{"id":7385,"date":"2016-03-14T16:11:11","date_gmt":"2016-03-14T10:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/13.201.39.237\/?p=7385"},"modified":"2026-07-17T22:48:44","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T17:18:44","slug":"anthony-bourdain-world-travel-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/13.207.105.184\/?p=7385","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Bourdain Devours the Underbelly of Cities Across the Globe in World Travel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<span class=\"dropcap\">M<\/span>\n\n<strong>UMBAI: EATING ON THE STREET<\/strong>\n\n\u201cI am ready to take on the biggest city in India. Welcome to Mumbai, formerly Bombay. It\u2019s a place where the super-rich live in close proximity to the destitute poor\u2014but life here is more complex than that. Everyone knows about Bollywood, the center of the Indian film industry, being located here, but the shipping, financial, and information technology sectors have done a lot more to create and sustain this economy. I kept waiting for streets full of network administrators and accountants to start singing and dancing, but it never happened.\u201d\n\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-78275\" src=\"http:\/\/13.201.39.237\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1623077476.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"728\" height=\"407\" \/>\n<strong>BHENDI BAZAAR: \u201cEATING STREET\u201d<\/strong>\n\n\u201cMumbai is a city rich in culture and history, and I know a lot of people would devote their first trip here to visiting museums, viewing the architecture, and sucking up local color like a vacuum cleaner from hell. I have my own agenda. Tonight, we\u2019re on a mission to the Muslim section called Bhendi Bazaar. Specifically, Khau Galli, which translates as \u2018Eating Street\u2019 or \u2018Food Street.\u2019 \u201d\n\nAs he wandered Khau Galli in search of lamb brains, Tony was sidetracked by endless temptations, including spiced and grilled kidney and lung kebabs, tandoori chicken, minced lamb skewers, creamy goat brain curry with tomatoes, various freshly baked breads, and \u201cbeida roti\u2014kind of like an Egg McMuffin, only good: mincemeat and eggs fried up in chapati.\n\n\u201cIt may seem to some people that I spend an inordinate amount of time eating guts and brains and lungs, things a lot of people might call \u2018gross.\u2019 I won\u2019t deny taking a savage pleasure in shaking people\u2019s assumptions about food. But these neglected parts of the animals we eat are more than just nutritious. They\u2019re really good. If you\u2019re lucky enough to travel to places like India or, for that matter, France, get out of the hotel and try a few local specialties. Finding a new food you like is one of the great things about traveling.\n\n<blockquote class=\"quote--center\"><p>Finding a new food you like is one of the great things about traveling.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\u201cI don\u2019t know if it\u2019s because of the prohibition on alcohol or what, but Muslim cooks have some serious desserts and dessert drinks to offer. At the Taj Mahal Cold Drink House they call this the falooda. The ingredients are fresh coriander seeds, rosewater, noodles\u2014in this case arrowroot, to add a texture somewhat like vermicelli\u2014homemade ice cream in one version, and milk in all versions\u2026 I could easily become addicted to this.\u201d\n\nNote: Bhendi Bazaar, a market district first established by the colonial government in 1893 as a center for migrant male workers, is now home to over 1,200 shops and some 2,500 increasingly dilapidated residences. Bhendi Bazaar is on the cusp of a massive redevelopment plan, meant in part to shore up unsafe conditions, funded by a community trust. One likely result is that some of the street food vendors Tony visited will have been relocated or closed, so you\u2019d be advised to check with local media and those in the know about where best to find the street foods you\u2019re seeking in Mumbai.\n\nThis excerpt is taken from <em>World Travel: An Irreverent Guide<\/em> written by Anthony Bourdain with Laurie Woolever published by Bloomsbury Publishing.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anthony Bourdain\u2019s \u201cWorld Travel: An Irreverent Guide\u201d is an encyclopedia of all things food. In this hefty collection of anecdotes, Bourdain recreates the pages of his passport through a culinary lens. 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