Wednesday, October 6, 2010

In praise of wada pao

Someone had to do this. Kavi does it best in his post on the Mumbai Hottie.

Then there wasn't any wada pao nearby. So I simply had to make do with these words.

And I'm off to find a stall :-)

(photo and eating by Kavi Arasu)



No size zero
no Page 3,
No symmetric patty
ensconced in predictable buns
carefully
accessorized by
a mayo
flowing just so
amidst
a skirting lettuce
pushing the tomato.


But a carbo flamenco
a full size
spicy
hot
capsaicinized
melt-in-the-mouth
tongue tingling
piece
roughly
wrapped up
by
a concerned pao
sometimes
anointed
with red and orange
and sometimes
jalapeno green.

Devoured on an
Indian Run,
multitasking
and multieating
in Mumbai.

Eat your heart out McD
as we rush
under the Golden arches
of our Railway stations....:-))

4 comments:

  1. MacD can never come near this Desi wonder, Suranga....I love Vada Pao....OMG, I need to eat one now. :)

    U know, in Chennai, theres this restaurant, where cooks from Mumbai, do the vada pao...wow, simply delicious. :) :) :)

    I even had it from Mahalaxmi, flown down by a friend...we at home are crazy after this. :)

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  2. Suranga, Kavi's pic and post, and your verse- perfectly matched, just like the Pav and the Wada! :)

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