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Menu Inspirat ions New Restaurant Concepts

A restaurant’s ability to keep its patrons excited of the true custodians of regional cuisine in In the current era of consumer concepts (62%) such as the Speakeasy,
often depends their source of inspiration, and India - Dadis, Nanis and Home Chefs. This hyperchoice, restaurants are expected Gin Bar, and of course, Craft Brewery
the Chef’s ability to translate this inspiration pursuit of local flavours will persist with more to adopt concepts that offer unique and to keep pace with the emerging trends
into the menu. Our experts predict that this restaurants offering modern interpretations innovative experiences and keep diners in the alcohol industry. The panel
year will see more Chefs champion their of traditional dishes (46%) on their menus. excited throughout the year! Nearly two- also expects our growing demand for
culinary heritage (57%) and tell stories about third of our panel expect health-driven authentic regional flavours to translate
how it inspired them to cook. They also expect concepts (65%) like Keto, Vegan, Gluten into more regional cuisine-based
to see a lot more special menus/pop-ups with free and other special diet-driven options restaurant concepts (57%) this year. It
regional cuisine exerts (54%) that incorporate will be the leading trend this year. They certainly is going to be an exciting year
traditional wisdom, knowledge and practices also predict a rise in alcohol-inspired for dining out in India!

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Health-driven concepts 65%
Chefs championing grandmother's cooking 57%
Alcohol-inspired concepts (eg. Speakeasy, Gin Bar, Craft Brewery) 62%
Special menus/Pop-ups with regional cuisine expetrs 54%
Regional cuisines-based concepts 57%
Modern interpretations of traditional dishes 46%
Micro-restaurants 32%
Small plates across all courses 37%
Cuisine mashup concepts (eg. Tamil meets
Sri Lankan, or French meets Bengali) 25%
Bowl meal concepts will see more creative spin-offs 36%

The cocktail concept was waiting in the wings to take off.
Nostalgia is the most important ingredient in food and who We have now a generation of mixologists ready - who have
better than grandma to be inspired by? With the rise in been pushing the boundaries of drinks. The urban markets are
home chefs cooking and taking centre stage, a lot of chefs moving beyond the Mojito, and (the bar menu) is essential to the
are now looking for inspiration - not just from the outside decision of dining out now. It’s a great trend, which brings the
world, but the world of food at their home! bar at par with the kitchen and service, creating wholesome and
Chef Manu Chandra 360 degree experiences.
Chef Kunal Kapur

2019 will a see us cheering over a lot of things that excited us last year, fun
new restaurants opening, simple but flavourful ingredients, a bigger discovery of
In 2019, Chefs are going to go back to their regional dishes. Hopefully in the current era of consumer hyperchoice, restaurants
own roots, research ancient cuisine, explore lost will put in serious effort to offer a better quality of food in addition to the
recipes, and old cooking techniques and shift theatrics they indulge in to lure customers. Because while we have a food boom
their focus from imported expensive ingredients happening in India, it does not necessarily mean its has resulted in better quality! Vir Sanghvi
to local and sustainable produce to deliver
authentic food experience in the purest form!
Chef Ajay Chopra

Goan, Bengali, French, Mangalorean
were just some of the cuisines that I
enjoyed in 2018. I think we will see
As Indians, we are discovering the diversity India has to offer. We a lot more of regional flavours in
are looking inwards at our regional culinary cultures. There is a 2019. The interest in micro-cuisines
sense of curiosity coupled with pride, which has people wanting to will grow in 2019 as we try to
showcase regional recipes. And with the advent of social media, Kunal Vijayakar capture the diverse cultures and
there is a tendency among people to find these hidden gems. The landscapes of India on the plate.
story has all the ingredients of success!
Aneesh Dhairyawan