Upcoming Bakeries in South Delhi

This Weekend, with no specific foodie venture exploration in mind or any visit to any of the restaurants, I just happened to check out two up, Coming & Interesting Bakery Shops in my neighorhood in South Delhi - One in KalkaJi & One in Defence Colony

Cake & Bakes in Kalkaji, is an Upcoming Bakery Shop - Having One of the Most Colorful, Bright, Vibrant , Cheerful looking & high blitz Glow Sign ...... They have  2 franchise now, One in Kalkaji , and the 2nd one in Malviya Nagar .....

The Very Brightly Lit- Main Rd Kalkaji

Amazing Machines for the Bakery ...

Look at the amazing Range of Cookies & Biscuits at this Bakery - They also have  the most Gizmo Looking machinery , I have seen at any of the Bakery Shops....4 Temperature Controlled Panels adorn the outlet beautifully - for Cakes & Pastries, For Desserts, For Breads, For Puffs & Pattice

Range of Cookies & Biscuits in the Shop

The Chicken Kabab Patties are just to die for .. The Chicken Seekhs are Fresh, Spicy & quite a range of spices can be felt when one digs into the bites



Amazing Chicken Kabab Rolls

One More New & Upcoming Bakery at Main Market, Defence Colony- Defence Bakers ...... Looks to have an elclectic mix of Products, Biscuits, Cakes, Pastries, Sandwiches, Bread - Garlic Toasties .............. I could see a helathy clientele of quite a few foreigners who flck this place for their dose of breads & Cakes



Defence Bakers -DB

Have a Look at the place from Inside ..... They also have some aazing range of their own Hand Made Chocolates - in a very unique, eco friendly packaging ..... Diff varieties - Low sugar, Bitter , No Sugar Chocolates .... I tried their Chicken Sandwich, which was good - The Traditinal Good Old Chicken Sandwich - Chicken with lots of Mayonaise, Coleslaw & Fresh Bread -- The Garlic Toasties - are also quite good - For Rs20/= for a decent Sized packet ....

World of Pattice

The World of Pattice or Patties - or simply pronunced pattic..... Have come to become one of the best known evening snacks available ... Imagine a Light  Brown Crispy, Fluffy Crust on inside, loaded with lots of ghee or oil, & filled with heaveny stuffings ..... Fragile Crisp on outside, fluffy, crispy flakes , with lots of flakes acoming out with every bite ...The Layers of the dough are nicely laden with oil & mix so well with the stuffings, mixing the oil flavor with the stuffing ...There are a variety of stuffings used in the ever popular pattice - Vegetable, Panneer, Cheese, Chicken, Mutton, Mushroom ....


Pattice also have their little shapes & sizes with each shape depicting some message or associated with a particular stuffing - Bakers, Shopkeepers, also try & keep different shapes for the Pattice, in order to differentiate between the Stuffings they offer ..The Expensive or better the Stuffing, generally smaller the size for the Pattice --- Chicken Pattice generally would be round & smaller than a Paneer Patty or smaller than even a Vegetable Pattice

Triangluar Shape Pattice being the most Popular & conventional shape for pattice which is used generally for Vegetable Pattice only

Traingular Shaped Pattice

Rectangular Pattice are generally used for Paneer or Cheese Pattice . although there is no difference between the tastes which one gets from the different shapes.......

Round Shape Pattice are generally used for Mushroom, Chicken or Paneer Fillings .... Pattice are one of the Most Important Snacks on any Bakery Shops Menu .. So Common, so Important, yet so understated ..... Many Office Goers, look upto pattice as one of the preferred, quick fix emergeny food.....Have a Look at any of the Majr Office or commercial Hubs, & you will find hordes of Vendors, Bakery shops, small eateries, Even Small Kirana Shops, stocking up on the crispy pattice .....

Hmmm Crispy & Flaky Pattice

During my Engineering Days Pattice used to be one of the best comfort foods for me .... 2-3 Hot Cups of tea along with 3 Crisp, Fresh, Hot Vegetable Pattice & you would have finished your reasonably oily & heavy breakfast in just about Rs 20/==== Quite good for perenially Cash Crunched Students .... One of the favorite Evening Snacks, Delicious, Greasy, Fresh , Crisp, Flaky - best enjoyed with a Cup of Hot Tea....

