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Chennai - International food scene

There are various types of cooking world over depending on the style of cooking, the ingredients available in that part of the region, the weather conditions pertaining to that landscape and also the religion practised. In today's world as the universe converges to one, the availability of multi-cuisine food has become the norm of gourmet. Most of us are aware of Chinese food like dumplings and spring rolls; while we have never kept our foot near its boundaries.
The much conservative city of south India - Chennai, has now opened up to international cuisine. Though the star hotels of Chennai have specialisation in internationally acclaimed cuisine, it served only to the more affordable class of the society and the rest got a taste of it only when the specific restaurants came up. With the food delivery Apps - its is easy to try variety of food from the confines of our home and also reserve tables in the top restaurants of the city with just a click. Majority of the households go in for outside food during weekends and holidays. The very reluctant elderly of Chennai are now seen trying multi-cuisine enthusiastically.
According to a CNN report the top three cuisines of the world are from Italy, China and France. Chennai-ties are very familiar to the Italian Pizzas. Pizza huts and Dominos have mushroomed in every nook and corner of this vast city. Many kids prefer the gooey-cheesey pizzas to the home cooked idlys and dosas. These outlets also cater to Pastas and breads with the help of delivery boys speeding in the road in their red and blue scooters. Thus Italian cuisine became the primitive deliver to home food of Chennai and a favourite international food.
Coming very close to Italian is the Chinese food. We can hardly find a soul who has not tried the noodles. While maggie brought in this on our kitchens much early, the hakka noodles and ramen came in to our life through the entry of Chinese Restaurants. Mainland China, Wangs Kitchen, Chung wah and Chinese Story to name a few have got tradition Chinese food with the right ingredients right on to the plate of the lower rungs of the city's population. Now everyone gets to know the like of dumplings and wontons. We know the various noodles varieties like  veg, chow mein, fried and Szechuan. We've slurped lung fung and man chow soups and munched on stir fried veggies and drangon chickens. Our kids have tasted soy sauce and tomato sauce more than traditional rasam and tomato thokku.
The Thai cuisine comes very close to south India in terms of taste as its elements are very close to ours like the - coconut milk, lemon grass, rice, pepper, garlic, chilly and familiar vegetables. The Green curry and Red curry of Thai cuisine are just apt to go with rice just like our local gravies. The soups and salads of this cuisine are much to our liking as they are loaded with vegetables known to this part of the world.
Apart from the above mentioned the Arabian cuisine also finds a place in this city as one can see shawarma rotating in fire with glass cases. The Burmese food in the form of Atho has already occupied a strong position in the city. Also the Singaporean dishes and Malaysian parottas are available round the clock - thanks to the extensive travelling to these countries.
With more Indians travelling to foreign countries, higher movement of expats and high growth in food industry the foodies in the city are in for some sumptuous international treats.
Have a local tea till we meet next!
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Location: Porur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

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