me in a good mood for the rest of the day's exploring. Off I went, by rickshaw, to the nearest train station where I rode the 'local' all the way to South Mumbai.
I wanted to try keema, a minced meat dish of Mughal and Persian origin that became popular during the time of Muslim rule in India, and was recommended to try it at a famous local joint called Gulshan-E-Iran.
The restaurant was more popular than I could imagine, and it seems that it's standard to share your table with total strangers, so that people don't have to wait to order and eat their food.
I enjoyed a plate of spicy chicken kheema with tandoori roti, and although I enjoyed it, it would have been much better to eat it with the pav bread rolls instead. The roti just didn't soak up any of the keema gravy like the pav would have.
To follow up the keema dish, I walked a couple of streets to a famous local shop called 'Badshah Cold Drink & Snacks' to enjoy their Faluda drink. Someone recommended this place to me the last time I posted video from Mumbai, and I finally had a chance to visit there.
The cold, sweet faluda was the perfect dessert after the spicy, salty qeema dish that I just ate.
With my stomach full and satisfied, my mission switched from hunting for food to hunting for souvenirs. My favourite souvenir of any city that I visit is a jersey of the local sports team.
The local IPL cricket team in Mumbai is the Mumbai Indians, so that's the shirt that I went looking for. As usual, it wasn't simple and turned into a whole adventure, although I got it in the end.
I travelled back to Juhu with the local train again. This time I rode in the 1st class cabin but it didn't seem to be any different to 2nd class.
I got off the train at the Vile Parle station, where I was told there was a lot of good street food around, but I saw no such thing. I decided to walk back to the Juhu Beach area from there, and hopefully find something tasty on the way, but ended up getting lost in a slum.
Thankfully I made it out of there and back to my 5 star hotel to enjoy an expensive but delicious Butter Chicken dish in the peace and comfort of my own room. A perfect way to end the day after roaming around the crowded and noisy city of Mumbai.
0:00 Pav Bhaji
12:22 Santacruz Train Station
18:00 2nd Class Mumbai Local Train
23:00 Chicken Keema
31:46 Falooda Drink
38:56 Cricket Shirt Hunt
52:01 Another Cricket Shirt Hunt
56:55 Historic Mumbai Train Station
1:01:18 First Class Train
1:05:54 Lost in a Slum
1:15:36 Juhu Beach Food Court
1:19:31 5 Star Hotel Butter Chicken
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