Round Crisp Pattice

Do explore the world of Pattice- at your Local Bakery Shop, Mithai Wala, Kiraana Store

DePauls- Legendary Cold Coffees

 Long time ago, when there were No Cafe Coffe Days, No Baristas, No Mocha Bars, No Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, Delhites were still a bunch of enthusiastic foodies, who made most of the Limited Options they had ... People had to go to Coffee Shops of Five Star Hotels for a Hot Cuppa, but not many could afford a Coffee in 5 Star Hotels those  wodays . I am not sure how many can still afford their daily Cuppa in such hotels .. When Coffee Shops were mainly the abode of Intellectuals, Business Leaders, Acamedicians, Hot seat for Student Union Politics, DePauls was the Hot Spot for young delhites to spend a good evening and drink one of the most fascinating drinks - Cold Coffee

 

DePauls Cold Coffee is almost legendary & enjoys a Cult status amongst the Old Timer Delhities , Probably One more name that comes to mind is that of Cavendars, located originally at Cavendars ... These 2 Places have almost been a part of the perfect shopping experience of many a Delhites ... Janpath, Connaught Place, Palika Bazaar - have been the shopping hubs for the affluent Delhites ... While Karol Bagh, Patel Nagar, Lajpat Nagar were the shopping adobe for middle class Indians, South Extension, Connaught PLace were more of a Status symbol shopping Market ,,Shopping in CP, Janpath- would always fill Delhites with a sense of Pride, achievment & one which had to be celebrated well enough .... Lot of shopping excursions at Janpath would be incomplete without a Cold Coffee at DePauls....Started by the Paul Brothers, whose rotund personality made them a great fun treat to watch....

DePauls introduced Delhites to the Concept of Jumbo Sandwiches,,,,,, these were the Normal Big Slices of Fresh Sandwich bread, loaded with tons of Mayonaise, Coleslaw & served some of the Best Chicken Sandwiches of Delhi.....They offered a Range of Bakery Products, namely Chicken , Cheese & Mushroom Pattice, Cold & Grilled Sandwiches, Rolls, etc.......After a marathon Road side & street shopping excusrion, one would gorge on the Sandwiches & Cold Coffees of DePauls....

Do Visit when you are in Janpath Next - If not for the Love of Cold Coffee, but to imbibe the experience of Vow !!! which millions & millions of Delhites have felt at this small & amazing Joint which serves some of the Best remembered & Most Nostalgic Cold Coffees, if not the best

Visit to the fish Market

Have you Ever Visited a Fish market & bought that fish for the Evening Dinner of Maach Bhaat  mentioning especially for the Bengalis ... My Bengali Friends pride themselves on the Knowledge they have acquired over the years in buying that Perfect Fish for their Maach Bhaat or Fish Curry With Rice ... Men, Women alike take active interest in the buying of this Staple food ...... Maach Bhaat is no ordinary staple for Bengalis ....My Friends tell me that while feeding a Bengali Kid, mothers dont have to take the trouble of taking out the small thorns  are their in the Fish


Fresh Fish ... Rohu being the most Popular


I have recently acquired this habit of buying Fresh fish from the Fish Market at CR Park, which is like a Very famous Fish Market -- being in the hub of a Bengali Society ... Have been used to that strange smell, many people may feel its a stench, but once you get used to it ....... It just becomes part of the Fish Buying Process .... Rohu, which is the river Fish is the most Popular Curry Fish ......

Rohu Fish typically weighs from 2Kg-4Kgs & has lot of small thorns in it...Its best made as a Spicy Curry & to be had with Steamed Rice

Fresh King Prawns...... Fresh to Fry & savour

Star Prawns .. smaller

Crabs ....

A Spicy & Fiery Rohu Fish Curry.......

Have with Steamed Rice ........

