Dangal over 'dal-roti' and a whole lot else on Twitter
A 'videshi' critic of desi 'khana-peena' finds himself in a controversial 'ishtu'.
By ET Bureau | Updated:
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An American writer and food critic, who is a self-professed ‘curmudgeon’, has become the centre of a toofan in a tandoor and discovered that he has bitten off more than he can chew, let alone stomach, when he publicly proclaimed his entrenched distaste for what he calls ‘Indian food’.
In a tweet that provoked wrathful response from the rasoi ghar of desi cuisine, the new world foodie had dismissed ‘Indian food’ as “terrible though we pretend it isn’t”, a pretence presumably based on culinary, if not political, correctness.
This dish-respect shown to apna khana-peena — which the world has heartily embraced, so much so that ‘tikka masala’ has emerged as Britain’s national staple — earned the tweeter a mouthful from chefs and food lovers from across the globe who took him to task for his apparent inability to distinguish his taste buds from his tonsils.
From A for aloo dum to Z for zimikand ki sabzi, Indian recipes cover the alphabet of aristology. Indeed, as many pointed out, the portmanteau term ‘Indian food’ is akin to referring to the European continent as a ‘country’ and constitutes a solecism which shows that one doesn’t know one’s onions, be they in the form of pyaaz pakoras or chicken do-pyaaza. That said, however, considering the current local mandi price of the vegetable in question, such ignorance is possibly financial, if not gustatory, bliss.
In a tweet that provoked wrathful response from the rasoi ghar of desi cuisine, the new world foodie had dismissed ‘Indian food’ as “terrible though we pretend it isn’t”, a pretence presumably based on culinary, if not political, correctness.
This dish-respect shown to apna khana-peena — which the world has heartily embraced, so much so that ‘tikka masala’ has emerged as Britain’s national staple — earned the tweeter a mouthful from chefs and food lovers from across the globe who took him to task for his apparent inability to distinguish his taste buds from his tonsils.
Indian food is terrible and we pretend it isn’t. https://t.co/NGOUtRUCUN
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) 1574543650000From A for aloo dum to Z for zimikand ki sabzi, Indian recipes cover the alphabet of aristology. Indeed, as many pointed out, the portmanteau term ‘Indian food’ is akin to referring to the European continent as a ‘country’ and constitutes a solecism which shows that one doesn’t know one’s onions, be they in the form of pyaaz pakoras or chicken do-pyaaza. That said, however, considering the current local mandi price of the vegetable in question, such ignorance is possibly financial, if not gustatory, bliss.
A father-son duo was arrested for conning five-star hotels in Mumbai. The two would eat and drink and make a run for it, without paying the bill. They aren’t the only people who have entered a life of crime with food as the focal point.
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