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The Appeal Of Exotic Cuisines

It is difficult or rather impossible to understand India’s food without any sense of India’s history and culture.

Food To Decelerate Ageing

Post-modern urban Indian society is now very much concerned about physical health and beauty.

Of Flavours And Colours

While colours work by increasing the visual appeal of the bakery products, flavours help bakers to develop a unique taste of the products

Buffets: Encouraging Appetites

Buffets have become an attractive force for the millenials as well as those who want to savour variety of dishes and want to pick and choose after having a look at the dishes. As the saying goes: you eat with your eyes first! So the lavish spread set out in front of you allows you to feast your eyes and then sate your appetite with all the delicacies. With increasing demand for buffets, more and more hotels are now laying lavish spreads for breakfast, lunch and dinner. But can they afford these spreads at economic prices? Ashok Malkani tries to find out the secret behind an increasing number of hotels preferring to offer buffet and much more – like how they prepare the menu, and controlling food wastage, et al.

Are Your Restaurants Buzzing?

F&B outlets can be a great asset to a hotel - they present an additional source of revenue, add to the bottom line, and are an attractive feature for guests. Some hotel restaurants are simply an extra venue for guests while others strive to be a part of a city’s popular restaurant list. In bigger cities that are known to have a multitude of great dining options, it can be tough for hotels to keep the local diners’ interest alive.We talk to experts in F&B hospitality industry and find out how they generate interest amongst local diners for their hotel restaurants and ensure their local guests do not step out to dine. We understand what specific measures they take for the hotel restaurants to keep buzzing and generate revenue as they say the success of food and beverage can make or break a hotel.

Banjara - A Place To Satiate Your Appetite

Banjara - A Place To Satiate Your Appetite

Sweet, Cool And Healthy

Watermelon is a delicious fruit, which can easily taste more delicious in the scorching Indian summers.

Choco Evolution in India

Till few years back chocolate products in India were primarily meant for the consumption of children. Since the mid ‘90s, chocolates began to get popularity among the adult population in urban India.

Feast In Style !

TCK by The China Kitchen, Cyber Hub, Gurugram.

Tappa: Winning Hearts!

There are very few places which are suitable to visit at any time of the day and evening.

A Formula For Food Safety

Food safety is a major concern for India as unsafe food causes huge economic loss as well as deaths in the country every year.

Mayonnaise: A Versatile Condiment

With the teeming numbers of urban Indian consumers of post-modern age with busy lifestyles, who are having less and less time to prepare elaborate and tasty meals at home, and with perceptible improvement of economic indicators among middle class India due to significant enhancement of disposable incomes during the last decade-and-a-half, it seems quite natural that the Indian foodservice industry is growing at an impressive rate. It is expected to thrive in the near future, and with it the market of condiments is also expected to prosper.

Deliciously Healthy Seeds

Pomegranate tree is a deciduous shrub, which bears a fruit of the same name.

The Art And Science Of Food Plating

For any business to succeed, the end product has to meet the expectations of the consumers on all fronts. One of the most important elements of attracting the customers is the presentation and the looks of the end product. Restaurant industry is no different. The dishes that the diners order must not only be delectable to satiate their taste buds but they must also be attractive to look so as to induce to savour them. Food and beverage presentation forms an important part of the success of an F&B outlet. This is especially true in our postmodern age. However, attractive presentation entails food for thought for the Chefs and F&B Managers. Ashok Malkani gets some expert opinions from the industry about the importance and modes of presentation of the food served.

India's Growing Love For Wines

The flow of wines in Indias food service and food retail industry is expected to gain momentum, in the near future. According to India Wine Market Outlook,2023, the consumption of wine inIndiais found to be increasing with rise of awareness of wine as a good drink for health.

