Eating Out

Eating Out

Originally Pune was split into two distinct parts: camp and city. The camp consisted of upper-crust society: Parsi, Sindhi and Christian communities, plus the military, and acquired several Western and Irani eating places. The city area was predominantly Maharashtrian and therefore boasted few upmarket eateries. Industrialisation has evened out the distribution of wealth, and societies and in both sectors of town there are restaurants to suit every pocket.Overall, however, food remains cheap: except at five-star restaurants, the prices are lower than in the rest of the country. There are many roadside vendors serving Indian fast-foods like pani-puri, bhel-puri, kachori and mirchi-pakoda. Though residents flock to these stalls every evening, the snacks they serve are not recommended for people with delicate stomachs.Reputable, clean restaurants with mixed menus include: the Coffee House in Moledina Road which used to be a Parsi eatery and now serves South Indiar. delicacies like dose, idli, etc., also Mughlai dishes. Shabri near Ferguson College has traditional Maharashtrian fare. Cafe Mahanaaz in M.G. Road serves Irani food and is the most popular among several others of its kind. Dorabjee in Dastur Mehe Road has typical Parsi food and is a Pune institution. Vaishali near Ferguson College mainly caters to students and serves South Indian food while Vrushali Karve Road is a simple Maharashtrian Khali restaurant. Meals at any of these restaurants cost from Rs25-75.

If time is not a constraint, it is possible to explore and sample the wide culinary choice the city has to offer. The other eating places of the city are classified according to cuisine.

Gujarati: Dreamland near the station, Chetna in Budhwar Peth. Konkani: Calcutta Boarding House on J.M. Road (basically all varieties of fish dishes), and Kinara in Hotel Hill View. Maharashtrian: Suvarna Rekha Dining Hall on Prabhat Road, Shreya’s in Deccan Gymkhana. Fast food: Marz-o-Rin on M.G. Road, Poona Coffee House in Deccan Gymkhana, the Coffee Shop in Hotel Blue Diamond.

Apart from the above, a choice of different culinary styles is available at Kwality in camp and Portico on J.M. Road. This section on food would be incomplete without a mention of the bakeries of Pune. For quite some time now, Pune has enjoyed the reputation of having some of the best bakeries in the country and no Indian tourist returns from Pune without a bagful of Pune biscuits. The major bakeries include Spices Health Foods which sell excellent brown bread and jars of crunchy peanut butter, and Royal Bakery both on M.G. Road, Baker’s Basket in Hotel Blue Diamond, Kayani on Dr. Coyaji Road and Cake-N-Counter in Thackers House on East Street.

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