{"id":601,"date":"2004-11-07T11:23:44","date_gmt":"2004-11-07T05:53:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madmanweb.com\/2004\/11\/07\/waiting_for_foo\/"},"modified":"2004-11-07T11:23:44","modified_gmt":"2004-11-07T05:53:44","slug":"waiting_for_foo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madmanweb.com\/2004\/11\/waiting_for_foo\/","title":{"rendered":"Waiting for food"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bangalore’s latest hang-out spot is The
\nForum<\/a>, a 450,000 acre shopping complex in Koramangala. This is the first
\nmall of its kind and size in Bangalore, so of course Bangaloreans are flocking
\nthere to check out this shopping paradise. <\/p>\n

Like any decent mall, The Forum too has a food court, and unlike some of the
\nother icky food courts in town (yes, Bangalore Central, I’m talking about you<\/i>),
\nthis one happens to be quite decent. The restaurant-loving Bangalorean, who is
\nnow trying to match the Bombayite at being adventurous about food, has plenty of
\nvariety to keep herself occupied. In the food court, you’ll find Thai food,
\nChinese food, South-Indian dosas, biryanis, Subway, etc. It’s a pretty good
\nspread if you ask me. Obviously, when it gets busy, the place gets chaotic
\nbecause the average Indian does not know how to stand in a queue and actually
\nwait his turn. But I digress…<\/p>\n

And guess which food outlet gets the most traffic? Thai food? Subway? <\/p>\n

No, ladies and gentlemen, the answer is none of the above. It is… [drumroll
\nplease] the spanking new McDonald’s that has just opened its first
\noutlet in Bangalore<\/a>. Amidst the numerous cuisines on offer at The Forum, the
\nqueue outside McDonald’s stretches for a long, long distance. Can you believe
\nthis? Bangalore has restaurants that serve food from 20 countries, yet the
\npublic is willing to wait ages just so they can get a taste of a lousy Maharaja
\nMac. <\/p>\n

What is wrong with us? I’d understand if it were some exotic food not
\navailable elsewhere, but this is Mc-fucking-Donald’s<\/i>. This is the place
\nthat serves mediocre food consistently all over the world. In USA and most parts
\nof the world, McDonald’s is cheap-ass food where you can feed your family for
\n$10. That’s about all there is. There’s no "ambience", the chairs are
\nuncomfortable (intentionally), and the food is average but same-same everywhere.
\nWhy are we worshipping places like KFC and McDonald’s as if they were some holy
\ngrail of gourmet food? As if this weren’t enough, I tore my hair out when I
\nopened my Friday copy of the Times of India. I flipped to the food review
\nsection hoping to find some new exciting restaurant in town (because one opens
\nevery other day in Bangalore), and I was horrified. Believe it or not, the food
\ncritic had reviewed<\/i> the McDonald’s at The Forum. I shit you not! Where
\nelse in the world would a McDonald’s outlet be reviewed like a restaurant? It
\nhappens only in India.<\/p>\n

If ever you wanted to see an example of crazy worship of Western icons, this
\nwould be it. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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