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Do you remember opening your first Bourbon biscuit to lick off the cream inside the rectangular biscuit sandwich? How many of us associate biscuit eating with the “Britannia kid”, Sachin’s companion with his flashy smile, and the shrill “ting ting ti-ding”? Remember Pepsi Blue, the Lays Caribbean flavours – and all the things that were […]
A lot of the quick and convenient ways in which we buy and consume food today – supermarkets, QSRs, catering and deliveries – were set into motion over 30 years ago by a certain decisive Mr. Singh. Kurush Dalal explains the fast food movement in the 90s. On the 24th of July 1991, India’s then […]
When it comes to cocktails, you cannot talk about an era without talking about the years before that influenced it We know the Cosmo from Sex and the City. We loved Tom Cruise in Cocktail. But not all of us know that many of the drinks we drink today tell us stories that go back […]
The enthuTeam shares recipes from their birthday parties from the 1990s. Damn! This piece is…
Chef Rahul Akerkar on opening a chef-driven restaurant in the 90s, disrupting the “baked dish, white sauce” monotony, and standing by your staff. Illustration by: Kruttika Susarla The dining scene in Mumbai in the 1990s? I’d say it was a time warp, and not a very delicious one either. There were the restaurants in five-star […]
Sharda Ugra takes us back through time and stadiums to give us the play by play on the food that fueled some very memorable cricket. Imagine being introduced to edamame on the 2015 cricket tour of Sri Lanka by an Indian team staffer. Japanese seemed to be the cuisine da capo those days, the trend […]
Why did Kellogg’s range of cereals fail to replace traditional Indian breakfasts? illustration by Priyanka Kumar If it ain’t over until the fat lady sings, it isn’t really over until one’s successes or failures are made fun of by a Tamil comedian. In a scene from the movie Kadhal Sadugudu, actor and singer Paravai […]
From dipping into Amul tins, to collaborating with pastoralists to make cheese in Gujarat – 90s kid, and Käse co-founder, Namrata Sunderesan tells us about her journey with cheese. Namrata Sunderesan’s mother would often reach for the round tin of processed Amul cheese in her kitchen, only to realise that it was empty. “I was […]
While the rest of India was munching through the 1990s’ economic boom on snacks and biscuits, Talilula remembers the decade fondly through her mother’s comforting recipe of chichang mayong, a dish made with chutney and leftover rice. In 1962, villages of Ao-inhabited areas of Mokokchung district in Nagaland witnessed the flowering of Bambusa pallida, locally […]
Across twists, turns, and bans, Sadaf Hussain takes us through some iconic 90s confusion in “Bas Do Minute” According to a survey by some renowned university somewhere in India, Maggi is the most preferred food by students across the country. It takes just two minutes (in Indian Standard Time), and has a chameleon-like quality, adapting […]