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In today's episode we have embarked on a drooling street food tour across the upmarket locality of Bistupur in Jamshedpur. It is a pleasing and somewhat clean neighbourhood with dedicated market areas. To guide us on this exploration we have with our young and dynamic host Chiraj who is a PR professional and great foodie well aware of the food scenario of his homecity. It was a long day full of visiting numerous eateries hence we have divided the full experience into two parts. Today is the first one featuring seven stops.
We started with the old yet popular South Indian restaurant the Madrasi Hotel whose delicious and affordable menu with a spacious sitting area makes it a favourite with the South Indian food loving locals. Here we tried the masala dosa whose crepe was crisp and the filling was mushy. This was followed by chilli powder idli and filter coffee. Both the dosa and podi mixed idli were accompanied by sambar, coconut chutney and podi.
From there we went to the Fakira Chanachur shop which is a haven for different kinds of traditional snacks that are enjoyed in many forms. After learning about shops success story from the third generation owner we tried some mix chanachur that was spiced up with a spice mix, onions and lemon juice.
While heading to our next destination located at the Fruit Market, we made a pit stop at a random fruit cart on beholding the sight of glistening orange balls of cape gooseberry fruit. They were juicy, sweet and absolutely delightful.
From there we reached Bhatia Milkshake, a colourful shop specialising in chilled beverages. We had intended to try a pineapple drink but since custard apple was in season, we opted for custard apple milkshake. It was creamy, luscious and refreshing.
This was followed by a brilliant saffron tea from Baba chai. Run by a dynamic young fellow, this neat and tidy cart was worth a visit as the tea served in a clay cup was divine.
Next was the turn of masala cold drink from Regal Masala Cold Drink. We decided to try it because Chirag convinced us that it was quite different from the usual masala cold drink because of the secret in-house spice mix. This claim proved to be true because the masala cold drink was zesty and refreshing.
The following stop was The Boulevard Hotel's in-house restaurant Chopsticks. It is one of the oldest Chinese restaurants in the city whose food is much extolled. We tried their best selling dish, the chilli chicken. It was indeed a well made chili chicken.
The final stop of this tour was Brubeck bakery where we were joined by Varun, the owner of Regal Cafe. It is a cosy cafe with a trendy and raw vibe. On his recommendation we tried mushroom puff, chicken patty, lemon tart, pineapple upside down cake and blueberry cheesecake. All of them were so phenomenal that this place had a piece of our heart.
The second part of this tour will be up on Wednesday.
About the host - Anubhav Sapra
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Anubhav Sapra is an avid culinary explorer who loves to travel and explore different cuisines primarily the street food, not just for the sake of gustatory pleasure but also for quenching his deep thirst for nurturing new cultural connections through the kaleidoscopic canvas of food. He believes that the vibrant and delectable street food tradition across the globe has the power to bring communities together and foster harmonious human existence.
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