From The Crisis: New Beginnings
Brunch|August 30,2020
One beneficial effect of the lockdown is that lots of small, artisanal new players have emerged in the F&B sector
Vir Sanghvi
From The Crisis: New Beginnings

HOME FEELS Home-chef (below) Venu Mathur prepares mutton parsinde with almonds, cashew nuts, khus and melon seeds

Ever since I rashly declared that I would be happy to feature artisanal products and deliver foods in Rude Food to help businesses hit by the lockdown, all I seem to do is eat.

I have been so inundated with DMs on Instagram from people telling me about their products, that I must apologize to those who are still waiting for a reply. It has been a hectic time.

Funnily enough, some of the most interesting things I have tried reached my home, not because of any producer telling me about his or her products, but through word of mouth.

My friend, the diplomat and global gourmet Vikram Doraiswami, enjoys cured meats as much as I do. He tipped me off about a small Delhi restaurant called HMan run by a guy called Harman (geddit?) that does barbecue. Vikram’s son Arjun is a barbecue fan and he said that the food was as good as high-end barbecue in Canada. Harman has his own smoker, marinates, makes rubs, and grills the meat on his own.

Owing to the lockdown, Vikram said HMan had started delivering its uncooked meats. Vikram had bought sausages, tossed them in butter till they started to brown, and then cooked them covered for four minutes. They were, he said bluntly, “much better than the usual sawdust sausages available online and in stores.”

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