Chowpatty Beach Sev Puri has an interesting balance of sweet, salty, tart and spicy flavors, and different textures as well, including crispy and crunchy from the fried sev thin noodles. It also s includes tomatoes, onions, chillis as well as tamarind. Pani Puri has similar sweet, tart, salty and spicy flavours but in a liquid form in…
Some foodie travel experiences are more obvious – restaurants, cooking lessons and food tours. But don’t miss other windows of opportunity that can be equally rewarding and easy if you are looking out for them. They can come at any time and are often free and flexible. A great idea for a break in the…
Reality Tours & Travel offers really great, good value tours around Mumbai that include the famous Mumbai street food, the dabbawallahs that deliver thousands of home cooked lunches to workers, without ever writing anything down, and a socially responsible, sensitive Dharavi slum tour. It’s a best way to see and try lots of the best of…
It is a very special and peaceful feeling to cruise Mumbai’s early morning street scenes and markets, by bike on a Reality Tours and Travel’s bike tour. Sadly Sassoon Dock is closed in monsoon season, but a few fish sellers still conduct business outside the gate. For about $Aus 22 per person, it includes a delicious breakfast at Kailash…
Reality Tours and Travel’s Public Transport Tour offers a range of unique and interesting experiences including the dabbawalla lunch delivery system, Victorian Station (the last scene of ‘Slumdog Millionaire’) at rush hour, the Dadar flower market, Null Bazaar fresh food market and the Dohbi Ghat (vast laundry service). Highly recommended at just $16 per person,…
Reality Tours and Travels Market Tour is another great Mumbai tour, with excellent local guides, taking in heritage markets like Crawford fruit and vegetable market, Mangaldas textiles market, Flower market alley, as well as Mumbadevi Temple, and Bombay Panjrapole, the old cow shelter. Great value fun and fascination – 2.5 hours at about $Aus 15…
Enjoying local ‘street food’ is one of the great delights of food travel, especially Asian food travel. It’s cheap, fun and the way the locals eat. It may feel a bit more risky than five star restaurants but by keeping a few basic food safety principles in mind, you can be adventurous and stay well.…
Best of the West – Highlights of West India Foodie Itinerary Ideas Mumbai Why Go? Workers from across India, seeking to make it ‘big’ in the bright lights, bring authentic regional food to Mumbai including India’s best range of creative street food (like Vada Pav, Behl Puri and Pao Bhaji). Try Parsi cuisine, originally from Persia…most fun…
The Mumbai By Night tour that Reality Tours and Travel runs is a good way to see lots of scenic spots that are particularly lovely at night. It includes Marine Drive at dusk, very popular with couples, Chowpatty Beach if you missed Reality’s Street Food Tour, as well as the great view from the Hanging Gardens, wealthy…
As Charmaine O’Brien writes in the Penguin Food Guide to India Indian cuisine is actully incredibly diverse, with the traditional food of each different region reflecting its history, culture, trading opportunities, climate, religion and economy. This is exactly what Sushant wants to show Canberra and why his new restaurant 7 By The Lake at the Kingston Forshore…
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