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Presenting The King of Fruits!

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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

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.