Me and Ramesh (Ams Cousin) whenever meet, among many  there is one topic we never miss…

“Eating”

We both love Food equally and like to try out different spots to satisfy our taste buds. Though we both have not visited the places together even once, but still share our experience on various eat outs. During routine discussion he mentioned about VV Puram’s Eat Street.

Off late, I was planning to visit but it was only during Akshata’s (Ams’ cousin) visit to our home, couldn’t resist my temptation and finally we three ( Me, Ams and Akshu) planned to visit the place. With brief intro from Sesh (who is my food guide and knows lots of unexplored places in B’lore) we finally headed to VV Puram.

It was on the weekend and seeing that “food crazy” B’lore crowd is indeed a treat. The first visit was not at all a disappointment. The entire street has lot to offer. We started from Paddu, then went on to eat Dosa, Pav Bhaaji, Vada pav and so on. Finally Ice cream with Gulkand and all the food is for a quite reasonable price. There are stalls which sell Akki rotti, Ragi Rotti, Idli, Tatte idli, Chats, Chinese food, Holige and so on.

Thing is, you have to stand and eat  like a “street food”. So there isn’t any question of status or anything of that sort. Though there are people who like to come in the car and eat in the car itself. But somehow that causes hell of traffic issues and problem to everyone out there. As the street is narrow, there is not much of a place to drive around like MG road. It is really sad some people lack that basic common sense. Alas! these days eating/ordering in car has become a status symbol.

After that first visit, there have been quite a few visits to VV Puram Eat Street. But this week’s visit was worth remembering as we went in Sesh’s new Scorpio and there was Avarekaal Mela organised by Magadi Farmer’s association. It was fun till the end. There was lot of Avarekalu related food available this time. And boy, the crowd was huge and even the set up for preparing the food was treat for eyes. There were people standing in queue to get the coupons, and somehow Vasuki and Ams succeeded in getting some Kodbale and Ambode. This time as well all the food were awesome. Also, our Sesh knew many shop owners there. We could taste  new varieties of food including Hesarubele Masala (this was indeed mouth watering). Expcept Avarekal Uppit, all the things were really tasty. (This may feel I’m over enthu but, I simply love Mom’s Avarekal Uppit… and rate it as the best Avarekal Uppit in the world.)

With jokes every now and then from Sat and Sesh, we did not notice we had spent more than an hour on the street.

It was a super Saturday that ended after having desserts @ Natural’s in Jayanagar. Though after coming home we continued our gupshup at Sat’s place till early mid night. Sat had some excellent flavoured tea bag collections which we tasted late night and our eat out came to perfect end.

Further, sleeping at 2 AM and waking up early morning on a Sunday and expecting breakfast from our better halves is rude on our part, Sat being a very good hubby called us at 10.30 AM and came up with the idea of having breakfast at SLV, Gandhi bazaar.We were just awake and without wasting time hopped into Sesh’s Scorpio and vrooooooooooooom..

Wow..What a way to begin Sunday..

Avarekal mela is over. But guys, it’s never too late to visit VV Puram’s Eat Street to enjoy some real best delicacies of Bengaluru.

If you don’t know how to go there, here is the way… Simply ask for Sajjan Rao circle, park your vehicle around the circle and take a left from VB Bakery.

Average cost per person : Approx Rs. 100

(Edit: Amitha)

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