This is How Locals Eat in Mumbai | ULTIMATE Indian Street Food in Bombay (Vada Pav, Puri & More) 🇮🇳

You guys from Bombay, we're back in the big city. We got in super late last night. Our plane didn't arrive in till like 1 a.m. Since we got in so late though, and lackin' sleep, we're gonna start off with some coffee. We're actually gonna go to a shop we haven't yet visited here in India. This morning we've come to Third Wave Coffee. We really wanted to try Third Wave because we've been having Bhutokai all over India. I got an iced toffee now, toffee nut latte. Okay, looks like a dessert. Still waking up this morning. Look at this. I put it in a bag worth. Tommy, wait, I put my straw in a bag worth. I clearly need this. The coffee's really good. So it's fine. Like the neighborhood that we are staying at, we're staying in the neighborhood of Colaba here in Mumbai. And it's one of Mumbai's most historic cities. First impressions, it is cleaner than some of the other neighborhoods that we've stayed at around India, and it is a lot less hectic. So that is really nice. This morning we are heading north to a train station, the CST Rail Station. It's a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Looks beautiful in the photos. And then after that, we're gonna head over to a market. Our homestay is right near this dock area, so. Sonsun Docks. Anyway, we just decided to come walk down and check it out because we've been hit with the smell of fish. So we're like, what's down here? I don't know, maybe some fishermen or the sea. We haven't seen any water yet in Mumbai, so that's kinda weird. It's time. Look how massive this train station is. It is so beautiful. So I read online that this is one of the busiest train stations in all of India, and it has over three million commuters every single day, which is pretty crazy. It's also the first passenger train ever started in 1853. And I saw some pictures of it at night when it's all lit up. I would recommend coming back at night to check it out. Myself on a slow train ride, hanging out the door, enjoying the views. And it didn't quite happen, but I just got a small taste of it finally. Here in Bombay. I'm so nervous. Whenever this man was cutting this coconut, he had like a normal knife instead of like one of those big machetes. I literally thought he was gonna cut his fingers off. I couldn't even watch the camera. I was so nervous. I'm still kinda nervous for him. That was some crazy knife work. So they offer us two prices. It's either 80 or 90. I went with the big one for 90. So worth it though. There's so much juice in there. So refreshing. We're doing it right this time. Cooked up all the, cooked up. Oh my God. I'm not, today's not my day, you guys. He filled up all the coconut meat for us to eat. There's no good way to eat this. United States. America. Yeah. And you? Kerala. Oh, okay. Yeah. Beautiful. Yeah, nice. What is it? Oh my gosh. It is a grape. Those are grapes? Those are grapes. They're huge. I was like, those grapes look fake. They're so massive and shiny. And then I thought it was a different fruit, but he let me try one. It's a grape. How is it? How's the bite? Delicious. What's that for, sir? The bugs? Mosquitoes. I don't know if I've seen fruits so colorful. They almost look like they're fake. They're like glistening in the sunlight. It is crazy. The grapes were fantastic though. Perfect, guys. Thank you, thank you. Have a good day. Perfect, thank you. So sour, so good. So we're entering the spice market part now. I tried to buy some passion fruits. I got four of them, but he's charging me 600. So we canceled that and just paid for the one I ate. But it seemed like a tourist price. Let us know in the comments, how much is it usually? But maybe they have to ship them from a long ways away. So I don't know. So we just made it to Woodside Inn and we finally found an IPA. It's a new end of an IPA, but I'm not gonna complain. It looks amazing. So this is recommended by the traveling agency we've been working with on this entire trip, India Someday. We had such an amazing time here. We stayed in so many different hotel stays, home stays, and so many incredible experiences. If you guys are interested in coming to India, definitely contact them. They give free consultations. We'll leave a link in the description box below. All right, let's try this IPA. It's super refreshing. Really hits the spot. Wow. Cheers, my love. Cheers. I got the same one, just the baby version. We just made it back to our neighborhood. I wanna show you guys the place we've been staying at. We're staying at Shamrock Home Stay. It reminds me of a Heritage Hotel, just because how large the room is and the vintage decor. It's been really nice. There's a shared kitchen as well, and a washer and dryer, which we've been taking advantage of. Hi, hi. So this afternoon, we are leaving our neighborhood here and doing a food and history tour, which we're very excited about. And to get there, we're taking the brand new metro line called Aquatic. So I'm excited to see what that looks