If there is ONE food item that is a strong contender for winning the ‘National Food of India’ award, it has to be this sinful junk! But trust me, wherever I have been to, be it Tirupati, Vaishnodevi, Kunzum Pass, Demul, Tabo, Goa, Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh, Patna, Jaipur- Maggi is omnipresent. 🙄 In fact, the way right uptill Vaishnodevi main bhavan is dotted with patch-sized make-shift eateries making just Maggi and a few other quick-bites. And mind you, the business is pretty brisk! 😯 I kid you not.
This is one product that has no origin in India, yet it is sold and relished everywhere. Even though, it is extremely unhealthy, 😀 it is my favorite comfort food of all times!
P.S.: No. No-one is paying me to write this. This is solely my view on one food item that unites us all, irrespective of region and religion. If you hold some other view, please feel free to comment. 😀
Lol! I disagree! Can’t let Nestle take this one when our food is world famous! It is the samosas with child labourers and full grown halwaai both toiling alike around the kadhaai…served with our very masala chai…nice to connect with you fellow blogger!
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Wow! An Empty Rucksack visited A Borrowed Backpack!! 😀
Very well countered Empty Rucksack.
It so amuses me to see that we all are such staunch patriots. I wish I could agree with you, for I am equally fond of chai, if not more. 🙂 But by this post I meant something that gets recognition pan-india. Chai gets replaced with filter coffee down south and samosas are unheard of. I am as desi as it can get, but food, for me is a religion. Much however as I want, can’t be unfair.
Thank you for reading the post 😀
P.S: You have a very well put blog.
lol 🙂 how about wheat. since maggie is byproduct of it 😀
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Maggi for life!
Its such a huge part of the backpackers’ lives now 🙂
Yes! That is EXACTLY what I meant. 🙂
Samosas, cutlets, dosas ? 🙂
Roshan, the main word here is ‘pan-india.’ I have written this write-up after letting it simmer in my head for months.
You could be right about samosas, and cutlets, in fact even idlis, but these things lose meaning in other regional pockets of India. Like in Bombay/Pune, samosa holds lesser value than vada-pao. South-Indian fare is little heard of in Bihar/Chhatishgarh.
But I think, from the Indian snacks, samosas can be counted in. Ok! I’ll be honest! I am confused now. 😀