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Trans fat and its Alternative

Trans Fat and its Alternative Many processed food and bakery items which we consume every day may contain some amount of trans fat, which can increase the level of bad cholesterol and put us at greater risk of heart diseases.

Wafting Aroma, Health and Style

Tea is the most widely consumed beverage in the world, and the second most popular drink after water.

QSR on Indian Street Food

The renowned real estate major and hospitality player Vatika Group entered the happening Indian QSR business with Nukkadwala in August 2015.

Can We Advance Book our Menu?

It doesn’t deserve a mention that we are passing through digital age, which can be easily construed as an advanced stage of information age.

India Is Loving​​​​​​​ Healthy Dining

Nowadays, it seems that to make any business to succeed one must be aware of the trends surrounding its realm. This is more crucial for the F&B industry. One has to be constantly on one’s toes to know about the diners’ evolving needs. Today, in the Indian food service industry we are experiencing a constant evolution in the diners’ preferences and it seems that to have enduring success in this highly competitive business one has to not only keep abreast of consumers’ present dining preferences but probably be able to foretell their future yearnings and cravings related to their dining choices as well.Ashok Malkani takes a look at some of the prevailing healthy food trends taking place in the Indian food service industry. He finds that health consciousness is topmost in the minds of the millenials who form a major chunk of the dining out segment in urban India.

Presenting A Melange Of Culinary Delights

True to its name, Melange, the multi-cuisine restaurant at The Plazzio Hotel in Gurgaon presents a mélange of diverse tastes and flavours, across 24 hours of the day and night. Melange offers a selection of sumptuous offerings from Mediterranean, Continental, Mexican, Thai, Japanese, Chinese and other exotic cuisines. Of course, if you are a lover of regional Indian food, you would simply love your date with Melange.

Heady Delights With Stories

The advent of microbrewery in India’s alcoholic beverages market in 2009, and the subsequent spread of microbreweries across the country can give a much needed fillip to our nascent industry of craft beers. And the flow of craft beers would lend more class to India’s beer business and some health to Delhi and other Indian metros’ fast developing nightlife spirits.

Raising A Toast To Whisky

These days, alcoholic drinks are fast losing their taboo from India’s society. They feature prominently across parties. But among the alcoholic beverages, Indians have a special love for whisky.Whisky is created from rich flavourful grains, which are fermented into a mash. The mash is then distilled in a still, whose whole purpose is the purification of the alcohol into a pure delicious spirit.No wonder this internationally acclaimed alcoholic beverage has been honoured by having two days – International Whisky Day and World Whisky Day – in which the connoisseurs of this favoured drink raise a toast to this drink of ever flowing popularity.Ashok Malkani takes a look at the popularity of this beverage in India and other aspects of this ever trendy and favoured drink, which is now being savoured even in the form of cocktails.

The Promising Market Of Superfoods

High nutrient superfoods like quinoa, chia, amaranth and avocado, which were available in retail chains like Walmart in the US, Canada and other foreign countries, are now finding space on the shelves of India's super markets.The result is that a host of entrepreneurs are now making these available locally instead of importing them. One entrepreneur, having a farm in Pune, now has crates of purple, yellow, red and white carrots; orange and purple sweet potatoes; and yellow beetroots and butternut squash alongside piles of emerald-coloured kale, romaine lettuce and spinach, and bright watercress and microgreens stored in the warehouse.Ashok Malkani examines the popularity of superfoods in India’s food service industry, which can enlighten entrepreneurs desirous of entering this field.

Potential Market Of Ethnic Beverages

The long Indian sizzling summer is in full swing and cool beverages are a delightful means to bring a refreshing element to the scorching and sweaty summers. They can give some relief from the all pervasive heat.

Chull, Let Us Party

One of the many widespread disturbing realties of post-modern India is its medieval cultural baggage of repressed sexuality that is also one of the characteristics of the inherent feudalistic traits of our society.

Facilitating Hygiene In Food Production Chain

It is extremely important that eateries get their food and beverage products only from reputed and registered suppliers and institute a system of regular inspection to facilitate that the supplied products are of consistently high quality

Eco-Friendly Food Packaging

Eco-packaging has been a major issue with the foodservice industry. With environment conservation acquiring new dimensions since the last few years, biodegradable packaging has gain more importance. With Maharashtra declaring plastics as unwanted product and levying penalties not only on establishments using plastic cutlery and bags but also on the users, eco-friendly packaging has once again has come into the limelight. The search for biodegradable packaging by the food & beverage industry has brought up a new investment opportunity for enterprising entrepreneurs. Ashok Malkani takes a look at the evolution of market for biodegradable packaging and, also, at the alternatives for plastic packaging and cutlery being used by the foodservice industry.

