There is something uncanny about jams, preserves and butter. There are not direct foods themselves but morphed into various forms and whipped into unpredictable flavours — they make for the perfect stuff to start one's morning with. Like a flyer under one's door we discovered Up Street's bottled menu on Facebook. It calls itself an "attempt of a bunch of food writers, to reinvent and upgrade the food on Indian streets."


Paw Paw Preserve, Christmas Jam, Strawberry Butter, Oink!, Pesto Butter and Basilico. Pics/Datta Kumbhar 

Spread the goodness
Their first public appearance was at the Bandra Wine Tasting Festival, earlier this month that had quite a menu of poutiness, sliders, appetisers, croissant sandwiches and more. As of now, it is only the bottled stuff that they are delivering, so we rang them pronto to place our order two days before the intended day of delivery. Situated in Chembur, they say their minimum order for delivery is R700 and delivery areas are Santacruz to Churchgate, and Ghatkopar to CST. As there was an option of picking up our goodies, we were happy to make the trip.