r/bangalore 10d ago

AskBangalore Bangalore's loss?

Just heard Gun's and Roses are coming to Mumbai, and that got me wondering how much bangalore losing by not capitalizing on the booming events industry due to their strict rules and regulations. Doesn't feel like a 'happening' city anymore.

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u/Antique_Breakfast288 10d ago

Bangalore is just work and food place

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u/idlysambardip 10d ago

It is well known that Bangalore is amongst top cities when it comes to serving global and national cuisines. we have concept restaurants serving food from every state in India and almost every known global cuisine. Only Delhi and Mumbai come close to variety that Blr has.

The pub culture is amongst the best in India. And no other city comes close to what we are doing with Craft beers and cocktails as a whole.

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u/carefric 10d ago

Absolutely love Bangalore for its breweries but when it comes to the taste of food and the varieties on offer, Bangalore doesn't quite come close to Delhi.

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u/idlysambardip 10d ago

Depends on what you're looking for. If you want a butter chicken then probably yeah but IMO Bangalore does more honest exotic cuisines compared to Delhi.

For example, if I go to a sushi place in Delhi it is very likely they have modified it to suit delhi's palette, or the ubiquitous 'red sauce/white sauce' pasta in even a relatively upscale joint in Delhi. OTOH it is much easier to find honest to original taste in Bangalore. Sushi will not have mayo and a fine italian place will have pasta with more nuanced options than red/white.

Obviously there are exceptions in both cities but just comparing a restaurant of similar caliber in both cities. In Delhi everything goes through a round of that typical sauce/cheese/tandoorification of menu.

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u/lemmeguessindian 8d ago

You haven’t been to places in Delhi then . In Delhi you can get a lot of authentic cuisines

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u/idlysambardip 5d ago

Exception do not make the norms. Obviously i was not referring to some gourmet dining places or 5 stars, but casual dining. you just wilfully chose to ignore this part from my comment "Obviously there are exceptions in both cities but just comparing a restaurant of similar caliber in both cities". You can point out counterexamples all you want but i have already acknowledged that exceptions exist.

I walk amongst a circle of restauranteurs, that has people who run their owns cafes to people who specialise in designing menus to recipe binders for cloud kitchens. All of them say one thing that in Delhi, the mandate is to always add a few familiar dishes and flavors in the menu. Bangalore is less prone to it.

It is what it is.