Thai Restaurant Brand Mango Tree Expands India Footprint

Mango Chili Thai Café in Bengaluru becomes Mango Tree’s second outlet in India, following the popular Mango Tree Mumbai.

Say Cheers To Beer

Summer is here and the desire to quench the unrelenting thirst with that golden pale, clear liquid of perennial popularity named beer, has again reared up. This desire makes many a person head for the nearby pub. There are not only several flavours of beer available now — ranging from raspberry and strawberry to cardamom, but there are also varied categories of beer flooding the market like crisp, hops, malt, roast, etc.Here Ashok Malkani finds that besides having a wide variety, beer also has (if consumed in moderation) varied health benefits. If you believe beer piles up LDL (bad cholesterol) and gives ‘beer belly’ then you are way off the mark.

Presenting The King of Fruits!

Facebook's COO is arguably the most influential woman in business. Now, even after personal tragedy, she wants to spread that influence to small businesses - and get women into seats of power everywhere.

Service Charge Is Voluntary

After the Union Government approved guidelines on service charge, the Food and Consumer Affairs Minister, Ram Vilas Paswan has declared in the recent past that the service charge on hotel and restaurant bills was absolutely voluntary and not mandatory. According to the guidelines, the column of service charge in the bill will be left blank, which the customers can fill up at their discretion before making the final payment. "Guidelines are being sent to states for necessary action at their ends," the minister tweeted.

Fighting Food Allergy

From training the staff about how to handle guests with food allergies to indicating common food allergens in the menu and preparing recipes in a manner that leaves no scope for crosscontamination are some of the steps that restaurants can take to make dining out experience safer for people with sensitivity to certain ingredients or food products

Ketchup Spreads Its Tastes

India’s ketchup and sauce market, pegged at Rs. 1,000 crore, is primarily driven by the growing demand for fast food

Latest Recipe For Success

An all-day dining restaurant named Latest Recipe, which is housed at Le Meridien Gurgaon, Delhi NCR, comes across as an ideal place to have a sumptuous world cuisine experience.

Improve Your Business With… Elegant Dinnerware

Tableware plays an important role in a dining experience. For an F&B outlet to succeed it is important to set the mood for an exhilarating dining experience, which can be ensured by an attractive and presentable table setting. For a hotel or restaurant, the right selection of tableware and dinnerware are as important as the food and ambience of the establishment. For the hotel or restaurant the right election and display of tableware is as important as the fare that is served. But purchasing restaurant cutlery and crockery can be a daunting task as one has to envision the table setting in the total environmental décor of the outlet. Trying to figure out everything – from how much tableware to buy to what style will serve best in the establishment can seem to be an insurmountable job. Ashok Malkani tries to make the task of the restaurateur a little less problematic by highlighting the range of tableware available and the pros and cons of different types of cutlery and crockery.

A Sweet Date with Health

Date is a healthy and tasty fruit, which can enrich our day-to-day diet and can add more sweetness and health to our eating out adventures. One cannot be certain about the geography of its origin, but it is commonly believed to be originated in the Fertile Crescent region, which lies between Egypt and the ancient Mesopotamia. It is also believed that the date palm tree, which bears date fruit, originated in present day Iraq.

Fighting Pests At Restaurants

While finding the right vendor for pest control is one of the biggest challenges that housekeepers face, their job does not end in outsourcing the work.

‘Jam' Of A Business

With more and more people showing their preference to go for products that are organic and low on sugar content, there are now new opportunities to start ventures dealing in fruit jams and jellies to cater to the new breed of consumers

Can Railways Have Airport-Like Facilities?

The Railways will soon also have a range of meal options and lavish food courts, akin to the ones present at major highways

When Personal Is Professional

Certain personal choices like how one combs hair, what jewellery or attire one wears could be very important professional concerns impacting the safety of food delivered at restaurants

The Orange Coloured Delight

Orange is the fruit of the citrus species Citrus aurantium, belonging to the family Rutaceae.

Eating Out With Social Media

It may sound somewhat clichéd that we are going through digital age, but like many cliched statements it also happens to be true.

Kitchen Cleanliness

Nowadays people go out to dine to have a wonderful experience of delicious food prepared in a professional kitchen by a trained Chef and at the same time to enjoy the ambience and surroundings.  Restaurant customers expect their food to be cooked in a clean kitchen and to have clean surroundings in service area, regardless of the size or type of the restaurant. 

Trends In Indian Food Retail Business

Many of the leading food and beverage brands operating in India have realised that health and wellness has emerged as a mega trend which is shaping consumer preferences and shopping habits