The unmistakable aroma of raspberry marked our entry into the rust-red steel gate marked 'Talreja Products'. Once in, nothing apart from the smile-inducing whiff about the two-storied factory in Turbhe provides any clues about the hardboiled sweets that enjoy a nostalgic cult following, and are made here. Remember the round, black-and-white striped bullseye sweet (see box) we've all grown up soiling our tongues charcoal with?

Gopilal Talreja is the man to thank for introducing Mumbai to it in the 1950s.