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Karim’s, near Jama Masjid in Old Delhi, is one of my food pilgrimage places (I have a food pilgrimage place in almost any place I go to). One of those places where the owner can be heard asking “Oh really ? People actually eat vegetables too”?.

It’s a 100 year old restaurant serving Mughlai food. Mughlai is the name for food that originated in the Mughal empire. The Mughals, who did everything in style, thankfully took their food very seriously and bequeathed to us this great culinary tradition.

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I always find eating at Karim’s agonizing. Everything is so good that I look around at other tables and wish I could order and eat all that too. Typical foodie’s problem – the spirit is ever willing, but after a point the flesh says “That’s it, boss ! This far and no further”.

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Karim’s is named after the founder Haji Karimuddin. Karimuddin’s father was a cook in the kitchen of Bahadur Shah Zafar, the last Mughal emperor of Delhi – that’s some resume, huh ? The family tradition continues, and Karim’s has been a favourite of latter day big shots too, like Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and President Zakir Husain.

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