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The standard-bearer of the hamburger, McDonald's, is bowing to local demand and is opening a meat-free restaurant in India.

The global chain, whose best-known product is the Big Mac burger in a bun, says it will be its first vegetarian outlet.

McDonald's, the world's second biggest food outlet after Subway, increasingly adapts its range to local demand.

Both India's Hindu majority and Muslims can eat the same meat-free dishes.

Religiously observant Hindus see cows as sacred and avoid beef, while Muslims view pigs as unclean and avoid pork.

According to the AFP news agency, McDonald's will open the outlet in the middle of next year, near the Golden Temple in the Sikh holy city of Amritsar in northern India.

Religious authorities forbid consumption of meat at the shrine.

A spokesman for McDonald's in northern India, Rajesh Kumar Maini, told the news agency: "There is a big opportunity for vegetarian restaurants as many Indians are vegetarian.

"At the moment, India is still a very small market - we just have 271 restaurants in India, and across the world, we have nearly 33,000."

The chain plans to open another vegetarian outlet in north-western India, near the Vaishno Devi cave shrine in Kashmir, which is a Hindu pilgrimage site that attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors a year.

McDonald's has moved to provide more salads and other healthier foods with less sugar, salt and fat in them, in response to public concerns about diet.

In India, its menu is typically 50% vegetarian.

Its signature dish in the country is the McAloo Tikki burger, which uses a spiced potato-based filling. It accounts for 25% of total sales.

Globally, the company plans to open around 1,300 new stores this year.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-19479013

There goes the BigMac index.
 
sounds like an unsustainable long term model..mcaloo?? really?

This is India we are talking about.A substantial percent of the population survives on vegetarian food.Although I personally hate the idea of a Veg Burger,there are many who will dig it,especially in some North Indian,Gujarati and Jain areas.
 
That is great, good on McDonalds for showing respect to Indian people's demands, well it's a business move for their own benefit but still i welcome that. :)


I rarely eat Veggie stuff when in restaurants, only at home or with a vegetarian girlfriend of mine do i have to stick with it. That's when i tasted McSpicy Paneer, i think it was good enough.
 
sadly vegetarianism is prevalent. people must leave religious taboo and starts eating beef and pork,fish or even frog.
 
sadly vegetarianism is prevalent. people must leave religious taboo and starts eating beef and pork,fish or even frog.

Even though I am a Brahmin, I approve this message.

People need to think for themselves and not restrain themselves from eating certain foods because of religion or culture.

Lack of Protien in Indian diet is making us unathletic and softer with each generation. I think most vegetarians in India eat Non-veg secretively though. Many so called Veg eaters I know indulge in Chicken, Beef, Pork quite regularly. :yk
 
Love the McAloo Tikki burger !! No wonder it accounts for 25% of their sales in India
 
Every business has to tailor it to local taste/culture; what is so newsworthy about it? Dominos/Pizza Hut sell pork pizzas in India, I bet they won't be doing so in Pakitan...
 
who comes up with these McIdiotic ideas :akhtar

here's a reason why India will never have World class pace bowlers EVER
 
who comes up with these McIdiotic ideas :akhtar

here's a reason why India will never have World class pace bowlers EVER

So pakistani fast bowlers eat at mc donalds lol ,no wonder now you play with spinners only lol
 
So pakistani fast bowlers eat at mc donalds lol ,no wonder now you play with spinners only lol

You don't have to eat beef to bowl fast.

Even Lentils or Chicken or Goat with lots of Dairy Products is good enough to build muscle.


The key is, the proportion of Protien has to be twice that of rice when eating. Unfortunately, most Indians eat tons of rice/wheat and very less Lentils or Chicken.

The worst part, especially in South India I have noticed is that a good chunk of people eat lots of Rice and Rasam(tamarind Water) daily. it is cheap and hence they eat that. One of the miseries of having huge population with lots of poverty. People eat what ever is cheap. All it does is make people have pot bellies with thin hands and legs.
 
