mumbaiikars can live with a 30 per cent water cut but ask them to do without vada pav or pav bhaji and chances are there will be a riot the love for mumbais favourite food was more than apparent as crowds of bt readers thronged r mall mulund for the grand finale of the bombay times pav wow contest on saturday evening for the past two weeks judges from bt had been preparing a list of the best vada pav and pav bhaji venues in the city and suburbs and finally five of the best in each category were chosen to compete for the top three slots to help them out we invited bt readers to decide who they thought were the best opinions were divided naturally because everything was just so yum but then bt pulled outs its trump card we had the beautiful eesha koppikhar as judge to give the final verdict with five stalls each of pav bhaji and vada pav to satiate their taste buds the bombay times pav wow contest promised lots of gastronomic delights but not without some healthy dose of entertainment either since vada pav and pav bhaji are synonymous with maharashtra it wasnt surprising that bt chose maharashtra day to announce the winners of the contest with the beating of the traditional nashik dhol then singer shilpa rao came up on stage and belted out famous numbers like khuda jaane saiyaan re and mudi mudi with the crowd singing along and clapping for her and once all the eating and singing was over the stage was all set for the grand announcements everyone had been waiting for the winners the lovely eesha koppikhar was the celebrity judge looking as teekha as the lahsun chutney she enjoyed later with her vada pav she confessed that shes a true blue fan of the two yummy dishes and then she spilt the pav err we mean the beans by letting out who the winners are the winners of course were thrilled to receive their awards at the hands of the bollywood actress and the winner of the best vada pav managed to coax her into visiting her stall for a bite of the spicy delicacy eesha of course took just two bites after all an actress has to maintain her figure but the rest of mumbai had no qualms digging in and they did it will be another year that they witness this event again after all radio mirchi was the radio partner for the event