New Delhi: When the Australian High Commissioner to Pakistan Neil Hawkins shared a photograph from outside of Pakistan’s legendary Bombay Bakery in Hyderabad — in Pakistan’s Sindh province — it seemed like an ordinary diplomatic post: a foreign envoy enjoying local food. But ‘Pakistan’ and ‘Bombay’ in the same tweet was enough to trigger a wave of nostalgia, stories, and debate about two most enduring culinary landmarks on both sides of the border. The other being the Karachi Bakery in Hyderabad, India.

“Couldn’t leave #Hyderabad without revisiting the iconic #BombayBakery. Their cakes have been loved for generations — the coffee cake seems to be very popular!,” the diplomat wrote on X.

The twin institutions of Bombay Bakery in Hyderabad, Pakistan, and Karachi Baker

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