SantoshVadaPav thanks a ton for making our Alibag stay truly worthwhile, amid all formal engagements and round tables in the serene environs of Kashid and Nagaon beaches.
The Wada Pav has a phenomenal taste, exactly as elaborated and endorsed by Amey Kadam ex Bharatiya Digital Party (BhaDiPa) and Bharatiya Touring Party.
If and when you are in Alibag, try their Misal too. Santosh will become your must visit landmark for sure.
Thanks to our architect and developer friend from Ville Parle and Alibaug, Hardik Ajmera, well known for thoughtfully designed residential projects like AlibaugOne and AlibaugDivine, we met Giri Madam, proprietor and manager of Santosh Wada Pav, in person, which is how we learnt about the making of Santosh.
This was the brainchild of Giri Madam's mother in law, which, thanks to the authentic food, welcoming and polite staff, and clean premises, has today become one of Alibaug's most reedeming features, amid the Golem-like real estate spread, mad motorists, bizzare bikers, bad roads, and of course terrorism of tourism, made even more reckless ever since viratkohli made this island his vacation home.
PS: We once had an ancestral property in Alibaug {which was sold for peanuts by our elders} which is why my answer to the taunting remark phrased as a query by most Mumbaikars to dim-witted folks is always a resounding YES.
The question is: Alibaug se aaya hai kya? (Have you come from Alibaug?)
I take it as a compliment as it gives me the much-needed pretext to narrate a tall tale towards matching the Virat Kohli benchmark; how we too once owned a lavish vacation home here. {That it was a vocation home, not exactly lavish, and I never got to live in it are sob stories besides the point}
Talking of Alibaug se aaya hai kya? the Bombay High Court seems to second my stance. In fact, it dismissed a public interest litigation seeking a ban on the phrase, observing that there was nothing derogatory in it, and it should not be taken as humiliation. I profuesly agree, though in a different context. ๐