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BYCULLA-HAINES ROAD

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Rolls & more-

Contrary to what the name might suggest, this eight year old stand serves only rolls. The ‘more’ in the title refers to the kebabs and rolls fillings being served separately on paper plates minus the roomali roti (soft and thin flatbread).
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The stand is elaborate for its kind, with a rotisserie, skewer grill and wide frying pan. Owned by a duo- Jatin and prashant, the stall initially started only with a grill, offering a total of six items. Over the years they have expanded their utilities and menu. Today they have a total of 40 items on their menu, most of which can be customized and availed of without the roomali roti. They offer roomali roti as well as whole wheat parathas (lightly fried Indian flatbread) and the dips are prepared fresh each morning.Each morning, fresh produce and meat is procured and lightly pre-prepared.
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A unique detail about the duo is that the first roll that is cooked on their stand is left on a piece of newspaper on the sidewalk for the crows to feed on.It is after this daily ritual that they start their daily business:-
Some of the current items featured on their menu are:
Tandoor tikka (chicken/paneer) with a mint and coriander dip
Malai tikka roll (chicken/ paneer) with mint and coriander dip
Double egg roll with mustard dip
Crispy chicken with cheese roll
Tandoori mushroom roll with cheese
Mumbai veg roll with mint and coriander dip
Veg chatpata roll with mint and coriander dip
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Address: Haines road, opposite khushboo clinic, Byculla west.
Timings: 12pm-9pm
Price range: 40rs-150rs

GOT TO TRY: Crispy chicken roll with cheese, tandoori aloo with mint and coriander dip, chicken malai tikka roll with mint and coriander dip.

Kishans-
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This little sandwich stand is tucked away under a blue tarp that almost veils its visibility to the passers-by.Nevertheless, the ones who are aware of the location of Kishan’s sandwich stand frequent it as often as they can. Owned by kishan, the stall was initially stationed at a street in byculla east. He later shifted to haines road due to better sales prospects from the neighbouring offices. It was a judicious decision, as his business has flourished over the four years that he’s been stationed there.

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Kishan’s offers grilled as well as toasted sandwiches which are quite popular in the locality. His customers swear by them. Armed with a griller, chimta-press and moderate workstation, kishan starts his daily morning chores of buying fresh produce and bread from the saat rasta market, preparing the chutneys, accompaniments and finishing his general mise en place.
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He offers a variety of sandwiches, in white and brown bread choices – chocolate sandwich, vegetable grilled sandwich, chilli cheese toast, current toast (cheese, chopped onion and chaat masala), cheese corn toast, special sour jam sandwich, veg mayonnaise sandwich, etc.
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Address: Haines road, next to Kapadia and sons, Byculla west.
Timings: 11:30am – 7:30pm
Price range: 20rs-110rs

GOT TO TRY: Current toast, Chilli cheese toast, Special sour jam sandwich.

Samosa:
The famous versatile samosa is one of the most widely available street snack that everyone must try.It is cooked potato fillings (and other ingredients – peas/chick peas/peanuts, etc), tighly packed into triangular parcels of dough and deep fried.

Sarang Dev-
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This 12 year old street stall is, located just outside haines road on the turning to Byculla station road, is a popular and trusted brand of deep fried nosh in the locality. Owned by Sriram santosh, handled by two other partners – vimal and ketan and one fourteen year old delivery boy, the stall offers a lot more than just samosas, however it is their hot, crisp and delicious samosas that retain most of their customers. They offer regular samosa and mini Chinese samosas.
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Apart from that, their stall has an elaborate menu ranging from samosas, vada pavs, veg cutlets, bread and onion bhajiyas (bread slices/julienne slices of red onion dipped in a gramflour batter with spices and deep fried) to tawa pulav, fried rice, schezwan rice and noodles.
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Address: Exit haines road towards byculla station road, Byculla west.
Timings: 10am – 10pm
Price range: 10rs- 160rs

GOT TO TRY: Mini Chinese samosas, special triple schezwan rice.

You can learn some of them yourself too:
http://www.kitchenparivar.com/2013/03/27/how-to-make-triple-schezuan-rice-indo-chinese-style/
http://www.sailusfood.com/2010/03/18/samosa/
http://showmethecurry.com/non-vegetarian/chicken-kathi-rolls-chicken-frankies.html

MAHALAXMI –keshav rao khadye marg

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vada pav:
The popular and iconic vada is a spicy potato filling rolled into balls,dipped in generous amounts of gram flour batter and deep fried. The vada is then served as it is, or slipped into a pav bread and served with a sweet tamarind or savoury mint and chilli chutney.
Several stalls provide alternative stuffings for the vada, which may not be commonly available.

Shiv vada pav stand-
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Owned and managed by the Shiv kumar, the stall which is located right on keshav rao khadye marg has been around for over four years. Shiv vada pav, provides an array of sizzling, freshly made hot vada pavs straight out of the wok. Apart from vada pavs, the stall also provides samosas(potato stuffing packed into triangular parcels of dough and deep fried) and aloo bhajiyas (thinly sliced potatoes dipped in gram flour batter and deep fired).

However, it’s his vada pavs and the variations he inculcates that have people crowding around his stall at rush hours. The stuffings available at shaiv vada pav range from – spicy potato, potato cheese, spicy vegetable, spicy cheese and paneer, special shiv vada pav, etc.

Address: keshav rao khadye marg, opposite hanuman mandir, Mahalaxmi
Timings: 8am – 3pm, 5pm – 9pm
Price range: 15rs-75rs
GOT TO TRY: Potato cheese vada pav with garlic chutney

New juice center-
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A bright multi colored breach umbrella sticks out like a sore thumb on the turning corner of keshav rao khadye marg. Whether it was bought on purpose to attract attention or simply recycled from a friend is debatable, but the items served under the umbrella are excellent coolers in the summer heat.

Owned by two brothers, Sushil and Nitin, the New Juice center, which has been around for seven years serves a total of 50 items.
One brother arrives early in the morning and purchases their cache of fruits; ice blocks and filtered water from a whole seller.They primarily serve freshly sqeezed juices and coolers. The stall also serves fruit salads as well as customized fruit platters on request, sprinkled with chaat masala if desired.

Their main attraction on the menu is their coolers, combinations they borrowed from established contemporary juice bars. Their coolers include Berry coolers, pineapple and guava, blackcurrant, apple and lychee, watermelon and khus.

Address: turning corner of keshav rao khadye marg, opposite Jumbo Xerox printing store,mahalaxmi
Timings: 9 30am – 8pm
Price range: 55rs- 170rs

GOT TO TRY: Verry berry cooler, Watermelon and mint cooler, Apple and lychee cooler.

You can learn to make some of them too:
http://www.indianfoodforever.com/maharashtrian/vada-pav.html
http://nishamadhulika.com/en/92-aloo_pakora_recipe.html