Indian dishes often sound unrecognisable when translated to English. And sometimes, the translated names get hilarious too. A restaurant in the US named Indian Crepe Co. sells popular south Indian dishes like dosa, idly, medu vada and sambar. The good part is that they are putting these dishes on the global food map. But the way they have named the dishes is leaving desi Twitter laughing and furious at the same time. They have called the humble plain dosa ‘naked crepe’, masala dosa ‘smashed potato crepe’ and sambar vada ‘dunked doughnut delight’.
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— inika⛓ (@inika__) July 16, 2022
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Plain Dosa Sold At ₹1400 In The US, Sambar Vada Sold At ₹1300
Thankfully, the restaurant has used pictures of the dishes along with the names. Otherwise, the names would probably skip the eye of an Indian in the quest for south Indian food in the US. Also, plain dosa at the restaurant is priced at a whopping $17.59, which is almost around ₹1,404. Masala dosa comes at a price of $18.69 ( around ₹1,491) at the restaurant. And sambar vada comes at $16.49, which is almost around $1,316. This proves that Indian food is indeed a luxury in the US.
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Netizens Call The Strange Nomenclatures ‘Blasphemy’ And ‘Crime’
The screenshot of the restaurant’s menu was shared on Twitter and it has grabbed over 20.1K likes in a span of two days. Over 2500 users have retweeted the post. While the post became a fun translation game for many Indians, several others left humorous comments below it. Commenting on the post, one user wrote, “Gonna end it all is this blasphemy.” Another commented, “I hope they don’t call themselves Indian restaurant.” Yet another commented, “This is a crime.”
On that note, what is the funniest English translation of a desi dish you have come across? Let us know in the comments section below. Meanwhile, here are 5 Weirdest Food Spelling Mistakes That Will Tickle Your Funny Bones.