Pizza and croissant How these expats are mapping Italian, French food in Mumbai
Updated On: 25 June, 2024 09:30 AM IST | Mumbai | Nascimento Pinto
Where do you get the perfect pizza, tiramisu, coffee or croissant in Mumbai? Who better than the Italian and French-origin Mumbaikars themselves? With Mumbai’s love for all kinds of Italian and French food, mid-day.com spoke to Giulia Raffaello and Ellie Flory Fawcett all about food
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Giulia Raffaello (left) along with Essy Ollie discovered Italian food in Mumbai; Ellie Flory Fawcett (right) set out to find the perfect croissant. Photo Courtesy: Giulia Raffaello/Ellie Flory Fawcett
Italian-origin Mumbaikar Giulia Raffaello, who calls Mumbai her home, has been discovering Indian food in the country since 2018. In fact, just last year, she did a series on Indian street food and many people loved it. With a growing interest in food in India, it didn’t take long for the Human Resource professional-turned-content creator to tap into her Italian roots but in Mumbai. She shares, “I noticed an increased interest from my community in Italy, its food and culture. I thought it was time to start reviewing Italian food in India, beginning with Mumbai, my home in India. I wanted to explore and share how easy it is to find authentic Italian cuisine here, helping me enjoy the flavours of home when I miss it.” With that, she set out to document not only the best places for pizzas but also tiramisu and coffee in Mumbai on her Instagram account @onlyonegiulia opening with ‘We are Italians in Mumbai’ in a six-part series.
Mumbaikars love their Indian food but enjoy experimenting with other kinds of food. Undoubtedly, Italian cuisine is one of the most popular and pizzas, are one of our favourite dishes to enjoy. While earlier it was the commercial options of Dominos, Pizza Hut and more, the city’s evolving palate has led to more restaurants serving the Italian delicacy on their menu. Over time, this has led to more restauranteurs not only start pizzerias but also speciality restaurants serving Italian food that beyond pizza to serve coffee, pasta and even tiramisu – all of which are some of the most popular dishes from the cuisine. Interestingly, while Raffaello decided to discover Italian food in Mumbai, Ellie Flory Fawcett of British-French ancestry decided to look for the perfect croissant in Mumbai. With a dearth of authentic French restaurants in Mumbai, the croissant is a start, as it is not only popular in the fancier places but also the local bakeries in a variety of Indianised versions.
Italian and French sojourn in Mumbai
It did not take long for her to start her journey to find the best croissants in the city, which materialised into a 16-part series on her Instagram @elliefloryfawcet last August. She shares, “My inspiration to start the series was my desire to find the best croissant along with the awareness of a growing number of bakeries doing croissants in Mumbai and starting to serve them with more and more variations and flavours. The filled and flavoured croissants were going viral from London to New York, so it was fun to see that wave arrive in Mumbai too.”
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