Mumbai's Vada Pav joins world's top 15 sandwiches

Mumbai's Vada Pav joins world's top 15 sandwiches

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Category : State Published on: March 07 2023

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  • Mumbai's famous street food "vada pav" has been ranked number 13 on a list of the top 50 best rated sandwiches in the world.
  • The ranking was shared by ‘TasteAtlas’.
  • Vada Pav was on the 13th number, and the food item received a rating of 4.4. Taste Atlas shared the entire list which consisted of 50 dishes. While the first one was Tombik, the last one on the list was Torta Ahogada.
  • Vada pav street food is said to have originated from a street vendor named Ashok Vaidya, who operated near Dadar railway station in the 1960s and 1970s.
  • Traditionally vada pav is made of spiced mashed potatoes, deep fried in chickpea batter and pav, which is also known as white bread roll.
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