NEIGHBOURHOOD EATS: Kid’s deal with street vendor launches road to Newmarket-area’s Bombay Frankies

Back when he was a kid growing up in Bombay, now called Mumbai, now-celebrity chef Vikram Vij had a deal with a street vendor.

Vij would devour frankies, Indian’s No. 1 street food, and at the end of each month, when his mom, Kusum, gave him his pocket money, he would pay off his debt.