Mamledar

Address: Near Thane ZP office

Price: 15-25/-

Many eons ago, we cornered the Party Giver to treat us for a just cause. "I am willing to give you guys a party, but it's at a place of my choice" said he, the Party Giver, who was not known for treating any living creature for free at all. Little did we know then, what was in store for us. We all trooped down to this small, dingy place beside the Thane Zilla Parishad (ZP for short). The board read "Mamledar" and we all went in and sat down on the benches. The six glasses of water per person on the table should have been warning enough. The Party Giver says to the waiter "Missal ani Tikhat". My hackles were raised, but somehow managed to quell the disaster signals blaring in my mind.

The missal arrived promptly on the table sporting a fiery red colour which unnerved each one of us. We all grabbed the Pav (Bread) and dipped into the missal and put it in our mouths. That was when all the bombs went off simultaneously. The six glasses of water were insufficient to douse the fire raging in our mouth. The Party Giver was laughing his heart out at our miserable faces which were dripping with copious amounts of sweat from every pore, a reaction to the injection of this extra hot missal. Then, I truly wondered whether this was a treat or a punishment for badgering the Party Giver to part with his money to feed us.

But, we have never forgotten what we ate that day. We found that the extra hot missal tasted really good and after repeat trips, our mouths got, well, tolerant of the fire which we shoved into it each time.

So there it is, for the most fiery, hot, tasty and mind numbingly famous missal in Thane, head to Mamledar. For first timers, ask them to give you the medium option. Normally, there is bound to be a huge crowd around Mamledar, waiting to get their daily fix. If you persevere, you will be seated in 10 minutes.

PS: The recipe to make this missal reach such fiery hot levels is a Mamledar secret. I wonder if they can make more money by selling the recipe to weapons manufacturers.