BON BON PASTRY

One of the Oldest Pastry Shops in New Friends Colony, Market- BON BON - is quite a Landma rk itself in this Happening Market, Community Center of New Friends Colony . Its a Small Modest Looking Pastry Shop - But seem to have a reasonable variety of cookies, Pastries Sandwich, Pizza, Pattys



Thats a friend....Not me ..look @ the Paunch

 You can see my foodie buddys in the Pics above --- They are one of the reason why i give in to my gastronomical or rather astronomical Tummy desires ... But a foodie needs another foodie & you have a romantic food affair..... Look at the Nice & colorful range of Cookies, biscuits, Pastries on Display

Range of Cookies & Goodies

The Caramel Custard is something one can avoid ...... Looks can be really deceptive & thats what we found out in  the poorly made Custard... Too sweet, sugary...didnt have the taste of the burnt caramel which adds taste to the Pastry

Caramel Custard... Looks Can be Deceptive

The Chicken Patty was pretty average ... The Prices are quite a draw here ..The Stuff is quite reasonable priced & for the Non Veg food Lovers, who often throng this place... A nice & light pastry after a heavy Carnivorous meal, is quite welcome

 

The Entrance ..... BON BON

BON BON has one more Outlet at Noida ..... Do try for some nice pastries & take cookies for home

Golden Fiesta

One of the Oldest Pastry Shops of Delhi - The Golden Fiesta .... Established Since 1981, says their Introducton ...They have also successfully been running the Franchise model for quite some time. Some of the Notable locations where they are present - Lajpat Nagar, Sant Nagar, Karol Bagh, Punjabi Bagh .. Typically Heavy traffic dominated Punjabi Areas .. & they make some delicious snacks just right for the Punjabi taste buds, Mine Included

The Famous Glow Sign....



Range of Delicacies

They also seem to be one of the most trendiest & always believe in keeping up with the trends ...Be it Introduction of the Chinese Chat Snacks, - They were probably the first ones to introduce the Chinese Chat Snacks in Pastry Shops .......Sant Nagar, East of Kailash, Opposite the Legendary ISCKON Temple, stands tall, Golden Fiesta -They have a Family Fine Dining Restaurant, One Cake Shop, One Restaurant specialising in Bakery Products - Sandwich, Pastries, Cakes, Rolls, Pattys



And Some more.......

The Seating was something thats sure to blow you away... Lounge Type seating in a Bakery Shop ... Vow .... Too good - Bright Yellow Lights, a Nice Cushion Sofa .. Beautiful lay out, excellent vibrancy.. The Place looked like a Fusion of a Great Pastry Shop & a Relaxed Lounge.... Great Decor for a Pastry Shop

Chicken Puff ... Look at that

Look at the Chicken Puff  in the Photo above ....Hmmmmm Golden Brown, Crisp, Lighly Puffed, soaked with Oil & Ghee ... Fresh Chicken Patty ... Not too much spice .. Perfect Crsipiness ..... Quite Good... My all time favorite at Golden Fiesta is the Cold - Soft Chicken Sandwich..... This according to me is the Best Cold & Soft Chicken Sandwich ..... No extra Spices or additives ... Soft Bread which is softened probably by the moisture abosrbed by keepin the sandwich in the Fridge.....Just the Home style ... Lots of Butter, Cheese, Plain Chicken Stuff with a Light dressing.... Cold, Soft & Fresh Chicken

The Entrance....

Taste -8.5
Hygiene -9
Value for Money-7
Quality - 8

Angels in My Kitchen - Bakery Or Cafe

Its a Bakery !!! Its a Cafe !!! Well its actually both...Taking the Concept of a Cafe Bakery to the Next Level, glamourising it, & presenting it in the most chic & elegant manner, & you have the Concept called "Angels in My Kitchen"

One of the Most wide range of Breads, Pastries, Light eat, Toasties, interiors which are beautifully done, absolutely stylish & cool interiors & comfortable seating, make it a nice place to hang out with, while you are picking up your bread from the given variety

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The variety in pastries is also huge & one feels spoilt for choices....Its an amazing range. The Walnut pie is too delectable

Walnut Cake

Remais of the Excellet Chicke Sandwich

The Cappucino served at Angels is just the right one for a good morning breakfast...Frothy, Little creamy...The Chicken Sandwich, was just excellent...The stuffing tasted fresh, & lightly spiced...One of the Better Chicken Sandwiches, i have eaten...