You don't have to eat beef to bowl fast.

Even Lentils or Chicken or Goat with lots of Dairy Products is good enough to build muscle.


The key is, the proportion of Protien has to be twice that of rice when eating. Unfortunately, most Indians eat tons of rice/wheat and very less Lentils or Chicken.

The worst part, especially in South India I have noticed is that a good chunk of people eat lots of Rice and Rasam(tamarind Water) daily. it is cheap and hence they eat that. One of the miseries of having huge population with lots of poverty. People eat what ever is cheap. All it does is make people have pot bellies with thin hands and legs.

Okk, I thought we were just lazy
 
Daara Singh maintained his physique with just makki di roti, saron da saag, dudh-makhan-desi gheyo etc. Our current top bodybuilder 'Varinder Singh Ghuman' is 100% vegetarian as well. It takes will. :facepalm:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varinder_Singh_Ghuman

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His diet -

Yellow milk or first milk (the milk that the buffalo mother produces in the first few days after delivery).
Normal Indian food like rice, dal, roti, saag etc.
He consumes 5 to 6 meals in a day.
He is a vegetarian and doesn’t even eat eggs.
 
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Every business has to tailor it to local taste/culture; what is so newsworthy about it? Dominos/Pizza Hut sell pork pizzas in India, I bet they won't be doing so in Pakitan...

The issue here is not that a franchise is trying to suit the needs of its clients. It happens everywhere. Even In India, some Muslim owned restaurants make it clear that no beef is served there.

The posters are laughing because of food stereotyping. Non veg vs veg. Meat eating is seen as manly. Vegetarian means meek and docile.

There was a recent study on 23 languages, which found that majority of them associate meat with masculine pronoun.

Meat is a good source of protein, but not the kind we eat in SC. It is more a source of oil and butter than protein, tasty but unhealthy. I personally take a lot of pulses and whey protein, and keep meat consumption to maybe once a month. And I was a weight lifter in college in the open category.
 
Okk, I thought we were just lazy

Laziness is also a factor. Cannot ignore that. :nehra

Our men folk love to drink chai and ease themselves in lazy Boy chairs.
Our women folk eat the same and sit in front of TV to watch useless tv shows.

Even if they are lazy, if the diet is right, they would look a lot better than what they are now.
 
Daara Singh maintained his physique with just makki di roti, saron da saag, dudh-makhan-desi gheyo etc. Our current top bodybuilder 'Varinder Singh Ghuman' is 100% vegetarian as well. :facepalm:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varinder_Singh_Ghuman

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These guys should be shown on TV regularly and inspire others to work out and eat right.

Most Indians think that body building is only for WWF Wrestlers. At least that was the thinking when we were kids.
 
So do pizza hut or dominos sell pork in Pakistan?

What people eat is their personal choice.Some of the posters here will go all out to defend the choices of muslims but make fun of the personal choices of others.So typical.
 
who comes up with these McIdiotic ideas :akhtar

here's a reason why India will never have World class pace bowlers EVER

So Pakistani fast bowlers are products of Mc Donalds and still people deny that Pakistan is not dependent on USA.
 
These guys should be shown on TV regularly and inspire others to work out and eat right.

Most Indians think that body building is only for WWF Wrestlers. At least that was the thinking when we were kids.

He's quite popular in our part, also appeared in a Punjabi movie. In Punjab and Haryana, you will find a lot of folks crazy about body building and i am not talking about us college folks just trying to keep our tummy in check, some really massive desi folks, a lot of them work for political/communal parties like RSS, Akali Dal etc for reasons you can easily guess.
 
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I don't think Lethal Sami watched the U-19 world cup, Pak team had some really malnourished kids to be honest. Rather worry about yours, our next generation is more committed to training and all. Umesh is easily the best bowling athlete from both countries these days.
 
