- These are like right at the
size where you're not sure if you should take a whole bite in one or if you should bite it in half. (upbeat music) - Hello, good morning. - Good morning, everyone, it's Mark Wiens with Migrationology dot
com in Mumbai, India. Good morning, Ying. - Good morning. - We have just checked out of our hotel and we ordered an Uber
and we're on our way to the airport. But our flight is not
out until later tonight, as we're gonna go to the
airport, we're gonna try to check in our bag and
then we're gonna go to the Juhu Beach area in
Mumbai and hopefully hang out around that area for the day before we go back to the airport. (upbeat music) We just made it to the airport. So now we're gonna see
where we can leave our bag for the rest of the day. The baggage storage facility
is in the parking lot of the arrivals area and
our baggage is stored for the next six hours. - Hello. - [Mark] Nice to meet you. - Nice to meet you. - [Mark] Okay, have a great day. - Yeah. - That all went remarkably
smooth and hassle-free. We are now in a mini-minivan
and on our way to go eat. (upbeat music) The taxi just dropped us off very near to Mithibai College, and
we're just going to walk down the road a little bit
to a street food stall that is famous for serving dosa. Can I have the paneer tikka dosa? (speaking in foreign language) Thank you. This place is called Anand Stall and they are famous, especially
for sandwiches and dosas and I did not want to leave India without having a good dosa. I ordered the paneer tikka
dosa and then they give you a little token, you pay at the front there and then you go over
here to the dosa counter to pick it up. I will never get bored of
watching someone make food on the street. (light music) (indistinct chatter) In order to make this
kind of modern version of a dosa, what he did
was he first spread out the batter onto the hot
platter and he cooked the batter and then he added in the cubes of paneer cheese and
then he added in a bunch of different sauces, that
tikka sauce, some chili, he sprinkled on some
seasoning, he added in a handful of dhania which is cilantro and then I thought they were
actually going to keep it all wrapped up inside the dosa but actually they scooped it onto a big
plate and then they served the dosa, they wrapped it
up and served it on the side along with some chutney. Oh, and it's crispy and
soft at the same time. And go in for all of that beautiful, it's almost, yeah, it's
prepared kind of like a curry. But I love how they're
so many greens in there. I think there's green
onions in there as well. Oh, look at that. That looks incredible. Wow! That is incredible. Wow! It's just packed full of flavor. You've got the crispy sort of like spongy but very thin, like almost
like crepe like dosa. And then that curry. I cannot believe how
quickly and how masterfully he whipped up that paneer tikka. I was expecting it to be
good, but that is incredible. And then I will add some
extra chutney to it. I think this is a coconut based chutney. Oh that chutney, oh yeah. It is coconut based. And then I can really taste
the curry leaf in there as well as I think some coriander and some cumin in there, maybe. Some people order and then
just stand around and eat. But other people get their
plate and they go sit in their car or they
go stand somewhere down the sidewalk and eat. You can eat anywhere around here you like. What really makes a difference for me is the, all of that,
those chopped up herbs within the curry and then
of course the chutney. It kind of has a nutty taste to it, too. Almost like cashew tasting
in the curry as well. That was literally just
everything I could possibly want in a dosa. (upbeat music) And we are on our way to Juhu Beach. Thank you. It is really, really windy. Check out Ying's hair. (laughs) Hello. How are you? Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you. And I already have a new friend. What is your name? (indistinct) (light music) It's so windy, so I don't
know if you're gonna be able to hear me on the
microphone, I hope you can, but we came to the beach,
there is so much going on again and I'm sure it's not nearly
as busy as it gets later on in the day, but lots of people here, lots of action going on,
people are flying kites, there are, it's just a colorful display of people and clothes and things for sale. And I came to the beach so
I had to order a coconut. Few things are greater
at refreshing oneself than a fresh coconut. Oh, coconut water is delicious. It started raining
pretty hard so we came in to the, like food court, hawker
stall, street food section and there's just a ton of food in here. Walking around now, lots
and lots of different chaats and snacks to eat, I just
gotta find the right place to eat now. (light music) There is a torrential downpour right now and the wind is just
whipping through this alley of food stalls. And actually it feels really
good because it's so cool but it is kind of a chaotic environment and pao bhaji is one of the