Delectable Pastries

Hmmmm......

The Breads

You should also try the Herb Toasts, Garlic Toasties, Cheese & Tomato Toasties.

A Nice Place to Hang Out, you can have a nice cup of coffee, have some really tasty sandwiches, munch on some fresh  Crisp Toasties, & polish the light meal with the delectable tarts or pies

Ambience - 8
Taste - 8.5
Hygiene - 8
Value for Money - 6

Kandys @ KalkaJi

Thats right !!! the name is Kandys & not Candys... But this small liitle pastry shop & Bakery is much more than Candys...If you are coming from the Famous Nehru place market... from The First round about of Kalkaji, take a left & move about 50 meters..On your left hand side, you will find Kandys

Kalkajis very own Pastry Shop cum Cool Hang Out pLace.. One should visit this place in the evening, when young girls & boys from Kalkaji, throng this place for their bit of fun...For them it looks like the safe haven for a safe date, a Local neighbourhood dating joint.........They also have an amazing bakery, which serves some delicious biscuits & brownies & lot of families keep replenishing their stocks of fancy biscuits from Kandys.. Kandy also has quite a range of Snacks & Pastries to Offer..... In Sadwiches they serve – Chicken Plain Sndwich, Chicken Salami Sandwich( This is a Home made kind of Sandwich – with pieces of Chicken Salami placed between Sandwich bread & tonnes of Home Made Mayonaise is applied on the bread) Chicken Grilled Sandwich..... They also serve nice Chicken Chops, which are deep fried & served with Coleslaw......

The Mutton Seekh Roll is my big favourite here ... One Piece if Mutton seekh is placed in a pattice... If you have ever eaten a cream roll, you would know the shape of Roll....In a similar manner, the Mutton Seekh is placed inside the dough..... & baked.. the Oil of the Mutton & the Oil applied for baking, mix perfectly well & leave a beautiful, oily & greasy roll.......The Mutton seekh is pretty fresh & not too spicy...... The Chicken Salaami Sandwich, was too sweet for my liking & tasted a little sweet, because of the excessive mayonnaise.....The Chicken Sandwich is pretty basic....Cold Sandwich with lots of home made Coleslaw – Mayonaise, Cabbage, Carrot, & fresh chicken....... at Rs 30 for a Chicken Sandwich, and Rs 35 for Chicken Salaami Sandwich,,,,,the Prices are reasonable & thats why the students & youngsters flock this place

Kandys also serve the Kathi Rolls, Footlongs, Pizzas, Cutelettes, Burgers, Pattice, Rolls ..... all are reasonably priced.....
Kandys also has a decent range of Pastries for its young patrons..But the main business seemed to be the Hugely Popular biscuits, which seem to be a bigger hit among the Locals.....

Taste – 8
Value for Money – 8
Hygiene -8
Ambience - 7

Maxims Pastry Shop

This Place is Probably one of the Oldest & most Popular Pastry shops of the Plush South Delhi....If you have stayed in South Delhi, there is a huge possibility that you have heard or known about Maxims or ordered your Birthday Cakes from here..Started as a Great Looking Cake & Pastry Shop, Located in the Kailash Colony Market, Maxims today boasts of one of the widest range of Pastries & Cakes....

My Personal take is that Maxims bakes one of the Best BlackForest & Pineapple Cakes in the whole of Delhi... Amazinly Fresh, Perfect Fluffiness, Right amount of sweet, almost generous dose of cream, years of labour of love, go in making of the amazing cakes & pastries at Maxims. Fathom this for the vast range – Blackforest, Pineapple, Chocolate Truffle, Cheese Cakes, Butterscotch, Caramel, Coffee, Range of Diff Shapes of cakes … Pastries – They have close to 15 different pastries, Puddings, Sufleys, Tarts – Chocolate, Lemon, Coffee – absolutely divine & a treat for the sweet tooth

The Snack section at Maxims also boasts of quite a handful of mouth watering snacks…….. Patties – (Veg, Paneer Mushroom, Cheese, Chicken) Kathi Rolls(Paneer, Chicken) Seekh Rolls(Chicken, Mutton) , Foot Longs, Hot Dogs, Pizzas – Normal, Mini, Cocktail , Sandwiches (Normal, Garlic, Hawain, Chilly Chiken, Veg, Cheese, Paneer) – Grilled Sandwiches, Quiches, Pastas, Salads

Maxims also sell their range of Fantastic biscuits, it’s a kiddies delight. Again close to 9-10 different variety of biscuitsm which they serve fresh at the Shop..

