Which Indian city has the least exciting food scene? Surprisingly, the answer is Delhi. Not a lot that is any good happens or opens in the city. And while a lot happens in Gurugram, most of it is far behind say, Mumbai, in terms of quality or innovation. This is sad, because only a decade ago, I was able to confidently claim that the food in Delhi was better than the food in Mumbai. No longer.
But these things change all the time. For many years, I rated Bengaluru as the food capital of India because the restaurants even hotel restaurants were inventive and high quality.
Then, Bengaluru lost itself in pubs. That malaise was transformed into - an obsession with bars. That's changed now, I think.
The tech capital of India has managed to integrate new ideas while serving traditional foods. The best example of this is the Rameshwaram Café. Launched a few years ago by people from tech/ engineering backgrounds, it is the biggest phenomenon on the Bengaluru scene.
I went to one of its original branches a couple of years ago, and it was so crowded that I got my dosas, sat in my car and ate them there. Since then, the mini-chain has expanded using a franchise model. When I went to the Rajajinagar branch, I was startled to see that it was even more jampacked (they serve 10,000 people a day on weekends). There were many standing areas with high tables and a sense that you could escape the crowd.
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