The menu of an Indian restaurant in the United States has gone viral. Social media users are debating why the titles of these Indian meals were altered and criticising the restaurant’s excessive costs.
The cuisine shown in the now-viral menu shot includes traditional South Indian meals such as dosa, idli, and sambhar vada. It received 18,000 likes and over 2,200 retweets after being posted on Twitter on Sunday.
The “smashed potato crepe” costs $18.69 (Rs 1,491), the “naked crepe” costs $17.59 (Rs 1,404), the “dunked doughnut pleasure” costs $16.49 (Rs 1,316), and the “dunked rice cake delight” costs $15.39 (Rs 1,391). (Rs 1,228). All pricing is estimated. It’s safe to assume that hardly one was pleased.
Aside from the fact that cuisines are deeply political, and cultural appropriation is a major source of worry, Indians are serious about their food. The menu was not well received on Twitter after it was uploaded by a person going by the handle @inika_.
meanwhile, netizens have come heavily on the price of Doasa and Vada. “It is illegal to sell south Indian cuisine for more than $1,000. I can buy two dosas (crepes) for 80 rupees everywhere in India. Charging $16 for something you can create for less than $2 (in the United States) is absurd; nonetheless, the profit margins would be obscene “a user said
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