Street food has a very special place in our hearts. How can we forget the joy golgappe or aloo tikki or pav bhaji, brought to us during our childhood days? But, the street food that we find today is very much different from the one that we had in our childhood. Today, street food vendors add cheese, mayonnaise, and Chinese sauces to most street foods and sadly, this new trend has ruined the original taste of our much treasured. Be it Kathi Roll or Maggi or Dabeli, you can find grated cheese in everything.
Talking about the same, recently, a Twitter user, Balsher Singh Sidhu, shared how vendors are ruining the taste of street food by adding mayonnaise and grated cheese to everything.
(Unpopular?) opinion: Indian street food scene is being ruined by excessive mayo and shredded cheese. They just destroy the actual flavours. Indian food is good enough already without being drowned in mayo/cheese.
— Balsher Singh Sidhu (@balsher_sidhu) August 16, 2022
And, many netizens agreed with the thought. They shared how be it golgappas or maggi or pav- they either come with mayo dip or topped with cheese.
Nope. Cheese Panipuri has arrived.
— Adv. Aditya Lele (@Lele_Speaks_) August 16, 2022
And varities od Dhokla is unimaginable pic.twitter.com/hQfQKwRAde
— Nimesh Patel 🇮🇳 (@nimesh_h_patel) August 17, 2022
Definitely not an unpopular opinion and you forgot to add schezwan sauce to the list of so called fusion dishes…
— Priti Gaikwad (@pritscribe) August 16, 2022
NOT unpopular by a mile. I HATE when someone drops even a pinch of either of those things; totally ruins the original stuff.
— Political Rambo (@PoliticalJunk20) August 16, 2022
Its a fact, most indian foods spoiled by ready/ easy to mae items amd its alarming that junta likes itband thriving, Chinese, mayo and what not ! Cringeworthy, this ia a scene across india i guess
— JD (Jayaram) (@Jayaram18908239) August 16, 2022
Some netizens also blamed food vloggers for promoting this food trend.
And the major credit goes to those good for nothing food vloggers ! Who continue to urge the vendors to come up with such Ludacris ideas !
— Dhumketu (@dhumketu101) August 16, 2022
Mayo is tasteless, I don’t know how it can replace the wonderful variety of chutneys we already have. My heart sinks a little every time I see people eat momos with mayo.
— manish (@ThatGuyManish) August 17, 2022
I just can’t understand the fascination with Mayo in this country. I think it’s the burger joints that got them hooked. Everything that goes onto a Burger and Pizza must go onto everything Indian is the new “Great Indian Recipe” trend.
— Gumnaam is my naam (@chummathiri) August 17, 2022
I dont like how americanized our food palates have become. Mayo doesnt taste good and cheese is meh. It doesn’t triumph over the spices used in indian cuisine 😕
— Chronic Migraines has taken Nour (@ohmyhoven) August 16, 2022
While the addition of cheese and mayonnaise, not only ruins the original taste but also makes it highly unhealthy.
This is a popular opinion! We have all these great ingredients and great flavors (which the whites are adopting) while we are over indulging in fats (mayo is eggs and oil while processed cheese is pretty much mostly fat). I hope this trend dies.
— anonymityisamyth (@anonymityismyth) August 16, 2022
Do you like our original desi flavors? Tell us in the comments below.