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:)))

its so easy to rile up indians.

yes, our younsta beautiful are on the lean side. b/c we have learnt that chubby beauties cause too many RUN OUTS :inzi

good lesson learnt
 
:)))

its so easy to rile up indians.

yes, our younsta beautiful are on the lean side. b/c we have learnt that chubby beauties cause too many RUN OUTS :inzi

good lesson learnt

So because of one fat guy you stopped feeding them all.
 
:)))

its so easy to rile up indians.

yes, our younsta beautiful are on the lean side. b/c we have learnt that chubby beauties cause too many RUN OUTS :inzi

good lesson learnt

It's all good, i am not riled up yar, just playing along. :yk
 
Daara Singh maintained his physique with just makki di roti, saron da saag, dudh-makhan-desi gheyo etc. Our current top bodybuilder 'Varinder Singh Ghuman' is 100% vegetarian as well. It takes will. :facepalm:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varinder_Singh_Ghuman

292484-383639875029441-1453249428-n.jpg




His diet -

Yellow milk or first milk (the milk that the buffalo mother produces in the first few days after delivery).
Normal Indian food like rice, dal, roti, saag etc.
He consumes 5 to 6 meals in a day.
He is a vegetarian and doesn’t even eat eggs.

impossible to have that kind of body on above diet unless he is shooting.
 
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Daara Singh maintained his physique with just makki di roti, saron da saag, dudh-makhan-desi gheyo etc. Our current top bodybuilder 'Varinder Singh Ghuman' is 100% vegetarian as well. It takes will. :facepalm:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varinder_Singh_Ghuman

292484-383639875029441-1453249428-n.jpg




His diet -

Yellow milk or first milk (the milk that the buffalo mother produces in the first few days after delivery).
Normal Indian food like rice, dal, roti, saag etc.
He consumes 5 to 6 meals in a day.
He is a vegetarian and doesn’t even eat eggs.
yellow milk that buffalo mothers produces are for their babies:facepalm:
 
Even though I am a Brahmin, I approve this message.

People need to think for themselves and not restrain themselves from eating certain foods because of religion or culture.

Lack of Protien in Indian diet is making us unathletic and softer with each generation. I think most vegetarians in India eat Non-veg secretively though. Many so called Veg eaters I know indulge in Chicken, Beef, Pork quite regularly. :yk

Actually this is a misunderstanding. Indians are unathletic not because of our diet, but because of our habits. There are countries with high protein in their diet and yes, they are sporting behemoths. But remember, while the US led the Olympic medals table, they are struggling from a severe obesity problem.

As kids, Indians do not go outside and play for 3-4 hours: and when I say playing, I mean playing real sports. We do not have daily sports time in schools, there is no weekly matches in schools, there are no monthly small tournaments in schools - we do not have a sporting culture. Period. We might be best at cricket but by the time, our cricketers get into a serious work-out and diet regimen, they are well into their teens. Their bodies have already passed that crucial formative time.

Veggies are extremely under-rated, include as much coloured veggies into our diets and see body immunity shore up, eat raw tomatoes or tomato juice for blood purification and play play and play as much of sports outdoors.

I am not a vegetarian but seriously, we must stop blaming vegetarian food for our ingrained bad habits.
 
lol, come on FC are you serious? look at the pic again. impossible to achieve that body just on diet.

May be Protein powder as many bodybuilders use it but frankly speaking in my whole life I have seen only one vegetarian bodybuilder (high level or best type of body and not talking about the above one)
By the way Sushil kumar is also vegetarian
 
Isn't there an extremely small minority left in India that's vegetarian? I mean, what kind of target market McDonald is trying to tap out? And usually that minority is very kanjoos by nature ,.... I wonder how often many of them will gladly spend a couple of hundred Rs on a sandwich?
 


According to the AFP news agency, McDonald's will open the outlet in the middle of next year, near the Golden Temple in the Sikh holy city of Amritsar in northern India.




hein ???? But Sikhs are the biggest meat eaters in India. And they are opening up a vegetarian Mcdoland in their heartland?​
 
Isn't there an extremely small minority left in India that's vegetarian? I mean, what kind of target market McDonald is trying to tap out? And usually that minority is very kanjoos by nature ,.... I wonder how often many of them will gladly spend a couple of hundred Rs on a sandwich?