like. What? Give me money. No, no money, bro. No. I'm in China. This is human money. Human money? Is that an out? I checked. Who's the best player? Single, single. Single. Best player. Who's the best player? Please, please. Why? Me. Hardik Pandya. Single Bobby. My. Team, right here. Yeah. Whoa. That was great. Thank you guys. Thank you. Good luck, man. Goodbye, guys. Nice to meet you. So the new metro is super nice. It looks brand new. It's funny because all the locals were taking photos inside and all full of smiles, you know? Yeah. The new Aquatic line. I think it just recently opened. It's brand speculative. Hello, hello. Since this is a food and history tour, obviously we are not starting with the history. We're starting with the food. Okay, perfect. So we're starting with something called the Bombay Sandwich, which is like this classic toasty. You have like all your vegetables and the chutney, which I guess you all have heard about since we've been traveling quite a bit. And it's going to be toasted, but the charm of the sandwich is the way it's toasted. But this is like the classic street side Bombay sandwich. Okay. It's one of my most favorite stops on the tour. There's no particular history to it, but I'm telling you all, it's going to be your favorite food stop too. Okay. So like literally savor the Bombay. It's starting off strong. I like it. Yeah. Beautiful, my man. Thank you. Wow. Look, oh, look how good it looks. It is so crunchy and savory. It's like very like comfort food. So if you're like really hungry at lunchtime, this would really hit the spot. Hey, amazing sandwich, man. Thank you. So good. So you can see why that was her favorite stop on the tour. That sandwich was super fresh, crispy on the outside, really hit the spot. And for only like 65 rupees, which is crazy. It's super filling. You must have heard people calling the city Bombay, some people calling it Mumbai. Oh yeah. So on this tour, we're going to understand how the change happened. But more importantly, Bombay was actually first just seven islands. Actually it was quite a few islands, but there were seven prominent islands. It was the Britishers actually who came here. And these islands were hilly islands. So they cut down those hills, used that rubble to fill in these shallow nits of water, making it one geographical mass. All these parts are like reclaimed land. So the seven islands that I was talking about are here. And this is the map of Bombay right now. The biggest hack of traveling across India is waking up early, because we Indians hate waking up early. It's so funny, because we don't mind the sun hitting us and we don't mind getting a heat stroke, but we will not wake up early. So we just stopped at an Iranian bakery, which is very cool. And they serve butter with bread. Yes, I said that right, butter first, because they put so much butter on the bread. So it's the dominant factor here. It looks really good. It's really cool too, because inside the bakery has been like untouched. So it's like the original. Only takeout now, but still so cool to see. And we just came to this spot here, which is supposed to be the best chai we've had on this trip yet. It'd be very impressive if it was the best one, because we've had so much good chai. The colors here are so cool. It's like a Mexican cantina almost, with all the yellows and the vibrant colors. Cheers. So the first cup of chai together. Oh wow, that's super spicy. That's good. That is so good. You like it? Yes, it is. What makes it so spicy? It's basically, so the thing about chai is that everyone has their own version of the chai, okay? Yes. Like every household you go to in India will have their own different type of masala. Some people like ginger most, some people like nougat or whatever, it depends. So this chai that we're having is called the RKC special chai. The first hit I get is ginger, which I love ginger. And I love the shape of this clay pot too. It's called the kullad. A cool? Kullad, it's basically made of clay. Yeah. And they don't reuse these. Yeah, they're single use. So I often tell my guests if they want to take it back home as a souvenir, and they get so excited. Oh my gosh, that's such a good idea. So the Iranian bun from the bakery that's been there for, it started in 1950. A soft buttery bun. Reminds me of a Thanksgiving roll. Exactly like a Thanksgiving roll. So good. The chai plus the bread, perfect combination. I think our guide is right. That was the best chai we've had in this entire trip. Just much more spice, had a bunch of flavor. So good. I'm sad I'm getting a little full already. And we just started. I don't know how we're gonna get through and maybe we'll share the rest of the dishes, but great tour. Love our guide too. Super sweet. Super knowledgeable. When the Brits got here, they wanted a church of their own. That's when they built this. It's the St. Thomas Cathedral. It had its first service in the year 1718 on Christmas Day. If you look at the structure of this church, it wasn't always like this. It had a dome on top with