“Food for me was a connecting link to my grandmother, to my childhood, to my past. And what I found out is that for everybody, food is a connector to their roots, to their past in different ways. It gives you security; it gives you a profile of who you are, where you come from.” - Lidia Bastianich

Typical Sunday breakfast for Surtis basically consists of Dhokla, khaman, sevkhaman, bhajiya, locho and many other typical surti dishes. So yesterday when I went to ShreejiLocho House for some mouthwatering, soul-filling locho, my hunger was really hit on by the classic locho they have.

Locho is a speciality of Surat city in Gujarat which is also known as diamond city of India. Every diamond merchant in Surat invests a pittance from his huge bank balance on this modest dish every morning. You’ll see all the premium cars including the Audi’s and BMW’s can be found parked before ShreejiLocho House. You have to see the long queue they have every single day and people don’t even complain about the long line because they know it’s absolutely worth it.Surtis don’t know what corn flakes or batakapoha or idli is… It has to be locha if it’s breakfast. And not just in the morning, may it be any part of the day. They have a variety of food like locho, cheese locho, cheese paneer samosas, sevkhaman, idada- all of them worth trying because of their immensely delicious taste.

So people, if you really are on a lookout for some healthy snack, or to sate one’s hunger, visit ShreejiLocho.I for one am definitely looking forward to go there again (even writing about them, makes my mouth water). So what are you waiting for, hurry! I guarantee you’ll love it.Locho awaits you at ShreejiLocho House.

Address: 1/b, Shrungar Society, B/h. JaniFarsan, Parle Point, Surat- 395007, Gujarat State, India.