Anila Y.
Yelp
I am extremely impressed by the quality, authenticity, and flavors of the chaat at hot breads. Between 3 of us we ordered 5 different things, and I was impressed by all of them.
What really stood out to me was the dahi puri and pani puri. I loved that they used white peas as opposed to channa, because they provided a warmer flavor to balance out the yogurt/water. Speaking of yogurt, they had the perfect amount of yogurt on all the yogurt dishes we ordered. I am used to chaat places skimping on yogurt big time, and charging if you ask for extra, but this was not the case at hot breads.
Their pani puri really hit the spot--if you ever just crave pani puri, this one does the trick in satisfying the craving! Papdi chaat was really good as well.
I wasn't as impressed by the dabeli, or parathas. The dabeli had a great amount of garlic, and it's one of the only dabeli I have had in the US that uses peanuts like they do in Ahmedabad. However, it was a little too filling and not as tasty as those original ones in Ahmedabad. I would not recommend getting any of the parathas. They are barely stuffed--especially the paneer parathas. You might as well just be eating a regular paratha.
Their sandwiches are also good. I like that they use foccacia bread. I had the paneer tikka panini and it was extremely hearty and well flavored.
I do have to knock off a star, however because I spotted a few mosquitoes and even a moth in the facility. The moth was flying around the plastic spoons/forks...but I guess if you are going for the truly authentic Indian experience, that would be a part of it! Also, they do randomly charge for things, so your meal does end up being expensive sometimes. Finally, they don't have a proper water dispenser--just cups next to a water fountain which is kind of shady to me.