We don’t need a reason to eat kulfi — be it on a stick at Juhu Chowpatty from kulfi vendors who stash it safely in salt and ice, or by the gram, cut into square pieces from iconic spots. Think pieces from spots like Baba Falooda in Mahim, New Kulfi Centre at Marine Lines and Taj Ice Cream in Bohri Mohalla. But when this desi dessert gets a shout-out on a global platform, we cannot keep calm. Kulfi was ranked No. 14 on the latest list of best frozen desserts in the world by Taste Atlas.

In our gusto to celebrate the mention, we headed to an iconic kulfi adda, Kapoor Ice Cream. Founded in 1936 in a small room by Navrattaram Vasudev Kapoor, it sold only three flavours — malai, pista and kesar pista. When it rose in popularity, he moved it to its existing location in  Chandanwadi. His son, second-generation owner Anil Kapoor, tells us the flavour count has risen to 40 today, and rattles off a list: “Gulab, chikki, badam pista, mango, chocolate, paan, anjeer, coffee walnut…”