a lantern and any of the ships coming in would use this church as a lighthouse. And this church was considered to be colonial Bombay's point zero, meaning it was the exact center of the city. A very interesting story is, the author of the Jungle Book was actually baptized in this church. And Rudyard Kipling was actually in one of the national parks in India when he got inspired to write the Jungle Book. That's why you have a lot of Indian names in the Jungle Book, like Bagheera, Mowgli, obviously. So these are called puris, like inflated balls of puris. And you have to have it with your hand. This is called chaat, which basically means to lick your fingers. And this is one of the most popular street snacks in Bombay because when you have a long train journey, when you're going back home, you want to quickly have something before you're trapped in the train for an hour or so. So it's like a quick bite that people stop for. Oh, the dahi puri? Dahi puri. So yogurt and, of course, is this one bite? Yeah, all in one bite. Oh my God. Don't worry, it looks big. It does look big. It looks huge. Okay. You can handle it. I'm scared because it's so big. I don't want to choke. It's okay. You won't, you won't. Okay, okay. There's one more. Try it. Oh, with ease. Bite it slowly. That was a massive bite. Kind of struggled to get that one. It's so good though because the yogurt is like sweet with like the savory mashed potatoes. There's also something tangy in there. That would probably be the... Yogurt. The yogurt and the tamarind and date sauce. The tamarind and date sauce. The tamarind sauce with yogurt is one of my favorite combos. That's really good. Although, I would say for me personally, next time I think I should take it in two bites. It's so crazy how like so many Indian dishes are made with like the same ingredients but they all taste so different. It's like magic in the kitchen. I don't know what they're doing with the same ingredients but all the dishes come out tasting differently. Wow, you went for it again. She doesn't learn her lesson. I want to take it in one bite because I want to do it like the local way but maybe for the third one I should really do like two different bites. I think for the safe party, I love like the crispy like fresh onion taste on top. It's so... Gives it a little hint of spice that like the dahi one doesn't have. But personally between the two, I like the dahi yogurt one better. I like the little bit of sweetness with the tamarind. All right, last one. This one looks like a baby when compared to the first two. You get this one to calm your palate down after the other two, after the save and the dahi one. But it's really just like the, you call it the puri. The puri with like cream chickpeas on the inside. Honestly, it tastes like a little ball of hummus. It's really good. And then it does like calm everything down. Like the sharpness from the onions and everything. Two. This is how it's done like the local. See? Bite though. Like a champ. That's like the biggest one bite bite. That's like when you get a really big bite of sushi. Sushi roll. And you're trying to like stuff the whole sushi roll and you wind up like taking half of it out. So that last dish is officially my favorite street food here in India. It's so good every time. They have so many different kinds of flavors to try. As you'll know that Bombay was a city which was growing. So obviously the word spread all across the country. And that's when there was this community down south in the state of Karnataka, which is super close to Goa to give you some context. We call Udipi. And there is a temple over there called the Shri Krishna temple. So over there they used to serve these meals what we're going to be having as temple food. Because everyone was always in a hurry to get to places, the South Indian restaurants became like this place of a fast food place. So you would come, you would sit, you would have your meal and you would go. And sometimes if there was a spare seat next to you, if no one was sitting next to you on your table, anyone could join. So it sort of became like a communal thing, which I really love that it did. It's so crazy to me that we've been in India for six weeks and we try at least one new thing. This food tour we've tried, quite delicious. Never had any of this, but also all good. All good, but nothing. So that was very strange. The restaurant wouldn't let us film inside, but we got to try dosas for the first time, which were amazing. I can't believe we've been here so long and haven't tried them yet. We did get some shots on our phone and stuff, but it was nice to take a break from the filming. We got to know our guide so much more. She just recently had a wedding and showed us all her photos. And, you know, she told us a little about her local life here and just nice, you know, can't capture everything on camera. It was nice just to have some, you know, private time to get to know each other more. So Mumbai is derived from the word Mumbai Devi. She's the goddess of the fishermen. And