The Joy Of Eating : Eat Street aka VV Puram

Undoubtedly a big time foodie, I was starving yesterday night and wanted to have some good food during the weekends (mess food on Saturday nights are really bad). So I thought of exploring some nearby food joints when a friend suggested about the less known 'eat street' (more popularly known as VV puram) in Bangalore.

Though not in mood to travel much(due to the traffic) but finally I agreed(I am happy I did) when my other friends who had already been to this place assured me I wouldn't be disappointed about going to this place, and they were right. After traveling for 45 mins approx, asking directions from people & using the gps(yet took a wrong turn), five of us were at VV Puram, which is one of the oldest areas in Bangalore and also house to the “world famous in Bangalore” Eat Street :)

As soon as we got down, the smell of food made me even more hungry and we started with sweets. First we had the "world's best" gulab jamuns (as described by my friends). Our next stop was a shop serving idlis and dosas, and the shops being crowded it took a while for our orders to come. First came an onion dosa which hardly lasted for a minute or two, followed by masala dosa and a plate of idli. Each dish there was tasting so heavenly, I was eating as if I hadn't eaten for months together. :P

Being the gluttons that we are, my friends and I decided to get only one or two plates of various items and share it. That way we could savor ALL(almost) the items on Eat Street :P. Eating the dosas full of ghee made us thirsty and we got 2 glasses of masala coke from the next stall. Our next stop was a stall selling hot 'honey jalebi', the yummiest jalebis I have EVER had. Though I am not much fond of sweets, but surely these yummy things left my sweet tooth craving for more...

Puran Poli

After that, we went to another stall and had some 'puran poli'(for the first time) and got some other varieties of dosa(don't remember the names) which were equally good. For those who don't know, puran poli is kind of a roti stuffed with jaggery and boiled chickpeas. The stuffing is called the 'puran' and the outer covering is called the 'poli'.

By this time I was getting almost full and was sad about actually missing so many dishes out there. We decided to skip the chat stall as we had yummy chats the previous day near our college(arnd 1 - 1.5kms away). Thirsty again, I thought of getting something to drink again but ended up buying some 'masala' pineapple, one of my favorite fruits. The masala being very 'chatpata' happened to change the taste of the fruit a bit but in a good way...

Gulkand Icecream

Now that we were almost full, we had to have some good dessert to end it all in a good way and to our delight we discovered – Gulkand with ice cream and fruits. Served at an exclusive shop swarming with lots of people, we first got one plate after which we went for one more. Gulkand is preserved rose petals, also used in 'meetha pan', very healthy, and in combination with ice cream and cut up fruits it tasted amazing.

Now that we were full, we started walking back when the gulab jamun and 'honey' jalebi stalls attracted us again and we ended up getting one more plate of both, packed few jalebis for one of our friends, got a cup of rabdi and ended our food journey for the day.

Literally the food was upto my throat when we started back to college. However, my mission to taste all the items was yet not accomplished due to limited appetite. So, I will be back very soon to accomplish the mission.

PS : I was too busy eating this time so could not click any pictures. Snaps here is from google.