Old Delhi Food|Heritage| Cultural Tour–Winner of 2020 Best Of The Best Around The World & among 10 BEST IN INDIA- Tripadvisor Travelers’ Choice Award
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We will take you through the charming quarter of Old Delhi, experiencing the variety of food and visiting one of the best well maintained Haveli (old-style 3-storied home with a central courtyard f
lanked by rooms with 58 doors). Before visiting the home ( Masterji Kee Haveli) , you will take a walk through a local bazaar. Sitaram Bazaar area has colourful and interesting street food and is crowned with the oldest shops with many world originated delicacies. The best of the best chat can be had here offering Chat Papri, Laccha Tokri, Desi Ghee Tikki, Moong Pakori,Kulche Chole, Dahi Bhalla, Bedwee Aloo and Kachori Alu are just lip smacking. Apart from that you can also have Samudra Kee Chat, Brown & White fresh milk cake, Kulfi, Ice creams, Hot Kadai Milk, Halwa Nangori etc. The area is also home to several small temples and shrines. Cows wander the streets, small dharamshalas (rest-houses) and pyaus (water-stations) attest to the pious contributions of local merchants. It is a guided experience, in English, which lasts about 3 ½ wonderful hours. Our patrons will be met at the designated Metro Station “Chawari Bazar”, where you will start exploring the galis of Shahjahanabad, the capital city built by Emperor Shah Jahan (1628-1658) and from where PT. JAWAHARLAL NEHRU, the first Prime Minister of Independent India got married. Our discoveries while wandering the streets of Sitaram Bazar inspires you to feel more hungry that we call flavour of Delhi. After the walk, we will take you to a Hindu home ( Masterji Kee Haveli) in Old Delhi, for a demonstration and tasting of traditional home-style Indian vegetarian cooking. Haveli is a fine edifice that has been built on the lines of traditional Mughal architecture. Any onlooker is sure to be impressed with the carved pillars where a complimentary delicious meal will be served to you. You can choose to participate in the cooking, or merely watch and learn. The haveli has a beautiful terrace from where, there are spectacular 360 degree views of Old Delhi in all its higgledy-piggledy chaos which includes view of Jama Masjid, Chawadi Bazar Metro Station, Jhandewalan Temple, New Delhi Railway Station, Connaught Place etc. The family is Hindu vegetarian; they are old time residents of Shahjahanabad; and this is one of the few homes that hasn’t been broken down or divided into pieces and sold to multiple people. It is a chance to visit a traditional home and see what life is really like in this narrow crowded part of Old Delhi, where adjacent houses share a common wall and everyone knows everyone else!
