HeyJaredVir Sanghvi
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Rude Food by Vir Sanghvi: Why Indian bread finally tastes good (opens the original)
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It’s such a relief to finally be able to get good bread in India. The rise in bread quality is one of the great undocumented success stories of India’s food scene. Until the beginning of this century (and perhaps even later), bread was broadly divided into two categories. There was mass-produced bread that was relatively cheap and dominated the market. It was easily available, and such companies as Britannia became household names because of the ubiquity of their loaves. And then there was the f
Rude Travel by Vir Sanghvi: Take a reign check (opens the original)
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I don’t really agree with Michelin’s hotel keys for India. The idea is to replicate the famous star system used for rating restaurants to judge hotels. Only, instead of stars the ratings are called keys. It’s a very good idea and has worked very well in Europe. Unfortunately it is less reliable when it comes to the two Asian destinations I know well. The keys for Thailand make little sense and I have yet to meet anyone who understands the logic behind the keys awarded to Indian hotels. Only two
Rude Food by Vir Sanghvi: Why the avocado is like butter, but better (opens the original)
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Do you like butter? Of course you do. Who doesn’t love the rich and fatty taste of butter? Not only does it taste great on toast, but it makes nearly everything you eat it with more delicious. Pour a butter sauce over fish and the richness will improve the taste at once. Put butter on top of a benne dosa and the dosa will come to life. A butter naan is always so much better than a plain one. Over the last few decades however, butter has got a bad rap. Doctors told us that it was bad for our hear
Rude Food by Vir Sanghvi: Every flavour of India (opens the original)
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So here’s the situation. It is 2006. You have guests from abroad. (Perhaps they are business contacts.) You need to take them out for dinner. They say they would prefer Indian food because they are in India, after all. If I had been placed in this situation in 2006, I would have taken them to Bukhara. I have yet to meet a foreign guest who hasn’t loved Bukhara. The no-cutlery rule, the aprons, and the fairly basic seating make it seem different from a hotel restaurant, even though it’s been loca
Rude Food by Vir Sanghvi: The best omelettes from around the world (opens the original)
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Do you know anyone who is not encumbered by some handicap (an allergy to eggs, unthinking vegetarianism etc) who does not love an omelette? And because a basic omelette is one of those dishes that tastes good even if you screw up the cooking, it is often the safest dish to order at a restaurant. I remember that Ajmer in the early 1970s was not exactly the gourmet capital of India. But when my friends and I would sneak out of boarding school and look for an escape from dire school food, we would
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