iTASTE: STREET FOOD CHENNAI - Visiting Some Of The Chaat Shops In Mint Street

Thursday, December 9, 2021

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STREET FOOD CHENNAI - Visiting Some Of The Chaat Shops In Mint Street - Indian Street Foods Also, known as little north India, Sowcarpet has a large settlement of people from north India who came for business purposes. The mint street which is one of the oldest streets in Chennai runs from George Town to Washermanpet. Bustling with commercial shops dealing with retail as well as wholesale. Most of the business places here are owned by North Indians and to cater to their food needs a lot of street food outlets have come up.

Although I did not have much time to visit most shops, I chose a few and tasted some of the street food which of course I am trying out for the first time. Some did amaze me and some were a disappointment.

First, it was the kachori at kakada Ramprasad sweets. The kachori along with sweet sauces tasted fabulous. Although I did not get to try out their hot jalebi because it was over by the time I went to order... Maybe there is always the next time.

My next stop was at ‘ Navarang chat bandhar ‘ in Perumal Mudali Street, a small street inside mint street(running parallel). Here first I had bread bajji with 3 kinds of sauces one being tomato, the other mint chutney. The hot bajji along with the sauces went along so good together and tasted great. The next snack that I had was a chili bajji. The bajji, coated with mashed potatoes and then coated with flour batter and fried. This too with the sauces was great. A true snack worth the try.

The next stop was at ‘ jay vadapav’ in the mint steet. Although there were many options for vada-pav I chose the cheese vada-pav. With a hot potato bonda, the vada-pav tasted normal. There was nothing special about it.

The next place that we visited was ‘ poha wala’ the poha or flattened rice is mainly used to make an ovul sweet in Tamilnadu. Although I've had avulaki in Bangalore, this poha was truly different. The poha was mixed with onions, groundnuts, some pomegranate, and all the flavors bursting in your mouth at once is bliss.... a must-try snack.