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World Kebab Day 2023: Everything you need to know about this delicious dish

Kebab Day is an annual celebration that is set apart on the second Friday of July to respect the tasty tradition of kebabs. Kebab Day will be observed on July 14 this year

Fine dining, Japanese style: How to develop a taste for the cuisine

The cooking is simple and minimal and ingredients for it readily available in India

Cooked for India: Why Greek cuisine should find place on your dinner table

The Mediterranean nation's food is healthy, simple and has several vegetarian options

Restaurants holding eating house licence can't serve hookah: Bombay HC

An eating house licence does not automatically include permission to serve hookah or herbal hookah, the Bombay High Court said while refusing relief to a suburban restaurant facing revocation of licence for serving herbal hookah. A division bench of Justices G S Kulkarni and R N Laddha in its order dated April 24 noted that hookah cannot be one of the items being served in a restaurant where children, women and elderly visit for refreshments or food. "This would amount to an absolute nuisance in so far as an eating house is concerned. Further, if this is to be a reality, the impact it would create on such customers at the eating house can just be imagined," the court said. It further observed that if every eating house in the city was permitted to provide hookah, then it would result in a "situation beyond one's imagination" and would be "totally uncontrolled". The bench was hearing a petition filed by one Sayli Parkhi challenging an April 18, 2023 order passed by the Brihanmumbai

Icra projects 20-25% growth for quick-service restaurant industry in FY24

India's quick service restaurant industry is likely to witness 20-25 pc growth in the current financial year supported by demand uptick and increasing penetration driven by a rapid expansion of stores. Over the long-term, revenue growth shall be supported by factors like rising QSR penetration levels, a shift from the unorganised to the organised segment with a preference for branded quick service restaurant (QSR) players, given the hygiene and convenience factors (delivery over dine-in), etc, ICRA said. "On the back of a robust industry revenue expansion of around 30-35 per cent in YoY terms estimated for FY2023, ICRA projects growth to moderate somewhat while remaining strong at 20-25 per cent in FY2024 on account of the demand uptick and increasing penetration driven by a rapid expansion of stores," the rating agency said. However, downside risks to the estimates remain from the emergence of any further Covid waves or any material weakening in purchasing power due to a high ...

Decoding the name game of service charge added in a restaurant bill

The Restaurants' Association said that levying of service charges has been a standing practice for more than 80 years in the hospitality industry

Stay order on service charge ban not approval of practice: Delhi HC

The Delhi High Court said on Wednesday its earlier order staying a ban on automatic levy of service charge on food bills cannot be shown by restaurants to the customers in a manner which suggests that the charge has been approved by it. Justice Prathiba M Singh, who was hearing the pleas by two restaurant bodies challenging the July 4, 2022 prohibition by the CCPA, also observed that the words 'service charge' give an impression of being a government-backed levy and asked the petitioners to state if they have any objections to changing the term to 'staff charges' or 'staff welfare fund' etc to avoid any confusion. The judge asked the petitioners- National Restaurant Association of India (NRAI) and Federation of Hotels and Restaurant Associations- to also state the percentage of its members who impose service charge as a mandatory condition and directed them to file their affidavits on the queries. Additional Solicitor General Chetan Sharma said certain restaurants were misinterpreti

Taliban ban restaurant gardens for families, women in Herat, says official

The Taliban have banned families and women from restaurants with gardens or green spaces in Afghanistan's northwestern Herat province, an official said Monday. The moves followed complaints from religious scholars and members of the public about mixing of genders in such places, he said. It was the latest in a slew of restrictions imposed by the Taliban since they took power in August 2021. They have shut girls out of classrooms beyond sixth grade and women from universities, most types of employment, including jobs at the United Nations. They are also banned from public spaces such as parks and gyms. Authorities say the curbs are in place because of gender mixing or because women allegedly are not wearing the hijab, or Islamic headscarf, correctly. The outdoor dining ban only applies to establishments in Herat, where such premises remain open to men. Baz Mohammad Nazir, a deputy official from the Ministry of Vice and Virtue's directorate in Herat, denied media reports that all .

Restaurant app peAR raises Rs 4.2 cr in funding for business expansion

Company uses augmented reality to enable users to visualise dishes before ordering

Jubilant plans to grow Popeyes India network to 250 restaurants in 5 years

US fried-chicken chain Popeyes made its debut in India with the opening of its first restaurant in Bengaluru in January 2022, followed by rapid expansion to 12 restaurants in Bengaluru

When it comes to eating and feasting, Indians go vocal for local

Regional tastes, local flavours and grandma's recipes draw food lovers to restaurants

India's first glass igloo restaurant in Jammu and Kashmir's Gulmarg

Tourists can be seen enjoying their meals and taking photographs in this glass-wall restaurant

Once science fiction, lab-grown meat coming to US restaurants this year

Executives at cultivated meat firms are optimistic that meat grown in massive steel vats could be on the menu within months after a company won the go-ahead from a key regulator

Jubilant FoodWorks lines up Rs 900 cr capex plan for next 12-18 months

In a regulatory filing, the company said capex of Rs 900 crore would be funded entirely through internal accruals over a period for 12-18 months

Speciality Restaurants hits new high ahead of EGM; zooms 41% in one month

On December 21, the board approved an issue of 6 million warrants, each convertible into 1 equity share of the company at a price of Rs 212.05 to allottees other than promoters

A culinary tour of the Chinese diaspora

From the Arctic to Africa to the Amazon, perseverance, economic pragmatism and resourcefulness bind the lives of Chinese immigrant restaurateurs all over the world and inspire their disparate menus

Speciality Restaurants soars 20% in 2 days; hits record high in weak market

In past six months, the stock has rallied 122 per cent, as against 12 per cent rise in the S&P BSE Sensex.

Delhi LG eases licensing norms; bars in 5&4-star hotels to operate 24x7

All restaurants in 5-star and 4-star hotels in Delhi will now be allowed to operate round-the-clock, according to the new licensing norms aimed at boosting the national capital's night economy. Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena, had in November, set up a high powered committee to ease and facilitate license requirements for restaurants/eateries, and directed it to examine the existing regulations and suggest ways of expediting the licensing processes. After the submission of the report by the committee, it took several rounds of meetings to finally concretise the liberalised regulations, officials said. These will now be sent to the National Informatics Centre (NIC) to bring about necessary changes in the new application undertaking and uploaded on the MHA licensing portal. "This is expected to be done in the next three weeks, and come January 26, entrepreneurs in the national capital will be able to avail of this new progressive, business-friendly and liberalised licensing regime in

Where's the New Year's party? It's everywhere, across restaurants & resorts

The party scene started with the FIFA World Cup; it continued into Christmas; and is expected to reach a crescendo on New Year's Eve

Restaurants pull out the masks and gloves to keep new Covid wave at bay

Sanitisers find their way back at entry points; Christmas and New Year bookings sold out, no cancellations so far