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New Kulfi Centre
Serves the best kulfi (firm-textured ice cream flavoured, often with pistachio) you’ll have anywhere, which means it’s the best-tasting thing in the entire world. When you order, the kulfi is placed on a betel-nut leaf and then weighed on an ancient scale – which makes it even better.
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Janta Sweets
The 'home of sweets' comes pretty close to the money, with superb mawa ladoo and mawa katchori, and a high customer turnover.
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Neha Snacks
Locals flock to this Punjabi place for pure-veg snacks like channa puri (chickpea curry with bread) and Indian sweets.
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Gopal Pali Prosida Monda Sweet Shop
Few locals visit the rajbari, but they do all visit the famous Gopal Pali Prosida Monda Sweet Shop, which makes the best monda (grainy, sweetened yogurt cake) in the country. Two hundred years ago the Pal family cooked these delicious sweetmeats for the zamindar (landowner), who liked them so much that he employed the family. When the landowner’s family left during Partition, the Pal family opened up shop and have been in business ever since. This isn’t just a shop though, oh no! Start thinking of a strait-laced Bordeaux wine chateau and you’re on the right track. The tasting room is a delightful faded-yellow room with hard wooden roof beams and a handful of polished tabl…
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Green House
The Green House is the casual front restaurant at the House of MG. Choose the fan-blasted outdoor courtyard or the AC room with a big-screen TV. The selection of Gujarati dishes is superb. Do try the house special sharbat; and the delicate and delicious panki, a thin crepe cooked between banana leaves; or the divine malpura, a sweet, deep-fried pancake in saffron syrup, topped with rose petals. And don’t leave without trying the hand-churned ice cream.
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Nakwon Arcade Rice Cake Shops
When Japan abolished the Korean monarchy in 1910, the palace tteok makers were sacked, so they opened small shops just north of Tapgol Park and sold their tteok to the public. Some of the shops are still run by their descendants. White, cupcake tteok have a fermented flavour, while others are flavoured with nuts and dried fruits.
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Sweet Dynasty
From a dessert-and-congee shop, the Sweet Dynasty has evolved into a mini empire with locations in Shanghai, Taiwan and Japan, its extensive menu embracing all things casual and Cantonese. But its desserts (from $17 to $50) and congee are still the best. It’s clean and modern, but gets crowded when busy.
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Kazariya
For more than 300 years, Kazariya has been specialising in aburi-mochi (grilled rice cakes coated with soya-bean flour) and served with miso-dare (sweet-bean paste). It’s a nice place to go for some tea and a sweet after exploring the grounds of Daitoku-ji.
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Agra Sweets
This sweet shop, opposite Sojati Gate, sells good lassis, as well as delectable Jodhpur specialities such as mawa ladoo (a milk sweet made with sugar, cardamom and pistachios, wrapped in silver leaf) and the baklava-like mawa kachori.
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Khaao Chae Naang Ram
Khâao châe (camphor-scented chilled rice served with sweet/savoury titbits) is a dish associated with Phetburi, and a good place to sample it is at this renowned roadside stall in front of a noodle restaurant.
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Hot Spot
A top spot to satiate sugar cravings, this trendy little nook has mouthwatering sweet treats that include homemade ice cream, gorgeous cakes, crepes and waffles. It also does fab smoothies and coffee.
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Ghantewala
Delhi’s most famous sweetery, ‘the bell ringer’ has been churning out mithai (Indian sweets) since 1790. Try some sohan halwa (ghee-dipped gram flour biscuits).
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King Coconut
This is a lively, popular spot beside the beach. There's a long menu of curries and seafood, but this place is probably best just for enjoying a drink and the view.
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Manali Sweets
Manali’s favourite dhaba, serving Indian sticky sweets, hot chai , samosas and hot veg snacks from early morning to late at night.
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KC Das
This historic, if not especially atmospheric, Bengali sweet shop invented rasgulla (syrupy sponge balls) in 1868. Seating available.
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Kanji
Across the road from Rawat Kachori, with a fabulous array of great Indian sweets is Kanji .
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Jarokha/Gupta Brothers
A wooden spiral stairway leads up to a haveli-style vegetarian dining room above this celebrated Bengali sweet shop.
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Rajshahi Misty Bari
Rajshahi Misty Bari is one of the better of the many Bengali sweet shops that clutter the centre.
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Mendayla Sweets
For Indian sweets, ice cream, yogurt, chocolate, even samosas and pizza, head to this bright sweets shop.
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Scoop Ice Creams
Sells various flavours of velvety ice cream including mango and choc-chip.
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Raymahal Sweets and Fire Foods
An excellent range of sugary treats and Western fast-food imitations.
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Tenmonkan Mujyaki
Slake Kagoshima's steamy summers with highly refreshing kakigori (shaved ice with condensed milk, fruits and beans). Go for the shirokuma, with toppings arranged to look like its namesake polar bear. Look for the polar bear outside.
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Okashi no Hidaka
Peruse, if you will, the refrigerator case of luscious-looking Japanese and Western pastries, but order the giant nanjakō-daifuku (dumpling of sweet bean paste, strawberry, chestnut and cheese in a wrapper of airy mochi). Cheese manju (dumplings) are another signature taste of Miyazaki.
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Jalebiwala
Calories schmalories! Century-old Jalebiwala does Delhi’s – if not India’s – finest jalebis (deep-fried ‘squiggles’), so pig out and worry about your waistline tomorrow. Luring everyone from taxi-wallahs to Bollywood stars, you’ll quickly see what all the fuss is about once you’ve taken your first crunchy-yet-oh-so-syrupy bite.
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Chhotu Motu Joshi Sweet Shop
Bikaner’s most-loved sweet stop has an assortment of Indian treats. Try the milk sweet rasmalai (cottage cheese dumplings; Rs16) and saffron kesar cham cham (milk, sugar and saffron-flavoured sweet; Rs6).
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