I’m in Bombay: capital of finger-licking, lip-smacking chat-put chaat and eating always, constantly, around the clock.
One of Bombay’s best (and most famous) foods is the “Breach Candy Sandwich”- aka the Grilled Veggie Sandwich. The Breach Candy Sandwich is a double-decker crispy feast. Mmm I’m getting hungry. It’s on three huge triangular pieces of buttered bread, which are slathered with chutney and then piled high with potatoes, tomatoes, onions, capsicums, shredded cheese, and then sprinkled with some secret masala for which I will figure out the recipe through eating the sandwich once a week while I’m here.
You get it at this small hole-in-the-wall take-out place aptly named “The Right Place” in Breach Candy (some section of South Bombay close to my Dadi’s house). It’s always really crowded, and the space is really tiny. You pay in the front (Grilled Veggie Sandwich with Cheese is Rs. 45) and then kind of slither your way to the back of this joint, where you wait in hungry anticipation while the man behind the tin cart goes through the process….
The Slathering of Butter Upon Bread:
The Spreading of Green Chutney Upon Buttered Slices:
The Mountains of Shredded Cheese:
The Cutting Of The Sandwich Into Manageable Pieces:
Does that not look amaaazing? This is the sandwich I always talk about. Vegetarian sandwiches in the US do not compare to this. It’s buttery, crispy, flavorful and filling (it’s a struggle to finish one). In past years, the sandwich has definitely been more tasty than when I had it last week (two days after I landed)… I think they changed the chutney making man.
Well, this concludes No. 1 in Bombay food.
Hot weblog yaar!! You should make lot’s of money so we can pahrty yaar!! You are the shiznit yaar!!! Let’s go to my auntie’s home and do it yaar!!
Didn’t those guys also serve those giant soft serves and what was that place called – Snowmans if I recall correctly. The sandwiches there are just great.
Mumbai Metroblogging seems to have picked this up here.
Surely wish I were in Mumbai instead of Washington DC. So hungry.
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where can i find a sandwich like this in new york? my it looks good.
Hi Genevieve,
I don’t know! I haven’t found any of these sandwiches in New York but I would love to open a tiny shop that served them. I’d be rich and happy since so many people would start loving it… I really don’t know why there is no such sandwich shop in New York.As you might realize, I’ve written about the breach candy sandwich about 4 times in the past year. It is that good.
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thats one good looking sandwich – gonna make it at home! (or take the next flight out to bombay – whichever’s faster!)…thanks for the step-by-step photos!
mentioned it on my post abt the s/wich. it was great btw.
http://arundathi-foodblog.blogspot.com/2008/08/bombay-grilled-sandwich.html
Thank you for this awesome post! I love the Breach Candy Triple Decker sandwich and just thought of recreating it at my home in London, so I did a search and came across your blog. Seeing the photos brought back memories of stopping by The Right Place for lunch on so many occasions and relishing these delicious sandwiches :)
This lady has also posted the recipe on her blog, in case helpful to anyone else here:
http://delhibelle.blogspot.com/2008/05/ultimate-triple-decker-grilled-sandwich.html