Sitaram Dewanchand Chana (Chholey) Bhaturewala (2246, Chuna Mandi, near Imperial Cinema, Paharganj, Delhi).

In a nutshell:

One of the best Chholey Bhature in Delhi

The outside view of the eatery

GoogleMap: Sitaram Dewanchand

Chholey Bhature, aloo subzi, pickles

Cuisine Type: Vegetarian

Meal for 2: See pic below

menu card & price list displayed on the wall

How to get there:

At Ramakrishna Ashram Metro station, ask for Imperial Cinema. Once u reach there, ask for the Sitaram Dewanchand. Advisable not to take ur car there due to severe parking issues. Park ur car in CP & take an auto or just take a metro & then walk.

Imperial Cinema - Without this as a landmark, u will keep searching all over Pahargunj

Description:
We were surprised to see a Queue as we entered the shop at around 9.00am on a sunday morning. As we waited, a tall, smooth worded guy actually pulled off a typical Dilli sifarish for jumping the queue – He spoke to someone on his mobile & actually handed over the phone to the shop owner & the Gentleman obliged!!!!!

Queue as u enter the shop

While we waited for our turn to get a bite, we caught a glimpse of bhature stored in a hot chamber in trays. Seeing that we realized that we r not getting freshly fried bhatures but ‘already made’ ones. Much later while we were walking out (post meal) we saw a fresh consignment of bhatures from the kitchen. Those looked round & puffed like it is in bikanervala or Om sweets. So we missed it by a margin of approx. 25 minutes. Better luck next time.

aloo ki subzi

The Bhatures that we had were refried on tawa & served. So it is not swollen or puffed like we r used to see freshly fried bhatures. However, inspite of that, the taste of bhature was excellent on its own (without any accompaniment). There were lots of paneer strips & chopped coriander leaf inside the – super soft & much tastier than what it looked like. Wowwwwwwww was the taste. Inspite of being reheated & served, the bhature tasted better than even the freshly fried ones at Om sweets or Bikanervala.

The Bhatures being refried & served

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Taj Pabitra Bhojanalaya (on NH8, left side, just before u reach the Behror flyover from Jaipur side)

In a nutshell:

Huge modern setup, nice waiting staff, Good food but taste & ‘spiciness’ much mellowed down to meet the requirement of urban highway travellers – I expected the taste to be a lot more rustic.

the dhaba from outside - with a little parking space

Meal for 2: Rs. 200 onwards

Cuisine Type: Vegetarian

Description:

Most families with kids wud love this place – spacious, relatively neat & clean & not too spicy food.

a section of the menu card - see the tea vs spret tea concept (u will enjoy more if u can read Hindi)

Hardcore foodies like us might have preferred all the above comforts to a rustic, local spicy flavor.

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Bikanervala (sector 29, Gurgaon)

In a nutshell :

Pretty Good north indian vegetarian cuisine – jack of all trades masters of none.

Address & Company website: Bikanervala

Cuisine type: Vegetarian

Food for 2 – Rs. 200 onwards

Short Description – In case u r in a hurry:

This is one of the largest eateries in Gurgaon in terms of sheer size. It’s a very good place to happily eat out at low cost & buy sweets as well. I would not say that any of the food available is the ‘best I have ever had’ but almost all are good & surely much better than average. To list a few,poori subzi for breakfast, Ghar wali thali, Speciality Thali, Paneer tikka, Aloo tikki, tandoori platter, pao bhaji, kali daal, Jalebis, select bengali sweets, motichur ke laddoo, kalakand are some of the best that u get in Gurgaon. However, as I mentioned, I have had better in some or the other place (specialists).

They also serve Chindian (Indian version of Chinese food which the Chinese National have never heard about e.g. Veg Manchurian etc), South Indian, Bakery items (bekaar eee) & a lot of good bhujias in pre packs that u can buy over the counter.

Detailed Description – In case u have time to enjoy the read:

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