Hindustan Times
It is Sunday morning and I want to fly 1,907 km away just for breakfast.
At 8 am, it is too early for the Indian restaurants in Beijing to open. But as I write this, Indians are walking into a restaurant to order the typical Maharashtrian fare of poha, upma and the sweet semolina pudding called shira. In China! Some of them will eat vada pav (spicy potato cutlet in a bun). In China! Read more
(8 votes, average: 4.38 out of 5)
Loading ...Posted by Reshma Patil on Sunday, May 24, 2009 at 8:24 pm
Filed under China · Tagged Beijing, China, Indian restaurants, Nagpur, Nashik, shanghai, Yiwu
On Tuesday, I watched Chinese models wearing saris and red bindis catwalk to the sound of Jai Ho, inside the Beijing Raffles hotel located on the avenue leading to Tiananmen Square.
Several times this month across up-market parts of the capital, I encountered India marketing like never before. Nobody is talking about profit. They just want to get the attention of Chinese consumers and hope that they may spend. New businesses that were planned long before the panic saving of the recession hit home, are opening with prayers to survive the crisis year. Read more
(5 votes, average: 4.6 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Reshma Patil on Sunday, April 12, 2009 at 7:32 pm
Filed under China · Tagged Beijing, Chinese consumers, Indian restaurants, Indian restaurants in China, recession, Restaurants, tourism