In India(specially Hindu) being a nonvegetarian doen't mean you are eating meat in every meal , take me for ex. Apart from eggs(specially boils one) I eat meat once in five to seven days and I know many of the nonvegetarian doing the same
 
Isn't there an extremely small minority left in India that's vegetarian? I mean, what kind of target market McDonald is trying to tap out? And usually that minority is very kanjoos by nature ,.... I wonder how often many of them will gladly spend a couple of hundred Rs on a sandwich?

even 20% of population will mean 300million.They are opening these at places where meat eating is not allowed.Like near the golden temple.
 
lol, come on FC are you serious? look at the pic again. impossible to achieve that body just on diet.

Well he did, may be he's lying. But the point is, can you back up your claim with an authentic scientific research because there obviously are a lot of vegetarian people who are maintaining a healthy body, may be not like the one in the picture but still healthy enough.
 
hein ???? But Sikhs are the biggest meat eaters in India. And they are opening up a vegetarian Mcdoland in their heartland?
Strict Sikhs (Namdhari, Amritdhari) etc are vegetarians. Also, you get only vegetarian food in Gurudwara.
 
impossible to have that kind of body on above diet unless he is shooting.

actually anything is possible with the right combination of drugs.

He is probably on that diet ... and a whole list of anabolic roids. Just like the rest of them :)

edit: nevermind, I think by shooting you mean the same thing as I. so yea.
 
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I wonder if they will have some outrageously named burger like the McDaal or McRaajma? Flatulence city! the motto could be "Eat a McDaal and secrete a McPaad !!"
 
Anyone who believes opening a fast food joint in accordance to religious needs is a failure really needs to open their eyes.

In London, a few years back McDs in Southall were serving Halaal Chicken and the place was 24/7 rammed with people. The same applies to the Halaal KFC in Hounslow West, it’s always rammed. The Halaal Nandos is also rammed.

From a business perspective is makes sense.
 
Well he did, may be he's lying. But the point is, can you back up your claim with an authentic scientific research because there obviously are a lot of vegetarian people who are maintaining a healthy body, may be not like the one in the picture but still healthy enough.

I guess you misunderstood me or i didn't make it clear on my initial post, my initial post was about him being getting all this muscle mass( well water mass). i am not against vegetarian diet, matter of fact, it is one of the best diet, but to achieve what this cat has achieved, he has to be shooting, thr is no way he could get this big without shooting up some serious juice.
 
Lol at some Pakistani Ppers gloating as if they are the meat guzzlers of the world when in reality they are at the bottom of the pile as meat eaters giving company to other south asians and the only significant meat products they eat are chicken, lamb, beef, a little fish with a pinch of camel thrown in. It seems some of them get a hard-on whenever they hear the word meat or beef. I guess its one of those silly propaganda tricks pulled out by the Pak establishment to differentiate themselves from Indians. How lame.

Lets see some interesting facts:

India produces twice as much beef and consumes 30% more than Pakistan.

India is the fourth largest exporter of beef in the world after US, Brazil and Australia.

India has the largest livestock population anywhere in the world.

While the meat consumption per-capita is clearly much more in Pakistan (albeit ridiculously low compared to many other meat eating counties for all the blabbering) compared to India, India contains a significant amount of vegetarian population driving down the demand.

Bangladesh with 90% muslim population and as large as Pakistan is equal to India in per-capita terms of meat consumption. Strangely Nepal which is predominantly Hindu consumes almost as much as Pakistan per capita.

As a whole the sub continent region is one of least meat consuming areas in the world.

Pakistan is not even comparable to India in the production and consumption of broiler and marine foods

Compared with a few types of animals eaten in Pakistan the Indian Northeast can teach a lesson or two on the variety of non-veg diet starting from fried bugs to frogs and snakes to dogs and cats peppered with rat and guinea pig delicacies to boot.

