manchurian, chilli chicken, veg hakka noodles: If you travelled across the length and breadth of China, you’d be hard-pressed to find these dishes on restaurant menus.
They may have evolved from the culinary traditions of mainland China but today they are as Indian as aloo gobi.It, therefore, came as a surprise when, faced with growing calls for banning Chinese goods, Union minister Ramdas Athawale said restaurants selling “Chinese food" in India should be banned too.Anjan Chatterjee, chairman and managing director of Speciality Restaurants Ltd that owns restaurant brands like Mainland China and Gong Modern Asian across India, said the minister’s tweet is a “loose cannon".“Our ingredients are Indian, cooks are Indian and the people eating.
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