This only happened a few times every year, just when the rainy season kicked in. A street hawker will come by, straw basket on head. He will yell "kaul chapni" and I will run out to buy a bundle of these. Stuck together like flowers, they looked like a bouquet. Every hole contains a little fruit. You break out the package, peel the tiny fruit that pops out and eat it. Done slowly, it can take you an hour to eat an head. Or did, when I was about 12 years old. That was the last time I saw this fruit. I've never seen it again, didn't even know what it was called or where it came from. Three weeks back, Vikram Doctor wrote about a store in Khar that sells Sindhi foods. He described this fruit and I knew it came from my vivid childhood memories. And finally, I knew we were talking about lotus fruit. Now talk about coincidences. Last weekend, I was passing by a lane in Bandra and for the first time in many, many years I saw the straw basket filled with my mytery fru
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Places to eat...there are many more upscale places/chains that have come up, but the following are classics, they've been around forever.
Al Mallah cafe at Diyafa street- falafel, fresh juice/tahiti/milkshakes- the choc one is great. Sit outside on the street and watch the world go by.
Meena Bazar- gold shopping and falafel from Persian Cafeteria.This is just a tiny cafe that makes amazing desi style dal falefals. No place to sit here. And it's cheap!
Automatic restaurant for the hummus, moutabal and kababs (but you're a vegetarian right?)
Sindh Punjab- chaat/pani puri/chana bhature etc.
Upscale places
Lenotre near Spinneys in Jumeirah- great desserts!
360 degrees at the Jumeirah hotel- it's a circular lounge surrounded by water.
Teatro in Bustan Rotana- amazing food!
There are a lot of great Chinese places to eat as well but I can't recall the names now.
Have fun Simran.
Do whatever ,but do have a BLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAST
Happy Vacation :-)