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Gourmet Fervour
Khao, piyo mast raho trip
For most Gen Nexxers all that I-Day translates to, even post-Kargil is just another holiday. And city restaurants and sweetmeat sellers have devised innovative ways to make the most of the mid-week break. Be Indian, eat Indian and enjoy. They’re on a khao, piyo, mast raho trip.
Tiranga pulao, Kesariya Paneer, Azad Hind thali Tirangi burfi— you’ll find them all doing the rounds on the menu on August 15 with full patriotic fervour, everyone’s genius and creative culinary skills being put to test to turn out the most innovative recipe for the day.
Only recently, to coincide with the release of the Bhagat Singh films, a city restaurant had held the ‘Basanti Chola’ food festival drawing flak for the menu aspirants which included Kaala Pani (sic) and various other novel menu items. Those that found that rather unappetising will surely get indigestion at the gourmet delights on tables today. But they too have a point. “While many find it appalling that a day like this should be exposed to commercial exploitation, for many it means a holiday and a day to feel happy about. So eating out is de riguer and so what if the hoteliers too turn their backs on the routine stuff and decide to give them some special delights. After all it’s celebration time in a free country,” says Ashok Sharma, a busy caterer who has been on his toes organising the menu for the several special lunches that he’s booked for the day.
Never mind whether it’s continental or traditional grub that you will opt for, I-day specials are the flavour of the day. So whether it is Sarfarosh Shirin that you’re sampling or Azadi Jalsa that you partake of, revel in the flavour of freedom for after all, Life ho to aisi, yeh dil mangey more— kyunki dil hai Hindustani! A-ha
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