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