So pppphullleeease, enough of that silly blabbering and OTT glorification of meat/beef. While meat is an essential staple, the last ones to chest thump about its beastly properties are the south Asians.

Although I am not a Hindu nor a vegetarian, I find it funny when some Pakistanis look down upon vegetarian Hindus but vilify pork for the same religious reasons when clearly pork is a healthier meat than beef with as much protein and very low saturated fat content.

While it is ridiculous to avoid meat on religious grounds, it is commendable for those who turned vegetarian to minimize animal abuse and cruelty.
 
^^^^ Lol.exactly!!!!!!!

I do not feel any pride about meat eaters......but strangely I had to defend India that we eat meat a lot ..and atleast 70% of indians are meat eaters in front of pakistanis in reality and in forum...as if something to feel proud about !!!! I sense that they feel a strange feeling of superiority over non-meat eaters !!!!
 
Lol at some Pakistani Ppers gloating as if they are the meat guzzlers of the world when in reality they are at the bottom of the pile as meat eaters giving company to other south asians and the only significant meat products they eat are chicken, lamb, beef, a little fish with a pinch of camel thrown in. It seems some of them get a hard-on whenever they hear the word meat or beef. I guess its one of those silly propaganda tricks pulled out by the Pak establishment to differentiate themselves from Indians. How lame.

Lets see some interesting facts:

India produces twice as much beef and consumes 30% more than Pakistan.

India is the fourth largest exporter of beef in the world after US, Brazil and Australia.

India has the largest livestock population anywhere in the world.

While the meat consumption per-capita is clearly much more in Pakistan (albeit ridiculously low compared to many other meat eating counties for all the blabbering) compared to India, India contains a significant amount of vegetarian population driving down the demand.

Bangladesh with 90% muslim population and as large as Pakistan is equal to India in per-capita terms of meat consumption. Strangely Nepal which is predominantly Hindu consumes almost as much as Pakistan per capita.

As a whole the sub continent region is one of least meat consuming areas in the world.

Pakistan is not even comparable to India in the production and consumption of broiler and marine foods

Compared with a few types of animals eaten in Pakistan the Indian Northeast can teach a lesson or two on the variety of non-veg diet starting from fried bugs to frogs and snakes to dogs and cats peppered with rat and guinea pig delicacies to boot.

So pppphullleeease, enough of that silly blabbering and OTT glorification of meat/beef. While meat is an essential staple, the last ones to chest thump about its beastly properties are the south Asians.

Although I am not a Hindu nor a vegetarian, I find it funny when some Pakistanis look down upon vegetarian Hindus but vilify pork for the same religious reasons when clearly pork is a healthier meat than beef with as much protein and very low saturated fat content.

While it is ridiculous to avoid meat on religious grounds, it is commendable for those who turned vegetarian to minimize animal abuse and cruelty.

But the question is still unanswered, where are all the Phast ballers? maybe need to stop exporting and start to consume it. :hafeez
 
Lol at some Pakistani Ppers gloating as if they are the meat guzzlers of the world when in reality they are at the bottom of the pile as meat eaters giving company to other south asians and the only significant meat products they eat are chicken, lamb, beef, a little fish with a pinch of camel thrown in. It seems some of them get a hard-on whenever they hear the word meat or beef. I guess its one of those silly propaganda tricks pulled out by the Pak establishment to differentiate themselves from Indians. How lame.

Lets see some interesting facts:

India produces twice as much beef and consumes 30% more than Pakistan.

India is the fourth largest exporter of beef in the world after US, Brazil and Australia.

India has the largest livestock population anywhere in the world.

While the meat consumption per-capita is clearly much more in Pakistan (albeit ridiculously low compared to many other meat eating counties for all the blabbering) compared to India, India contains a significant amount of vegetarian population driving down the demand.

Bangladesh with 90% muslim population and as large as Pakistan is equal to India in per-capita terms of meat consumption. Strangely Nepal which is predominantly Hindu consumes almost as much as Pakistan per capita.

