d TimesBorn on chai, frankies and pav. A menu the city quotes back to us.
★ Stay Hungry, Stay Bhukkad ★We don’t serve Indian food.
We serve a feeling — the kind that takes you back to Bombay’s footpaths at midnight with a vada pav in one hand and a kulhad in the other.
Two young entrepreneurs. One deep, irrational love for Indian street food. A few thousand burnt fingers from kettles full of cutting chai.
The Bhukkad Café screams of nostalgia on every page of the menu — inspired from the busy, chaotic, beautiful streets of India. Ambassador taxis, kulhads of chai, Mumbai’s CST, the BEST bus.
★ Dubai · Since 2018 ★
Someone craving or consuming large quantities of food. A title earned, not given.
From a single Karama café to seven outlets across the UAE — a journey written one vada pav, one BEST-bus ticket at a time.
Reshmi Mukherjee & Parth Kapur — Co-Founder & CEO — opened the first Bhukkad in Karama in 2018. Two serial entrepreneurs who’d eaten their way through every gali in Bombay before they ever wrote a business plan.
“Franchising globally, one vada pav at a time.” — Reshmi
“Stay Hungry, Stay Bhukkad.” — Parth
Puchka, papdi chaat, kathi rolls — Bengal’s contribution to your hunger, served on banana leaf with a side of mustard oil.
Khaleej Times. Cosmopolitan ME. Curly Tales. Lovin’ Dubai. Six years, a thousand reviews, a single chutney recipe.
“Resonates with nostalgia on every page of its menu.”
“A hidden food gem with insta-worthy plates.”
“Lip-smacking desi dishes with a playful twist.”
“The #1 voted resto and café for open mic night.”
Tag us. We’ll find you.
Open mic nights, cutting chai, and the best vada pav this side of Bombay.
Seven outlets across the UAE in six years. A menu of viral street food. A brand that locals know by name.
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Indian street food has the best food-cost story in casual dining. We'll show you the numbers.
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Tabloid traditions for the digital age — a sudoku you can win on a chai break, a four-panel comic, and a horoscope only a hungry person could write.
A spicy week. You will start a chutney argument and finish it.
Order: Vada PavMercury says: order the thali. Mercury is usually right.
Order: Big Bhukkad ThaliIndecisive Monday. Ask for samplers — six pani-puri flavours.
Order: Rangeela Pani PuriChildhood is calling. Pick up. Bring buttered Maggi.
Order: Butter Paneer MaggiYou will photograph your food and not regret it. Filter: warm.
Order: Pizza On A PuriAllergens chart memorised. Staff impressed. Universe pleased.
Order: Bhurji PavBalance: one veg, one non-veg, one cutting chai. Repeat.
Order: Cutting Chai · ×2Order something so spicy the waiter sweats. Tip well after.
Order: Schezwan Cheese PavA trip to Al Seef is written. Take the table by the creek.
Order: Frankie RollSkip lunch. The dal-makhni shots are why you exist.
Order: Dal Makhni ShotsYou will invent a new chutney. The kitchen will name it.
Order: Off-menu SpecialSoft week. Order the bun maska. Drink chai by the litre.
Order: Bun Maska Chai
