I bought a box of Parle Cheeslings last time we were at the Indian store. I love Cheeselings. They remind me of my childhood which seems like it happened a lifetime ago. Cheeselings and Frooti were everything that basically summed up my childhood. Ooh, and Corn Puffs too. Not any fancy kind of corn puffs but the real cheap one that was extremely spicy and was just labelled Corn Puffs. God, I’d kill for one of those right now.
I think I have one food to represent every phase of my life. Right now I would like some good pani puri to represent this phase but I am yet to find a place in the Bay Area that really sells me on their pani puri. So please, readers, if you live in the Bay Area tell me where I can go to get my fix. Living on an absence of Shri Mithai in my life is not doing me any good!
Maybe In Madras 
Where in the Bay area are you? There is a chaat place in Mountain View that I went to in December!
I live in the South Bay. What’s the name of the place in Mountain View?
It’s called Chaat Paradise, I think. It’s at the Indian center on 165 El Camino real.
i remember those corn puffs * i would eat two to three packets in one go* oh how my eyes watered ! :P
Lol yeah, but totally worth it! :)
Have you tried Vik’s in Berkeley? They have amazing streetfood! I loveeeee their cholay bhaturay, and my husband is sold on all of their chats :)
I haven’t been there! I will definitely drag the husband there soon! Thanks for the recommendation. :)
And some food items are just phaseless for me, pani puri and cakes fall in that category. Hope you find a place serving panipuries soon.
Yup, I will post my findings soon enough! :)
Dhana bazaar in Fremont, Chaat bhavan sunnyvale or Fremont, Radhe Chaat, Santaclara India Chat house, sunnyvale.. :-) Although haven’t found the pani puri of my dreams here in the bay area yet!!
Thanks for so many options! I will try out some of them!