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DON'T MISS
For many, a visit to cosmopolitan Mumbai is all about dining, nightlife and shopping, but the city offers far more
than nocturnal amusement and retail therapy. Nowhere is that more evident than in the spectacular maze of Goth-
ic, Victorian, Indo-Saracenic and art deco architecture, remnants of the British colonial era and countless years of
European influence.
Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus
,
High Court
,
University of Mumbai
,
Taj Mahal Palace
hotel and the
Gateway of India
are just the most prominent: the city is laced with architectural jewels, and stum-
bling upon them is one of Mumbai's great joys.
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Food
Mumbai is a city shaped by flavours from all over India and the world. Go on a cultural
history tour by sampling Parsi
dhansak
(meat with curried lentils and rice), Gujarati or
Keralan thalis ('all-you-can-eat' meals), Mughlai kebabs, Goan vindaloo and Man-
galorean seafood. And don't forget, if you see Bombay duck on a menu, it's actually
bom-
bil
fish dried in the sun and deep-fried. Streetwise, don't miss Mumbai's famous
bhelpuri
(puffed rice tossed with fried rounds of dough, lentils, onions, herbs and chutneys). Stalls
offering
bhelpuri
, as well as samosas,
pav bhaji
(spiced vegetables and bread),
vada pav
(deep-fried spiced lentil-ball sandwich), bhurji pav (scrambled eggs and bread) and
dabeli
(a mixture of potatoes, spices, peanuts and pomegranate, also on bread), do a brisk trade
around the city.
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