Viva La Vile Parle, mumbai - looking for food in parla east part 1

Vile parle (east) or parla is a suburb in mumbai. Thats just not it.
Its where people have lived for decades, never can leave it, never will, will keep coming back, not just because of its real estate, but its very experience.

I moved to parla in 2001 from another part of mumbai, and just like the shire to the hobbits, parla to the parlekars. Not only parlekars mumbaikars in general have been fascinated by its sights and smells, very very sweet smell in particular.

Home or the Parle-G biscuit - the worlds highest sold, the factory is in central parla and been enticing people from many parts of mumbai like bees to its fragrant batches of biscuits. Bus drivers religiously make unscheduled stops right in the middle of the road to hold up traffic for many minutes just to buy army quantities of the sweet delight from the factory shop. Just follow the station road towards andheri and let your nose guide to the factory. School kids get to visit the factory with previous intimation.

Nothing satisfies mumbai's belly like the home grown carbo-bomb burger, Vada Pav.

Fried savoury potato fitters nudged between local bread called pav and as if the vada was not spicy enough, chutney to take your tongue on a taste overload trip. The chutney just like the coke formula, is proprietary of the vada pav wala . The symphony of all the elements create the perfect filling vada pav. Notch up the waist size please. One of the best places to get this humble mans meal is at Babu's vada pav who operates out of the revered Parle Tilak school canteen. Crowds spill onto the busy hanuman road to get their dose of the vada pav , fixed on it since school time. Babu, although never seen the guy , whips out the best vada pavs , samosas which mind you are authentic marathi samosa not filled with potatoes but cabbage, kothimbir vadis and the usual assortment of superb chutneys, cant get a table in a restaurant, come here there are no tables. Great for bikers who can use their mobile hands to eat the vada pavs while riding. Thirsty? Answer sugar cane juice opposite babus.

Bhel puri, sev puri, ragda pattice, dahi puri, pani puri and Ganesh Chat Bhandar. That completes a sentence. At the end of subhash road is this little place which as the picture might suggest looks better setup and hygienic than the usual bhel puri guys, but don’t worry the pani puri has jut the right quantity of sweat to make it fit to be called a pani puri. Best place, not joking considering the hundreds of bhel puri walas in Bombay , this guy knows how to make it and make it well. Proof, the damn crowds. Try getting your fix of some on a Sunday or Saturday weekends without waiting for 15 mins atleast, statement that this bhelpuri wala has truly arrived.

These are just three of the places where you can sample the wonderful local creations, I want to open up more of my experiences to you. So lets see further,