A Mumbai Foodie.

        

          Here is a post about food and people.I love food and I love trying different food items unless and until I am not eating somthing which is icky and makes me feel guilty.
FOODIE is the community I am talking about , who love food to the fullest. Some insane features of being a foodie especially in Mumbai:-

RISK TAKING:-
Foodies are usually risk takers. If you want to have somthing new and the place seems little shady the real foodie might not think twice before taking a risk. Who knows? it may give you the opportunity to discover whole new world or it may put you into the limited world for a prolonged time, which is nothing but the smallest room in your house (W.C.). In the end kuch pane ke liye kuch khona padta hai.

DIVERS EATING:-
I personally love this quality about a foodie. Foodie never hesitate to try different sorts of food all together or one after another. Its like mix and match. We don't have to be super sophisticated to follow only one cuisine or only one kind of food at a time. You might start your food journey with pani puri at chaupati , then having gola , then going to Irani joint and having bun maska and tea, then going to Chinese ka gaadi for hakka noodles and end up having caramel custard at bagdadi. Everything is fair in love (about food) and war (to get free masala puri ).

EFFICIENCY:-
Real foodie is one who is efficient in his performance from appetisers to deserts. Efficiency  may be dependent on the  metabolism,  foodie tactics (like having less bakery items, which can fill ya stomach), keeping low intake of liquid etc. After following such plan one can still be up for a paan or a juice or a malai kulfi at signal on their way home.

ECONOMICALLY SOUND:-
Foodie always makes wise decisions when it comes to money.You dont have to be rich to be a foodie. You don't always have to visit fancy places (where menu card is to be checked from the right column (rates), where you are concerned about hari patti than the dish ). Most of the times foodies are cheapsters like me. We know where to have and when to have. It's like Gelato doesn't exists on the planet except for the Pahili tarikh.
Irani joints in the town are addas of such people. You may call us chepos, you may call us kanjus, you may even call us chindhi. But we will continue to be like this unless and untill the tummy shouts.

EMERGENCY PLANS:-
There are different kinds of emergency plans.
a) After 12am eplans.
b) when you have hunger but less money eplans.
 Foodie must know where to find a place to dig some food post mid night, Paul's chinese in dadar was a savier for me and my roomie for one whole year also the burji pav and omelet pav people outside the church gate stations are like gods for foodies.Bademia's at colaba is like heaven for nocturnals like us.
When there is a down hill pocket money crisis,foodie knows where to find help. It is like if you are a Candies guy you will visit Hearsch bakery instead or if the condition is more tight then A1 bakery is a place for you. Bun maska out side the station, aalu topi at sion, street dosa wala, sandwich wala and non other than VADA PAAV wala are the heros for such foodie. Every foodie has to pass through such a phase.Part of life. And in such difficult times foodie buddies come for rescue. It's like a tradition, FOODIE IN GREED IS FOODIE INDEED.

BEING A FOODIE FEELING:-
It makes you feel complete. It makes you feel alive. Hunting is what we do even in this concrete age. Foodie gathers people, foodie adds up energy in a group, foodie is an open book not only for food related info but for his philosophy and attitude. I am proud to be a foodie. More food we eat more we openup. Having a big belly can be a pride of some foodies.

               In the end I would like to say that it is all about the satisfaction and happiness you get after having food. BEING CALLED AS A BHUKKHAD IS A MEDAL OF HONOUR FOR US. KEEP FOODING.