A LA CARTE - BON APPETIT

A  La  Carte  -  Bon  appetit

 

 

A La Carte offers new flavors for your taste buds.

 

Bon appetit, the French word means  = ( Bon = Good, appetit = appetite ) Good appetite.

The food is as essential as oxygen and water for human life. The foodies' cravings to taste food from all the continents are quite understandable.  The Vegetarian and Non-vegetarian foods are nourished by the travelers across the world. 

 

The tastier food is becoming the craze for humanities in the entire world. Shows such as The Master Chef of Australia, Master Chef of America, and Highway on My Plate are popular amongst television viewers. There are innumerable television programs about cooking, multi-cuisine, tasting, and rating of foods available for food lovers. Many foodies are glued to the television sets when these programs are beamed on national networks. The modern man greatly enjoys tasting Regional, Continental, and Chinese foods. The edible colors and flavors are used liberally in cooking. The A La Carte permits you to choose the food you love whereas the buffet dinner offers unlimited food to fill your tummy. 

There are different kinds of food like -

·         Comfort food

·         Whole food

·         Natural food

·         Fast food

·         Junk food  

·         Organic food

REGIONAL FOODS   -

SOUTH INDIAN FOOD

 

South Indian, Punjabi, and many other regional flavors are available on the Indian menu.

 

The South Indian delicacies such as Vadas and Dosas are available in different varieties. The Sambar and Chutnies are served along with the Vadas and Dosas. The Dahi Vada and Medu Vada are popular. The major diet of South Indians is rice, ghee, curd, rasam, sambar, curries, and dry sabjees such as Avial, Thoran, etc. The South Indians are famous for their rice and curries. The rice plays a major part in South Indian Diets. The Chinna Vengaya (small onion) samabar is popular amongst the Tamilians. The coffee in tumblers is popular in South India. The Kerala Harvest Festival Onam is celebrated with 21 vegetarian dishes served on plantain leaves with rice. The feast is complete with a good number of Payasams or Puddings. The Ada Pradhaman is the numero uno amongst the puddings. The Hotel business of South Indian Vegetarians mainly belongs to Udipi Brahmins.

 

The Southern Non-Vegetarian Food includes lamb, meat, and different kinds of fish. The Chettinad Chicken and Mutton preparations are popular. The Keralites use abundant doses of coconut oil in their home food. The grated coconut and coconut milk are part of their Vegetarian as well as Non-vegetarian preparations. The Kerala women’s sparkling big eyes and long hair were attributed to their rice and fish curry consumption which they share with Bengalis. The Biryani both Vegetarian and Non-vegetarian forms a part of sumptuous food. The Hyderabadi Biryani is the most sought-after. The Mangalorean dishes are popular too. The Shetty community dominates South Indian Food preparations in their Hotels and Restaurants across India and abroad.

PUNJABI CUISINE

The Nan, Chappaties, and Roti topped with butter are the Punjabi’s preferred food. The Punjabi Aloo Mutter, Kofta Curries, Navrattan Kormas, and Panner dishes are all popular amongst the entire Indian population. There are more than 1200 Punjabi recipes available. The Punjabi’s Motta Lassi and their Samosas are famous. The Punjabi are healthier than their Indian counterparts. The Punjabi men and women are fair, handsome, and beautiful like their penchant for tastier and delicious food habits.

  

 

The Punjabi Non-vegetarians prefer tandoori, kababs, and cutlets. The Punjabi’s Mutton and Chicken preparations are quite famous in the Indian Non-vegetarian communities. The Punjabi food finds a prominent place in the Indian A La Carte. 

 

THE BIG FAT INDIAN WEDDING

The wedding takes place in the heavens. This is apropos to the Big Fat Indian Weddings. The Catholic Weddings catch the fancy of Indians. The bridegroom in suit and bride in gown and crown are a great sight for wedding observers. The march past, cake cutting, toast of the wine and cake, dance with compere and talks, all these are catching the attention of other Indian communities. The awesome delicacies are served to wine and dine as a part of wedding celebrations.

 

 

The Big Fat Indian Weddings are celebrated with musical bands and expensive ethnic wares such as Sherwanis and Lehenga Cholis. The brides use mehendis and sindoor and the groom with headgear known as pagdis and come mounted on a horse. Large-scale lavish weddings are showing Indian pride. The marriage is celebrated with several courses of meals and delicious cuisines. The Live counters, Salad Dressing, and separate counters for Vegetarian and Non-vegetarian food are a part of the wedding celebrations. Sweet Dishes like Gulab Jamun, Ras Goolas, Jalebis, Imartis, and Laddoos are served for the wedding guest’s sweet tooth.

CONTINENTAL FOODS

The Italian, French, Japanese, Chinese, American, Indian, Thai & Cajun Foods are the most famous continental foods.


The Italian Pastas and Pizzas are satiated by the global population. Foods like burgers, Pies, Pancakes, Wafers, Sandwiches, hamburgers, Doughnuts, French Fries, Pizzas, and pasta are globally well-known. 

 

The Soup, starter, main course, and sweet dish are served with appetizers as part of wine and dining. The sizzlers and sirloins are hot favorites amongst the food lovers. Pork and beef are consumed by non-vegetarians. The Spinach, lettuce, broccoli, and cabbage are used to prepare awesome food. The prawns, crabs, oysters, and list of seafood is endless. The yogurt and ice cream are relished by the food lovers.

  

Well-known Coffee Brands like Starbucks Coffee, Café Coffee Day, and Gloria Jeans and ice-cream brands like Baskin Robbins, Yankee Doodle, and Kwality Walls are patronized by food lovers and enjoy a larger market share.


The Bakeman’s favorite cakes, cookies, croissants, pastries, bread, and chocolates are a craze amongst youngsters.

 

CHINESE FOOD

  

 

The Noodles with Chopsticks occupy our imagination when we think about Chinese food. Foods like Chinese and Thai are gaining popularity amongst foreign tourists.

 

 

The Chinese recipe is large –

·         Grain based

·         Noodles

·         Pork based

·         Poultry based

·         Vegetable based

·         Dumplings

·         Pastry

The Chinese Soup, Chilly Chicken, Fried Rice with different sauces are famous world-wide.

THE BEACH DINNER

The Beach Candle Light Dinner in the evening is a good idea. When I visited Singapore and Bali, Indonesia enjoyed the Beach Dinner with singers playing musical instruments at your table and was obliged to play your favorite number on request. The beach dining tables combined are more than a kilometer length and there are many stages erected at the beach for performing local cultural programs.

 

The Beach Weddings are famous too.

KFC, McDonalds, Domino’s Pizza, etc. are well-known for fast food.


Pop Tate’s, Urban Tadka, Zaffrans, Salt-N-Pepper, Barbeque Nation, Copper Chimney, The Social etc. are some of the most popular Restaurants in Mumbai.   

The popular saying like the way to one’s heart is through his stomach is true as far as the foodies are concerned.

 

 

Good food and old wine are part of a prosperous life..!!.