Kayani Bakery
About a week ago, one of my friend’s birthday was coming up and I was pondering over what to gift her. I asked around in our common friends circle to find out what she likes and I got a pretty unanimous answer from my survey- the Rum Cake for Kayani Bakery. So I was off to East Street in Camp to visit this bakery that I heard so much about.
As I stepped out of the rickshaw on East Street, the large crowd swarming the eatery assured me that I had arrived at the right place. The line to get into the bakery spilled on to the street and I realised that getting a cake from the bakery was not going to be an easy “drop-in-and-pick-up” affair. So I joined the long line and awaited my turn to enter the store. When I finally reached the entrance I noticed a board indicating the timings of the bakery. The bakery remains open all through the day in shifts for a fixed time interval.
I got to admit that I was getting increasingly impatient to enter the store after seeing everyone that had entered the store before me come out with bags full of KB branded snacks. So I guess God heard my prayers and the line scooted a bit further to allow me a view of the large menu card displayed on the right side of the entrance.
Going through the exhaustingly long menu made things worse because I couldn’t decide on what to (or rather what not to) buy. The bakery offers different kinds of cakes, pastries, cookies, Shrewsbury biscuits, rolls, khari and other delicious snack items. I finally decided on the Shrewsburys along with the rum cake of course. I guess I was really lucky to get some of the bakery’s famed Shrewsbury biscuits because they usually get sold out in just a couple of hours every morning. There is no other place in Pune that makes Shrewsbury the way the Kayanis make it and you need to bite into one to believe my words.
The bakery also offers different bread varieties and yummy milk cakes. The sponge cakes are just like what the name suggests- light, spongy and delicious. Kayani though is arguably most famous for its rum cakes followed by its selection of wine and mawa cakes which come a close second.
Yes there is a super long queue to get into the bakery but the service at Kayani is quick nonetheless- you order, you pay, take your stuff and leave. But make sure you know what you want by the time you reach the counter to make it easier for the attendants who are already having a tough time serving this impatient mob on a daily basis. And as far as the prices are concerned, the food items at Kayani are well within the reach of most Punekars.
Kayani bakery has been a landmark in Pune since its inception in 1955 by the famous duo, Hormuz and Khodayar Irani. It has never wore a deserted look in all these years and after paying the bakery a visit, I am convinced this is exactly how things will look 40 years of now.
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Kayani bakery rocks.. and so does Royal bakery on MG road…
Kayani’s Shrewsburys biscuits,the Mava cake,creamrolls have very good taste.