As a whole the sub continent region is one of least meat consuming areas in the world.

Pakistan is not even comparable to India in the production and consumption of broiler and marine foods

Compared with a few types of animals eaten in Pakistan the Indian Northeast can teach a lesson or two on the variety of non-veg diet starting from fried bugs to frogs and snakes to dogs and cats peppered with rat and guinea pig delicacies to boot.

So pppphullleeease, enough of that silly blabbering and OTT glorification of meat/beef. While meat is an essential staple, the last ones to chest thump about its beastly properties are the south Asians.

Although I am not a Hindu nor a vegetarian, I find it funny when some Pakistanis look down upon vegetarian Hindus but vilify pork for the same religious reasons when clearly pork is a healthier meat than beef with as much protein and very low saturated fat content.

While it is ridiculous to avoid meat on religious grounds, it is commendable for those who turned vegetarian to minimize animal abuse and cruelty.

You just did not not say that? :murali
Still doesn't explain the tiny stuff though :zardari
 
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^^^^^

more to do with our cricketing culture than.....food.

true, but the kid brought some statistic. he sound bitter, he should try a pinch of camel, maybe that will calm him down. :zak
 
It is not a Pakistani-Indian thing (although both will use anything for one-upmanship). It is more of a non-vegetarian vs vegetarian thing. Meat is associated with masculinity in many cultures (not saying I support that association), and therefore meat eaters indulge in self branding themselves. They also try to claim superiority over others by calling them various names like rice-eaters, lentil-eaters, veggies etc.

During school functions, we had to declare beforehand what kind of meal we preferred. And the veggies who were a minority, would be teased over their dietary habits. And if the student was a Kshatriya and still preferred veg, there would be no end to the teasing. That was just one of the criteria for virility.

That same mentality is carried over and we see people claiming "manliness" by measuring various body appendages. On the other side, those who think they need to defend it, might be subscribing to the same ideas of manly superiority.
 
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true, but the kid brought some statistic. he sound bitter, he should try a pinch of camel, maybe that will calm him down. :zak

Oops !! Sorry to snatch your comic book. Time for some math exercises....Kid...:yk
 
It will be a flop, Amritsariya's love spicey food, their wadiya/fried fish/tandoori chicken are very famous. I dont think this move makes any sense, religious guy on pilgrimage will prefer 'langar' in Gurudwara's instead. Rest have much better choices.

I think its part of rapid modernization of area around Golden Temple, allmost every famous food chain is present there now.

Also its Sikh's holy city, and they are mentioned just once in article. Sikhism doesn't encourage or stops you from eating beef or pork. They don't see any animal as sacred or disgusting. Very neutral approach, thats why meat is not served in Gurudwara's langar, so that everybody can eat together.
 
Actually as Muslims we are encouraged not to eat too much meat. We should essentially be semi vegitarian as the prophet of Islam PBUH was. Meat is associated with luxury and gluttony and excessive consumption leads to diseases and problems. I actually admire many vegetarians and try to emulate some of their eating habits. During the week Ill makes sure daal and veggie stuff is on the menu at least 3 to 4 times. so for example I may have allo kheema on a monday but tues day and wednesday will be lentils and rice, red kydney bean curry and probably gobi with something. This is great food and we should not denigrate it.

also alot of indian vegetarian food is great..masala dhosa? mad!
 
Actually as Muslims we are encouraged not to eat too much meat. We should essentially be semi vegitarian as the prophet of Islam PBUH was. Meat is associated with luxury and gluttony and excessive consumption leads to diseases and problems. I actually admire many vegetarians and try to emulate some of their eating habits. During the week Ill makes sure daal and veggie stuff is on the menu at least 3 to 4 times. so for example I may have allo kheema on a monday but tues day and wednesday will be lentils and rice, red kydney bean curry and probably gobi with something. This is great food and we should not denigrate it.

also alot of indian vegetarian food is great..masala dhosa? mad!

