Sassanian Boulangerie is a bakery in Marine Lines, Mumbai.
Rustom K Yazdabadi opened Sassanian on 1st Marine Street in 1913. The bakery oven has stayed lit ever since; bun maska, brun, fried egg pav and mawa cake.
Must order: Mawa cake and a brun with butter.
Tip: Mawa cakes sell out by lunch; arrive early. Cash and card both accepted.
Address: 98 Marine View, 1st Marine Street, Dhobi Talao, Mumbai 400002
Mumbai's oldest Irani cafe (1904) is also its oldest Irani bakery. The bakery counter at the front sells bun, brun. Editor's TableJourney pick.
Order: Two bun maskas to go and a mawa cake.
Tip: The counter rounds prices to the rupee; cash easiest. Cash and card both accepted.
Worth the queue: Bun maska
Mumbai's oldest Irani cafe (1904) is also its oldest Irani bakery. The bakery counter at the front sells bun, brun. Editor's TableJourney pick.
Order: Two bun maskas to go and a mawa cake.
Tip: The counter rounds prices to the rupee; cash easiest. Cash and card both accepted.
Worth the queue: Bun maska
Subko's Bandra flagship laminates croissants daily and bakes the in-house bread on Chapel Road. The cardamom-chocolate bun and the sourdough loaves draw.
Order: Cardamom-chocolate croissant and a small sourdough loaf to take home.
Tip: Loaves come out at 11:30; queue by 11:00 on weekends. Cash and card both accepted.
Worth the queue: Chocolate-cardamom croissant
Indigo Deli's bakery counter in Colaba sells laminated pastries, sourdough loaves and danishes from 11:00. The almond croissant is the daily benchmark.
Order: Almond croissant and a half-loaf of country sourdough.
Tip: Croissants come out at 11:00 fresh; sourdough loaves at 14:00.
Worth the queue: Almond croissant
Yazdani has fired bread and brun in a small Fort alley off Akbar Ally for more than six decades. The brun is still pulled from a wood-fired oven each morning.
Order: Brun maska with Irani chai and an apple pie.
Tip: Closed Sundays; bread sells out by 14:00. Cash and card both accepted.
Worth the queue: Brun maska