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December 30th, 2008  |  Published in Eating Out, Entertainment, Living, Personal, Photography, Sports & Adventure, Wining & Dining  |  17 Comments

“You’ve never been to Food Street?”

I could hear dis­be­lief in Badri’s voice when I replied in the negative.

It’s true. I’ve never been there. Never had the chance. And besides, no one’s ever sug­gested meet­ing at Food Street before.

So on Sun­day evening, a few of us got together and decided on a ren­dezvous at this place.

It was as expected : a lot of food. I had just had a large Sun­day brunch and decided to con­cen­trate on pho­tog­ra­phy while the other wolved down every­thing in sight.

We started from one end and this itself lasted well over an hour : chaats, bon­das, akki rotis, idlis, dosas (served with some deli­cious chut­neys), pako­das, masala cold drinks, badaam milk, but­tered corn — noth­ing was spared. And just when I thought we had tasted it all, we were at the next stall!

They even have Chi­nese and “Man­choory” on offer.

“This is big­ger than Khao Galli,” was Vishal’s com­ment. Vishal was our vis­i­tor from Mumbai.

The corn stall was a big hit with mango corn, but­ter corn and every kind of corn on offer. Divya tried every­thing pos­si­ble and still some more with Archana giv­ing her company.

The guy at the corn stall even had a mech­a­nized fan that was attached to his cart to blow the air.

Then a few police­men came and tried to push them out of the galli. No doubt this is an every­day affair. They will prob­a­bly be back soon.

The “masalafied” pepsi, fanta and soda — weird! Though every­one seemed to be enjoy­ing it.

The place is crowded from one end to the other. It’s done, I thought as we reached the end. No, says Badri. We now need to cross over and do the other side of the street. Even a foodie like me was mortified!

So that was my Food Street expe­ri­ence. I def­i­nitely wished I could have gone there with an empty stom­ach and not after a 3 hour meal! But next time…

Located at VV Puram, walk­ing dis­tance from Lal­bagh West Gate. Open from 6 pm till well after 11 pm.

Must visit: But only if you’re upto street food and any­thing it has to offer. Not for those with a del­i­cate constitution.

The Food Street Album

Responses

1. Venky Krishnamoorthy says:
   

   December 31st, 2008 at 5:42 am (#)

   The post is very yummy and filling :))

2. Cindy/Snid says:
   

   December 31st, 2008 at 6:24 am (#)

   I really need to get some­one to take me there one of these days… I agree. Yummy post and too bad you didn’t have an empty stom­ach! (nice pho­tos though)

3. tanay says:
   

   December 31st, 2008 at 8:47 am (#)

   yups, what you say is right. go there empty stom­ach and not after a 3 hour meal..at the end of the road in one cor­ner there is a very famous bak­ery hid­den behind the tem­ple, did you try some­thing there?

   i had made a post long back, hope you like it. it’s here.

4. Aathira says:
   

   December 31st, 2008 at 10:04 am (#)

   Now I have a very nice place to try out for Sun­day evening!

   Yippee!

5. Anu says:
   

   December 31st, 2008 at 2:17 pm (#)

   It is def­i­nitely the place to enjoy some yummy desi del­i­ca­cies. You should go again and try it out. Any­time late or when we want South Indian dishes, that is where we head.
   My two cents about the place can be read here

6. Lubna says:
   

   December 31st, 2008 at 5:11 pm (#)

   Happy New Year. TO you too Kit-Kat.

7. Anita says:
   

   December 31st, 2008 at 6:41 pm (#)

   @ Venky: Glad it whet­ted your appetite!

   @ Cindy: You must! It’s quite an expe­ri­ence :-) But take a local!

   @ tanay: nice detailed post! and nice pics too. recog­nised some of the usual sus­pects! didn’t try the bak­ery — will do the next time!

   @ aathira: :-) glad to be of help!

   @ anu: yes, def­i­nitely. will go again sometime!

   @ Lubna: thanks and same to you!

8. Which Main? What Cross? says:
   

   January 2nd, 2009 at 4:26 pm (#)

   Nice! Wish the images were bigger :)

9. Anita says:
   

   January 2nd, 2009 at 7:08 pm (#)

   @ sharath: they are! in the album link i’ve given :-)

10. Asmysham says:
    

    January 2nd, 2009 at 11:13 pm (#)

    putting two and two together, I believe you were advised by the “great cyclist” Badri whose adven­tures will soon form the Mr. Bean sequel…:)

11. Anita says:
    

    January 3rd, 2009 at 1:24 pm (#)

    @ Asmysham: heh — yes, i think there can only be one “badri” the great cyclist!! but i wasn’t aware of his mr bean reputation :-)

12. Arvind says:
    

    January 3rd, 2009 at 10:43 pm (#)

    My col­lege was 200 metres away :)
    This place was good fun !

13. Asmyaham says:
    

    January 3rd, 2009 at 10:54 pm (#)

    Inci­den­tally the Dosa Maker is exactly the same guy we all visit each time.. :)..kya con­sis­tency hai :)

14. colours says:
    

    January 6th, 2009 at 5:46 pm (#)

    Wow! I did not know there was such a street in Ban­ga­lore. Should check it out next time I am in Bangalore.

15. Anuradha says:
    

    January 13th, 2009 at 12:40 pm (#)

    http://anuradhagoyal.blogspot.com/2007/03/explore-bangalore-series-x-street-food.html

    –Anu

16. Nithya says:
    

    May 14th, 2010 at 1:26 am (#)

    Anita,

    We live in the US but my hus­band is vis­it­ing his fam­ily in Ban­ga­lore now. Based on this post, he went to Food Street today and enjoyed it very much. Thanks for the post.

17. Anita says:
    

    May 19th, 2010 at 7:08 pm (#)

    @ nithya: am so glad!! :-)

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