lol . I love dosa ,paav bhaji,chole bhaturey & many veggie dishes but yeah, got to have some meat in between :)
 
Actually as Muslims we are encouraged not to eat too much meat. We should essentially be semi vegitarian as the prophet of Islam PBUH was. Meat is associated with luxury and gluttony and excessive consumption leads to diseases and problems. I actually admire many vegetarians and try to emulate some of their eating habits. During the week Ill makes sure daal and veggie stuff is on the menu at least 3 to 4 times. so for example I may have allo kheema on a monday but tues day and wednesday will be lentils and rice, red kydney bean curry and probably gobi with something. This is great food and we should not denigrate it.

also alot of indian vegetarian food is great..masala dhosa? mad!

Yeah its Masala Dosa, great thing.
Good to know about you eating habits, informative post.
 
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tGK, dhokla is a pretty nice gujarati snack & if you like this kind of stuff, they have something called khandvi & i bet you will love it .If you got gujju friends,pester then to get you some :)




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lol plenty of places I could look for this where I live..chulo I'll give it a try..dhokra makes my mouth water though..lol..the Mrs (being a pakistani ) has no idea why i like it hahaha..lol
 
India can not meet the meat eating standard of Pakistan. In 2002 Pakistan consumed more than double KG of meat per capita (India 5.2 and Pakistan 12.4), according to FAO.

Meat consumption has been linked with affluence......which proves the theory that living standard in Pakistan are way way higher than in India, almost double.

Happy....now back to nukes on other thread.
 
India can not meet the meat eating standard of Pakistan. In 2002 Pakistan consumed more than double KG of meat per capita (India 5.2 and Pakistan 12.4), according to FAO.

Meat consumption has been linked with affluence......which proves the theory that living standard in Pakistan are way way higher than in India, almost double.

Happy....now back to nukes on other thread.

Yes Pakistan has a better standard of living than India. I totally agree on that one.
 
thread derailed again! lets go back to talking about how Mcdonalds is trying to impinge on Indian values??
 
thread derailed again! lets go back to talking about how Mcdonalds is trying to impinge on Indian values??

My problem with all these western fast food chains is, when you have awesome street food available, why would I choose Mc Aloo tikki over samosa???

I can see starbucks taking over, because they provide an additional value to the coffee drinking experience, as compared to road side chai wala. But for food items - they have to adjust a lot, to give additional value.

I can think of only thing that is hygiene - apart from that it doesn't gives any value.

BTW...the best street food is from Kolkata. Just awesome food and real cheap prices.
 
@smiling creed
Hygiene is a big problem than anything else and the western food-chains & coffee shops are not good with hygiene either. One of my colleague who use to work at a coffee shop chain told me that they shave off the cake & eat or drink little bit of coffee before serving it to their customers.

I only eat where they have open-kitchen otherwise mom's food(nothing can beat that).

If our entrepreneurs make a restaurant chain out of street foods with open-kitchen it will beat all the western outlets left,right & center but our money-men lack innovation or too afraid to invest in novel ideas.
 
What a useless arguement :facepalm:
Time-pass threads just aren't the same anymore
 
My problem with all these western fast food chains is, when you have awesome street food available, why would I choose Mc Aloo tikki over samosa???

I can see starbucks taking over, because they provide an additional value to the coffee drinking experience, as compared to road side chai wala. But for food items - they have to adjust a lot, to give additional value.

I can think of only thing that is hygiene - apart from that it doesn't gives any value.

BTW...the best street food is from Kolkata. Just awesome food and real cheap prices.

Well i totally agree.. why would you want to eat this garbage? I went to pakistan recently and had a big mac...horribly overrated..rather have a chupul kebab or something else...

Inidan street food like dhosa's kebab etc are far superior to this rubbish!! also you have no idea what their putting in it? If i were Indian I would stay away from it!!
 
McD wanted an outlet in a place visited by lakhs of people annually where meat is not allowed.
So they had to go all veggie. So whats the big deal??
 
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