since this was an island, these were islands before, and the fishermen community was really strong, they would pray to her before setting into the sea. So that's how you get its name, Mumbai. Mumbai gets its name. But you can call it whatever you want. So Mumbai was always Mumbai. Okay, yeah. But when the Portuguese came here, they started calling it Bombay. So Bombaya in Portuguese meant good bay. So eventually over the years, Bombaya, Bombaya became Bombay. There's a museum that we passed, which is again, extremely gorgeous. It was called the Prince of Wales Museum and it's changed to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangraha Lai. Long name, again. And when we get there, I'm gonna try to make y'all say the name because it's there, it's written. It'll be fun for y'all to just attempt to say. Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangraha Halala. Halala, yeah. Halala, I love the end of it. No, but the first half was amazing. Okay, let me try it one more time. Yeah. Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangraha Lai. Perfect, you got the end perfect this time. You can't escape it, you have to do it too. No, trust me, I can hardly speak English. No, I need you to do it, I need you to do it. I need you to do it. You have to try it. Oh my gosh, really? Yeah, go for it. Okay, they're trying to make me say the name. Look how long that name is. There's no way, I hardly speak good English, you know. Okay, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangraha Lai. The last part was so bad. No, it was perfect, it was perfect. Hey, do you know the Halala is really a lot, that's an interesting combination for us. So you never know it, but we just crossed from one island to the next just through that crosswalk over those two streets. It's so crazy that the islands are that close together. This place only runs their sugar cane through once. A lot of people will run it back and forth through the machine multiple times to get as much juice as possible. This place is amazing because they just run it through once, so it's super fresh. We have our last stop of the day, Vada Pav. So this is the bun and then mashed chickpeas. Mashed potatoes. Mashed potatoes, dipped in chickpeas, deep fried. Classic street food. And then we have sugar cane juice and we always love it when we can get a good cup of sugar cane juice. Tommy's already sucking his back behind the camera. It's so fresh and good. That bun is so good. This is not as spicy as you guys don't mind. So the end gets spicy because there's some garlic chutney inside, like a dry garlic chutney. So towards the end you might start, and you don't feel it immediately, it'll come to you. Well, they have a sign here that says pure sugar cane juice. So this is not mixed with any ice, any water. It's just purely the juice from the sugar cane. So while it's sweet, it's not overly sweet, but it's just the pure, pure juice. So the Gateway of India was built to commemorate the visit of King George V and his Queen Mary. However, they were coming during the time of the World War, which is why there were no funds, neither was there any labor force to build the gate. So when they came, it was just literally gravel. It was nothing. And I want to show you a picture of how the Gateway of India looked. It was called Apollo Bandar. Bandar basically means port. But this spot is special, not just for people in Bombay, but for Indians in general, because any of the ships coming in when we were getting colonized would come from here. And that's why it's called the Gateway of India. That's why you have a lot of domestic tourists as well. And obviously because the base, like the sea is right here. So it's beautiful. But that's the tour. And I hope you all learned something about Bombay and enjoyed the food. And it was super fun taking you around. Thanks for taking us around. We loved it. We learned so much. The food was so good. Like I said earlier, it's so fun whenever you get to, like we've been here for six weeks. We've tried so many dishes, but tonight, surprisingly, we tried new dishes that we've never tried before. India's always ready to serve you up something new. And the history was great as well. The hospitality is amazing. Lovely. It was such a great time. Taking our boat around. Perfect spot to end our time here in Bombay. Such an amazing time in this city. Way different than I ever expected. Oh, we have, oh, cute. Oh, pretty. Oh, it's so cute. We got cut off by like a dozen pictures. I think we've been taking pictures for like the last 10 minutes. So as you can tell, the people here are amazing too, but such a great time to end our time here in Bombay. Our guide tonight was so great. Super cute, funny, so knowledgeable. We learned so much about the history and tried new foods, which is super surprising. Yeah, and it was so awesome meeting somebody from the team of India Someday who curated our whole trip for us. So that was really fun too. Yeah, we appreciate all you guys. Thank you guys for watching. See you in the next video. Bye.