Recently, Maxims has also added a small 15-20 seater eating section, where you cansee lot of youngsters in the evening, having a good time & having some quality stuff… Their Tea & Coffee, is also something which the youngsters flock for…At Rs 25/=, they serve a Huge Cup of Tea, along with 3-4 small cookies…..Good for some nice chit chat and catching up with friends…….

My Favorite at Maxims is the Non Veg Salad….It comes in 2 sizes, medium & big…….Its a great concoction of some amazing poultry delights --- Chicken Russian Salad, Cold Sausages, Chicken Salami, Chicken Seekh Kabab, tossed with a gen erous drop of tangy mayonnaise, mustard sauce, white Cream, Oregano, Lime juice & Bar be Que sauce, & you get the most spicy, tangy Cold Salad….The Plain Chicken Sandwich, is again a nice snack – Light & Tasty….

The Chicken Roll & Mutton Roll, is another must try…It’s a Piece of the Seekh kakab, which is placed between a nice, crisp & Fluffy Patty . The Oil & Juice of the Meat, mix nicely with the

Do Not Forget to try the Blackforest & Pineapple pastry – It is one of the best in Delhi

Ambience – 8
Taste-7.5
Hygiene – 8
Value for money-7

Deepu Bhaiya- Old Rajindar Nagar

Located just behind the City Center Hospital, at Old Rajinder Nagar, is now a very famous Food Street , with 5 small take away restaurants operating out of this small backlane. Serving everything from Sandwiches, Burgers, Kathi Rolls, Egg Rolls, Tandoori Rolls. The Place is thronged by the young sudents of the Old Rajinder Nagar, Patel Nagar & Karol Bagh area as well.... One of the Harbingers of this food revolution in this place is the Famous Deepu Bhaiya Joint ... It is basically a Kiryana store, just at the backlane of the City Center Hospital...

Owned by a Local Punjabi, Deepu Bhaiya, this Joint serves some of the most Lip smacking Kabab Sandwiches, Kathi Rolls & Burgers....The Sandwich is the Biggest hit & an absolute calorie loader of a meal.....3 Slices of the Sandwich Bread are use to make this meal...The First layer has a thick & rich coating of Mayonasie & Chicken Seekh kabab pieces.....The 2nd Layer of the Sandwich has a Nice & Creamy Cheese Slice, Sekh Kabab & little mayonnaise.. The Sandwich is Toasted on a Pan, which is greased with Butter & the sandwich is almost sauted in the delicious butter ......

An absolutely divine sandwich & a taste beyond description...Thats what sometimes, a Simple looking meal served with great love can do ....Deepu Bhaiya seems to be a Favourite with the Young Kids here, & is quite a strange, weird & Funny guy- Just the variety Young kids Like..He also acts as an Agony Uncle to most kids here...The Chicken Kababs used in the Sandwich, or the Burgers, Kathi Rolls, is the Packaged frozen variety . But from the taste one can easily tell, that the kababs used in the Sandwiches are absolutely fresh, nicely spiced & of top quality .. The taste of the Kababs with the fresh mayonnaise & the richness of Butter & Cheese, the Combo is just delectable..For Rs 75/= and that too at a takeaway joint, the sandwich looks expensive, But it is worth every bite every penny & every effort that one has to make to go all the way to Old Rajinder Nagar to have this


The Kathi Roll – is quite light in Comparison..when 2 pieces of Kababs are slightly sauted with some onions, some tangy ketchup & put on a Roomali roti...
To wash down this Amazing Snack, there is a nice Jeera Drink which is again a big hit amongst tudents ¬ available in most pats of Delhi

Do try when you are in Karol Bagh, Patel Nagar, Rajindar Nagar.It will be worth the visit