ultimate Mumbai street food snacks available everywhere. This will be my first time
to try it in Mumbai so far, I haven't had a chance
yet but I'm glad it, you can actually just smell
the pao bhaji being cooked within these stalls within the alleys. And I hope you can hear
me over that music. So in order to make the pao phaji, what they do is they take
tomatoes and potatoes and a bunch of different
spices and then they cook it on a huge giant round hot skillet and it just slowly cooks
and they slowly like mash it down with all the spices. They mix it with butter,
and then they just sort of store it on the side of the
hot plate throughout the day and then when it's ordered
they grab some of it and stick it into the
middle of the hot plate and mix it with water, I think, and then make it into a kind of a sauce and then add lots of butter again, and then they take bread and
add some butter to the bread of course and then fry it on the hot plate to crispify it, and
then they serve it here and this is, you know,
it's the combination of pao, which is a bun like
this, and then the bhaji, which is this tomato,
potato puree with spices. Mm. You can feel the starchiness of the potato but then it has a really
nice like tartness from the tomato and then it's a little bit spicy, you can taste that blend of cumin and
turmeric in there as well. And then yeah, you can
taste the butter in there quite well as well. I'm gonna take a piece of the bread next. Probably mix in with some of the onions. Oh, and that little blob of butter on the top there as well. Mm. That's a very buttery, fluffy roll. And then I really like it with the onions because they're crisp and
they give it that extra onion taste, onions never hurt anything. I can see why this is so attractive. It is a nice combination. (speaking in foreign language) Thank you. Bombay bhelpuri. - Bombay bhelpuri. - Okay. The next snack I wanted to
try here is mumbai bhelpuri. And this is a snack mixture. There are, I think it's puffy rice with a bunch of different crunchy things and he really stirred it up in a chutney and then he mixed it with,
there is some cilantro, some dhania, and then also
some other little crispies in here, and this is another, like, just like a mixture of
different crispies and chutneys. They stuck a couple spoons in it. Oh yeah, and also there's lots
of onions in here as well. And you can see, I think these
are all little rice crispies and little crunchy bits. Mm! - [Man] Chili sauce? - Okay, yes. Chili sauce, chili sauce. On the side. (speaking in foreign language) Thank you. Oh, he just added on
some extra chili sauce and some onions. And then for this one,
I'm gonna take the lime. And squeeze it all over. It's kind of sweet and savory and crispy. Yeah, it tastes like
rice crispies, just mixed with all sorts of sweet and
tangy and spicy and onions. Oh, and there's some potatoes in there, on the bottom there too, I think. Mm, oh yeah, with that hit, with that squeeze of lime. That's nice because it contrasts
that sweet, tangy sauce. These little spoons are kind of flimsy. Mm. This is a good beach snack. So I would really recommend
that you try pao bhaji when you come to Juhu,
there are many, many places to eat pao bhaji and there
are lots and lots of food. The bhelpuri was awesome and the stall and the owner there was really nice. (light music) We are heading to go try and
find one more last chaat, one snack before we head
back to the airport. This will be the final, final snack. I gotta hope it's open. (light music) Okay, thank you. Luckily the stall is open,
so one more last chaat before we go the airport. (speaking in foreign language) Can I have sev puri? - Sev puri? Yeah, sure, sure. - [Mark] Thank you. (speaking in foreign language) Yes. - [Man] So you are here
for, travel or something? - [Mark] Yes, travel to eat. - [Man] Travel to eat? (laughs) (speaking in foreign language) - This stall is located on
the corner of Sixth Street, which is in the neighborhood
just kind of back from Juhu Beach, and it's actually right, just kind of in the
neighborhood from where we ate that dosa a couple hours ago. But I'm so glad they're
open, I really wanted to try their sev puri before leaving Mumbai. It's topped with so many ingredients but under here there are little discs. And what he does, crispy discs. And what he does is he takes the discs, puts on some potatoes and some onions and a bunch of different
chutneys and then sprinkles it with all these crispies and then, what are these things? I'm not totally sure and
then some dhania cilantro, and chili, and so it's like a little disc of many toppings and if
I take out the first one hopefully we can all see what is inside. Oh, yeah. The cross section. There are onions in there and potatoes. Mm! Oh, this is one of my favorite chaats. Mm! That potato is so creamy
that it almost reminds me of guacamole, it's like avocado almost. You got a little bit of spice going on, it burns your throat a
