I LOVE how #Bangalore now has so many places from where you can order THICC & CHONCC-y sandwiches π₯ͺ from!
Grab a bib, cuz here are 5 sandwiches you just gotta try: ππΎ
1/ The Food Lover Company
π₯ͺ All sandwiches are fundraisers for the Coorg Wellness Foundation, an org set up for ppl + wildlife
π₯ͺ No set menu, as veggies are sourced daily from farmers
π₯ͺ Super eclectic fillings, like π, which π€―
π₯ͺ Founded by Candice Lock, the same person who gave us Chinita!
π₯ͺ New York style sandwiches influenced by her Cantonese roots and by living in NY
π₯ͺ Trained frequently at the Institute of Culinary Education, NY
π₯ͺ Brik Oven pizza really needs no introduction, but have you tried their breakfast (read: brunch) sandwiches?
π₯ͺ They make their own bread and mozerella
π₯ͺ They have a bagel sandwich on their menu too!
π₯ͺ So goddamn good that they have a 100% money back guarantee π³
π₯ͺ Each sandwich come with a bottle of their signature ginger beer
π₯ͺ Chk out their bagel sandwiches+ Sunday Randoms!
π₯ͺ Nicholas, the French founder, wanted to bring French street food to India. So he set up a food truck called Le Casse-Croute
π₯ͺ Due to red tape that came with running a food π, he partnered the folks behind Pizza Bakery & launched a brick & mortar store in BLR
Wrote this thread to celebrate both:
π₯ͺ The cosmopolitan nature of #Bangalore and
π₯ͺ The incredible level of craftsmanship that goes into each of these sandwiches
1/Paneer and pav. Two Portuguese inventions I am very grateful for. Little did I know that I also had to thank the Portuguese for the Alphonso aam as well.
Curious about how the π₯ revered by the aam aadmi came to have a Caucasian name I researched a bit. Here is what I found!π
2/When the Portuguese first landed in India mangoes were a little bit..sucky. That is to say, Indians used to devour them by sucking their pulp.
These mushy mangos, while delicious, were hard to transport back home. The emperor demanded π₯s that were easier for European exports.
3/ Portuguese priests who had settled in Goa then started experimenting with indigenous mangoes. This resulted in the origin of the world-famous Goan grafts of mangos.
They then sowed the seeds (quite literally) for the Alphonso aam that we all love.
1/6 If you go to Madurai, you will come across a curious cold drink called Jigarthanda. While it is a lot like falooda, it is not quite the same.
It contains almond gum (from almond bark). It has a sweet earthy taste due to sarsaparilla syrup. What intrigued me most was its name
2/ The name of the cold drink Jigarthanda translates to "cold heart". It is an amalgamation of two Urdu words jigar (ΰ€ΰ€Ώΰ€ΰ€°/Ψ¬Ϊ―Ψ±) and thanda (ΰ€ ΰ€ΰ€‘ΰ€Ύ/ΩΉΪΎΩΪΨ§).
While thanda made sense, I was puzzled by the usage of jigar which literally translates to one's liver rather than one's β₯οΈ
3/ Turns out that Urdu poets use the word jigar (trans. liver) as a metaphor for the heart and as a term of endearment.
This is because the liver is as vital as our heart for survival.
That is also why you may have come across the term "jigari-dost" for close friends.
TIL that prior to the adoption of the internationally accepted A4 std sheet, Britain's standard paper size was called "foolscap".
Its unique name is because the paper was watermarked with the symbol of a joker with a fool's cap and bells. It's slightly bigger than an A4 sheet
If one digs back to the etymology a bit more, John Ciardi says that the watermark βfoolscapβ was actually a mistranslation of an earlier reference to legal paper. π
In the middle ages, contracts were drawn upon a large sheet of paper, & both parties signed. (1/π§Ά)
The paper was then torn in 2 (in a ragged fashion) & 1 half was given to each party. The ragged tear was unique to that particular contract. If there was any dispute the parties would each bring their 1/2 before a judge who would 1st check if the 2 halves lined up perfectly. 2/π§Ά