hmm..bakeries...the first thing that comes to my mind would be Anns.....and then i get all lost ..and would be drooling...thinking of all the donuts...brownies..(they've got the best!!unlike the rock solid ones at Jacobs..)..meat samosas....marble cakes...yummy yum....:)...and the most delicious of all...their rum-berry cake!!!!!!!!!!!!aah!!!!its eaten best when made cold and cut into tiny pieces....just pure genius!!!!!!k...i guess I've created a drool puddle....:p
I've known Anns..since forever....hmm...but I guess the nostalgia is even more stronger of those days I had come for the summer vacations....I remember coming and having tonnes of laddoos and jalebis with my cousins....man..those were the times...and all the aunties packing their suitcases with marble cakes and halwas....but i guess the most vibrant and colorful memory I have of Anns...would be..the "Christmas Tree" lady..the one who used to sit at the counter...man was she...umm...chrismassy!!!!!!as far as I can remember....I don't think she's ever worn the same churidar/saree more than once....but if you wanna see her now...she's moved onto Jacob's...and is chrismassy than ever!!!:D
But now...with all the fame...Anns has changed....A LOT!!!!I mean..all the food gets over before one in the afternoon...they've started their own brand named stuff...in a nutshell..they have become big "pulli's"!!!!and hence I move onto my next and current favorite bakery...Best!!!!!and well...it doesn't exactly give justice to the name...but its good enough....especially..the bun!!!!!!!!!!!its sooooooo soft..it literally melts in your mouth....aah....and then they've got this yucky goo called butter bean..it's got this fluorescent green color and I have this strong feeling that they make it out of alien poop.....(I'm still researching on that...;)...)...and this is the only bakery that I have seen that sells chicken puffs....and there is this very exquisite..(with a lil' bit of sarcasm..)..."thing"..that they sell..at like one in the afternoon....its this roll..(actually..its just chicken curry wrapped in porota)......but I find it to be one of a kind...
But the most pathetic part about these bakeries in Kottayam...is the way they try to compete...to compete with Best...well..that's what Better bakery is for....but I don't get it...isn't it Good Better Best???so isn't Best better than Better?????so..I really don't see the point...and then there is Aariyaas...well...they've got a lot of pastries!!!all kinds of stuff we haven't even heard about!!!!I guess that would be the only bakery that sells marshmallows...(that taste like crap...but that's not the point!!!!)...and they've got these small miniature puffs that look really cute and taste...well...heavenly!!!!!!and last but not least on my list of the Awesomest Bakeries in Kottayam..(only I would be cuckoo enough to come up with such a preposterous list !!!)...would be AM Bakers...man are their shavarmas mouth watering!!!!!it reminds me of Dufai all over again!!!!!!
Well...these are the bakeries that have changed my life..one way or another...(actually not in any way I know of than a full stomach..).....but ..."I rather live to eat than eat to live!!!"....:)...
I've known Anns..since forever....hmm...but I guess the nostalgia is even more stronger of those days I had come for the summer vacations....I remember coming and having tonnes of laddoos and jalebis with my cousins....man..those were the times...and all the aunties packing their suitcases with marble cakes and halwas....but i guess the most vibrant and colorful memory I have of Anns...would be..the "Christmas Tree" lady..the one who used to sit at the counter...man was she...umm...chrismassy!!!!!!as far as I can remember....I don't think she's ever worn the same churidar/saree more than once....but if you wanna see her now...she's moved onto Jacob's...and is chrismassy than ever!!!:D
But now...with all the fame...Anns has changed....A LOT!!!!I mean..all the food gets over before one in the afternoon...they've started their own brand named stuff...in a nutshell..they have become big "pulli's"!!!!and hence I move onto my next and current favorite bakery...Best!!!!!and well...it doesn't exactly give justice to the name...but its good enough....especially..the bun!!!!!!!!!!!its sooooooo soft..it literally melts in your mouth....aah....and then they've got this yucky goo called butter bean..it's got this fluorescent green color and I have this strong feeling that they make it out of alien poop.....(I'm still researching on that...;)...)...and this is the only bakery that I have seen that sells chicken puffs....and there is this very exquisite..(with a lil' bit of sarcasm..)..."thing"..that they sell..at like one in the afternoon....its this roll..(actually..its just chicken curry wrapped in porota)......but I find it to be one of a kind...
But the most pathetic part about these bakeries in Kottayam...is the way they try to compete...to compete with Best...well..that's what Better bakery is for....but I don't get it...isn't it Good Better Best???so isn't Best better than Better?????so..I really don't see the point...and then there is Aariyaas...well...they've got a lot of pastries!!!all kinds of stuff we haven't even heard about!!!!I guess that would be the only bakery that sells marshmallows...(that taste like crap...but that's not the point!!!!)...and they've got these small miniature puffs that look really cute and taste...well...heavenly!!!!!!and last but not least on my list of the Awesomest Bakeries in Kottayam..(only I would be cuckoo enough to come up with such a preposterous list !!!)...would be AM Bakers...man are their shavarmas mouth watering!!!!!it reminds me of Dufai all over again!!!!!!
Well...these are the bakeries that have changed my life..one way or another...(actually not in any way I know of than a full stomach..).....but ..."I rather live to eat than eat to live!!!"....:)...
