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Tuesday, March 17, 2026
TopicIndian restaurants

Topic: Indian restaurants

Restaurant owners in fix over LPG cylinder shortage due to Iran war—‘no more butter chicken’

First change restaurant owners have planned, if things don’t calm down, is to slash some of the crowd favourites from the menu. Gravy-based dishes will leave the restaurant menu.

London restaurateur vows to rid UK of radicals. ‘Pakistanis, Khalistanis forced me to shut shop’

The Hammersmith eatery is Afghanistan-born Harman Singh Kapoor’s second restaurant to shut down. Another outlet in Ealing was also closed over his refusal to serve Halal food.

18,000 people in UK are rushing to save Veeraswamy—100-year-old Indian restaurant

In the petition, the campaigners are focusing on “protecting a historic institution” and saving a “symbol of Indo-British cultural connections”.

Chef Manish Mehrotra names top five food destinations in India. This city tops the list

Manish Mehrotra also has a shortlist of restaurants that have left a lasting impression on him. Topping the list is Naar in Kasauli, Himachal Pradesh.

Indian Accent chef Manish Mehrotra is back with Nisaba—Hathras hing to chestnut chakri

Regionality is the star at Nisaba. From a samosa with dal Moradabadi, hing from Hathras, jawla butter from Maharashtra, to bukunu masala from UP.

Delhi-NCR restaurants are caught in a cut-copy-paste mode, and a monopoly of consultants

“I’ve had clients who were more concerned with their Instagram grid than with flavour or guest experience,” said consultant chef Suvir Saran, who is among those defying the cookie-cutter colour palettes.

South Indian chefs are finally taking over US fine dining. Going beyond naan and dal

From New York’s Michelin-starred Semma to Thattu in Chicago, high-end restaurants in the US are now celebrating South Indian cuisine and not just giving it a passing nod.

Tomato tango! — Restaurants get saucy with alternatives as prices soar over 500%

Many restaurants are reducing tomato usage in their dishes, while companies are increasing the production of cheaper purees, which are selling rapidly due to recent price hikes.

Zomato report says 10% restaurants have closed down, 30% more could shut due to Covid impact

Food delivery industry has largely recovered but the dining industry is only operating at 8-10% of pre-Covid levels, says the Zomato report.

Saunf bowls at restaurants, prasad at temples: Indian traditions in a post-Covid world

In India, physical contact with others is practically a given — be it a quick stop for gol gappas or prasad at a temple. But post-Covid, this could change.

On Camera

Badshah’s men say India doesn’t get the hip-hop game. Truth is, misogyny is their normal

That Badshah is misogynistic is not a particularly illuminating observation. The misogyny is a creative condition of his music, as fundamental to it as the buzzy beat drop.

Free gas to waivers, govt-owned gas firms roll out incentives to push households from LPG to PNG

IGL, MGL & other city gas distributors announce benefits to encourage LPG users to shift to piped natural gas as Centre flags concerns over LPG supply in the wake of Iran conflict.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.