Millennial Wave In Food Service

With the increase in the numbers of working couples and an enhancement in the per capita income of Indians during the last decade, the tendency to dine out is on the increase in Indias food service industry. Added to this is the work-life balance, which has triggered the change in the eating habits of the people.The propensity of eating out is more visible among the millennial in urban India, who not only want to eat out but also eat good. And many of these young people (between 18-35 years) prefer places with strong food ethics. They want to know how fresh and organic their food is, besides they also want to know about the ingredients used to make it more delectable. Even plating of the food is paid attention to by them.The high-end F&B outlets in post-modern urban India now have to pay even more extra attention to what the customers want and keep re-inventing in order for the consumers to continue with their patronage. Realising this, hotel chains like Marriott Group have launched restaurants like Redzon, Shakahari, Momo Caf to tap into the new-age F&B market. Ashok Malkani takes a look at the effect the millennials have on our food service industry.

Exciting Times For India's Food Retail

Supported by a burgeoning economy, rising urban population, a fast-growing middle class, increasing disposable income and increased consumption rates, India has overtaken China to become the most favourable market for retail expansion.

Dine In Time Machine!

At a first glance, you could be induced to say that Time Machine is a restrobar with a difference, even at the risk of sounding clichd.

Explore The Tastes From Spain At Sevilla

The restaurants name is probably inspired from the city of Seville in Spain. Sevilla, the Spanish themed restaurant at The Claridges, New Delhi, can create a first impression among the guests with its chic pavilions and other options of indoor and outdoor seating.

Enriched With Health

Ragi or finger millet is native to the Ethiopian and Ugandan highlands.

Diet And Gut Microbiota

Implications in Health and Disease.

India's Health Drinks Segment Lacking Boost

With rising health consciousness in the urban Indian society during the recent years, apparently it seems that the health drinks market in the country is likely to soar impressively. But it is not happening in reality. However, the future for health drinks in India is full of potential, which needs to be creatively explored.

Food Hygiene Standards For New India

To protect the premise from fly and other insects / pests / animals, windows, doors and all other openings of food establishments should be well screened with wire-mesh or insectproof screen as applicable.

Regional Cuisines

India is a country of diverse cultures and religions. Its terrain too differs from place to place resulting in diversity of soils in different regions. Due to this the produce in each region differs causing a diverse range of cuisines. The regional cuisine differs from place to place and the Indian fare is so wide and varied that several preparations in one region are unknown in the other. Indian regional cuisine relies on the indigenous spices, and growth of vegetables in the local soil. The different regional cuisines like Rajasthani, Kashmiri, Mangalore, Karnataka, Kerala, et al. are rarely available in metros and several other cities. North Indian and South Indian food are the only cuisines which have become popular and they are projected as Indian cuisine not only in most restaurants in India but also abroad. Ashok Malkani, in this first part, finds out the different regional cuisines and their complex nature.

The Fruit for All Seasons

Banana is one of the most common edible fruits found and eaten by all and sundry, and it has amazingly wide applications for the food & beverage industry.

Making Success Out Of Your Restaurant

Running a restaurant is an apparently glamourous and inherently challenging business, which on the whole can be very exciting and thrilling for the restaurateur and her/his staff provided they have a passion for foodservice.

The Right Place To Party

The Beer House Cafe, housed in Habitat Centre, in Indirapuram, Ghaziabad, came across as a decent place with a casual and friendly ambiance, where one can have an enjoyable evening out with friends and family.

Food Trends During 2018

From organic and sustainable food to local and regional delicacies, 2018 has been a huge year for food trends in India’s food service industry.

Cool Beverages For Sweaty Summers

Indian summers are often long, dreary, sweaty and scorching. They make one feel jaded every now and then. Cool, refreshing drinks help us to get temporary reprieve from the unabated summer heat of a long, long day.

A Challenging Task

Foodservice industry figures show that dining out is becoming popular and, year-on-year the frequency of diners opting for eating out has been increasing. This has resulted in several entrepreneurs entering the restaurant business only to discover that it is not such a profitable segment. This is, however, because they have not studied the market carefully and are not aware of the necessities of starting a successful restaurant. To become a restaurateur having a booming and lucrative establishment one has to take several aspects into consideration. Ashok Malkani takes a look into this business to help you create a recipe for success. While starting a restaurant is exciting, it is also time consuming and, to launch it successfully, it is necessary to know all the pros and cons.