DesiPundit

Bikerdude shares fond memories of Nilgiri’s, “the most celebrated cake shop in South India“.

By the time I was old enough to reach the top of the pastry counter, things had changed. The sweet little mountain-bakery had been replaced by Nilgiri’s Supermarket, the biggest ever shop I had ever seen. You could get everything you had ever read in an Enid Blyton there. Marzipans, gingerbread, licorice, cheeses, marshmallows, jellybeans, asparagus, easter eggs- everything. And at the cake shop below: pastries, puffs, pies, minces, pizzas, tarts, eclairs, macaroons- and of course, those slurpily delicious Danish pastries.

Mmm, I miss the “pastries” that were available back in India; I’d give anything for a slice of Birdy’s Chocolate Truffle cake! Pastries in the US means something else entirely - here they refer to flaky, crumbly bakes goods  … what we call “puffs” or “patties” back home I guess!