little bit going down, and then you can taste the sweetness from the chutney, it's so well balanced and that is an awesome snack. It's like crunchy and juicy. I wanna taste on of these little things. I'm not totally sure what that, this is. Mm! I think that's mango. Mm. Nice and sour and crisp. These are right at that size where they are almost too
big to take a full bite but then at the same time you're not sure if you want to bite it in
half and risk collapsing the entire, the entire snack bite. I'll go with the one bite. Those chutneys. And then everything just
collapses in your mouth. Okay, thank you. - International, domestic? - International. Terminal two. - Huh? - Terminal two. - Oh, oh. - Okay, thank you. No, it is a microphone. - Oh. - Do you see for wind, for audio. - Ah, my photo. - Yes. What is your name? - Hami Nash. - Hami Nash, nice to meet you. I am so glad that we got
to stop at that chaat stall for our last bite to eat in Mumbai. That was stunning. That's one of my favorite
chaats, sev puri, and that was a great, great version of it. (speaking in foreign language) Oh, sev puri is so good. (speaking in foreign language) We're not racing to catch our flight, but we are sort of racing
back to the airport because I want to avoid
paying the next level fee for our baggage storage. So we're hoping to get back in time to grab our bags. (light music) Our driver just stopped and got out to use the restroom. So I'm hoping we'll still make it. Okay, for you. - [Ying] Thank you. - Thank you, okay. Have a nice day, nice day. There's nothing quite like rolling up to an international airport
in an auto rickshaw. We made it back to the luggage stand with literally three minutes to spare. If our auto rickshaw driver
had spent three more minutes in the bathroom during his bathroom break in the middle of our ride, we
would have missed that level and had to pay extra for
our bag at the baggage drop. No, he was, he was a really fun driver. He was a really nice guy. (light music) We got all checked into the airport and went through
immigration and we are now sitting at the Air India lounge. We have about three hours
until our flight even boards. But I wanted to come
here early just to relax in the lounge and also I
have a lot of work to do so I'm gonna sit here and
well, actually I'll probably go eat right now and see
what they have for food. (light music) I'm gonna need a couple of cups of coffee. And I sort of went with half salad, Mediterranean food and half Indian food. I love chili paneer, so I had
to go for some chili paneer. Mm. Yeah. Chili paneer's one of the great dishes. I've definitely had a lack of salad in the last few days, so
I'm ready to eat some salad. I got some email done
and I could not resist going for another plate of food. They brought out some new
dishes and I got mostly salad but I could not resist a
piece of lamb rogan josh, which is an amazing dish. Oh, that's like a big chunk of something. Oh, look how tender that lamb is. I'm gonna have to go back
and get some more of that. Oh, that's amazing. Tender lamb. Tomatoey, just wonderful sauce. Oh, that's good. It has been an amazing trip to Mumbai and it's only been four
days but it's been a pretty action-packed four days
and I think we managed to do quite a bit and eat some
incredibly delicious food. A special thank you to all of
you for your recommendations for all the food to eat in Mumbai. (light music) (indistinct) Thank you very much. Ying is pretending to be asleep. And this is going to be
about a three hour ride, flight to Muscat, Oman. (light music) Dinner on the flight is served. I went for the angara murgh masala. Oh, and there's a chili on top here. How wonderful for that chicken masala. You can taste the blend of masala spices, it's buttery, it's nutty, and it's creamy. Take a bite of the dahl. (upbeat music) - [Loudspeaker] Passengers,
return our request to kindly remain seated. And we'll be-- - Thank you. Okay, we just landed in Muscat. It is 11:30 PM at night and
they said it's 39 degrees. Oh, you can feel that oven heat. Thank you, Air India, for the good flight. And Star Alliance. We're just now waiting for our bag and then we're gonna
catch a taxi to our hotel. City Seasons Hotel. - Okay, City Seasons Hotel? - Hotel, yes. City Seasons Hotel. - Ah, City Seasons Hotel. - Thank you. (upbeat music) Hi, good evening. - [Man] Hello. - Taxi was pretty expensive. We are definitely in a
different country now. Just a very quick tour of the room, this is the bathroom, nice and spacious. And then this is the main room here. Blue and desert themed. I'm excited to be in Muscat, Oman. This is my very first trip visit to Oman, but I'm about to go to sleep now, it's been a long day, I'm pretty tired. So I'm gonna end the video for today now, thank you all for watching. Please remember to give it a
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will see you on the next video for our first full day in Muscat, Oman. (beep) I think that's a big chunk of cauliflower. Oh. Oh, tomato just went flying under my lap. That's why, that's why they have napkins. (chuckles) (light music)
