Food Street is one convenient place to enjoy some quick snacks and chatpat food items. One feels enthralled at this bustling street that is located in the heart of the city at VV Puram, Food Street or Bakery Road as it is famously called. The street has an assortment of stalls that serve masala dosas, akki roti, potato bonda, gulab jamun, American baby corn masala, badam milk, paneer fried rice a little on the heavier side. One can even savour Kodbale (something similar to Chakkli), Nippattu (one can call it a flat spicy round mathri), Mandakki (made of puffed rice and is akin to bhel puri) and the list goes on.

One can nibble these and also enjoy a variety of fresh fruit juices and milk shakes that are available at juice centres on the street.

...| Bun Butter Congress
As one enters the Food Street, the first shop one gets to see is the VB Bakery. This is one of the age old bakeries on the street that has dumroot, bun-butter congress, and bun-butter jam. Of the three, the bun butter congress is unique to this bakery. It is a masala bun stuffed with a generous portion of butter and peanuts mixed with chilli sauce. It is sure to make your mouth water for another one.

...| Akki Rotis
Just up the road, opposite the temple, there's a small eatery (most of them don't have names) that serves some of the best akki rotis in town. The rotis are served with a dollop of butter floating on the hot crispy rotis. It can be enjoyed with coconut, onion, and chilli chutneys.

...| Dosa
There is one famous Ramu Dosa wala on the street. He has been in this business for twenty years now. In a day he sells nothing less than 300 dosas. His dosas are made up of pure ghee and he also sells special bath dosas too.

...| Bajji
If one moves a few steps ahead of the Dosa wala, one will be attracted to special capsicum bajjis. These are an absolute crowd puller. These capsicum bajjis are stuffed with a salad of carrot, onion and spices. One can bite into mirchi bajjis, bread pakodas and aaloo bajji.

...| Babycorn
You must have enjoyed corn with butter that is available at many ubiquitous fancy stalls in the city. But what sets apart the one available at this food street is the unusual combination of corn with fruits like mango, pineapple and other.

...| Chinese Food
Most Chinese food available in the city is Indianised, but a pushcart on Food Street has perfected the art of `curryfying' Chinese food. Located diagonally opposite the bonda shop, it is manned by four boys and serves some absolutely delicious rumali rotis with gravy, paneer and gobi rolls, paneer fried rice and noodles, and the usual gobi and baby corn manchurian and paneer for 65. The rolls, rice and noodles are priced from Rs. 15 onwards while the rotis cost Rs. 10.

...| Gulkand
One can not miss out the sweet Gulukand from the Shivanna’s family. Shivanna’s have been into this business for generations spanning to 100 years now. The gulkand comprices of roses from Ajmer, amla from Kashmir, butter from Mandaya, butter scotch ice-cream, sliced banana and a cherry on the top.

So, enjoy your perfect Sunday evening snacking at the Food Street. Not to forget that the items are available that suits everybody’s pocket. Food Street opens for business by 6.30 pm and is open till well after 11 pm.


By Smriti Jain
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