CRICKET AND CUISINE: INDIA DAZZLES
I confess. I’m not a cricket fan. But here I was in NYC on ythe very day of the Indian cricket win against Pakistan and like everyone else, I was completely bowled over. For more than one reason. Ofcourse, this is the very first time that NYC has hosted a cricket match and more than 35000 people turned up for it. Sending seismic waves of joy India is reigning supreme in more ways than one Our golden hearted superachiever, chef, author, film maker, philanthropist Vikas Khanna’s three month old restaurant has been topping the charts and breaking records, booking are snapped up within 60 seconds of opening the reservations. Ive been personally witness to this and watched NYC eating out of his hands. Vikas is serving up authentic, Indian food, some with a creative tweak, some traditional and many a home recipe too…tasty and memorable! Generous portions no gimmicks. And it is a winner! Culinary history is being made as much as cricket history. Having been to both, the cricket match and Vikas Khanna’s new restauant, Karambir Kang, the dynamo head of the Taj hotels, North America joins in the celebration.
SPORTS STADIUM SNACKS: WINNERS
Even the New yorker chef author Michael Mignano is celebrating it all, including the first time ever cricket held in NYC. He’s doing so by creating typical NY sports stadium food. And in honor of cricket coming to NY infusing Indian flavors into it. Michael even breaks into song: the iconic song written in 1908 about American sports snacks... “take me out to the ball game” Michael has authored two definitive books on food and has been a fan of Indian food and spices and introduced them in many of his menus. Today’s unique celebratory dishes created by him are executed by the gifted chef Ravinder Kumar. Both Vikas and Karmbir discuss the “wagah border” moment of the cricket match which “gave me goosebumps” says Vikas as we taste our way through Michael’s unqiue stadium snacks. THE PIERRE continues to be my favorite grand dame in NYC & I have several magical memorable moments here...with Rishi and Neetu Kapoor, Riddhima Sahni, RajBakshi and RohanBalshi many more. Tajness Jai ho!
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