Right after I hit the publish button for my previous post about Burger King’s ad snafu in Spain, I received this brief official statement from Burger King about their advertisement campaign in Spain.
Burger King Corporation (BKC) values and respects all of its guests as well as the communities we serve. This in-store [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Food’
By Kamla Bhatt • Jul 8th, 2009 • Category: Americas, Business, Diaspora, Ideas, India
By Kamla Bhatt • Jul 8th, 2009 • Category: Books, Movies, Music, Televison, Americas, Diaspora, Ideas
Last night a local San Francisco TV channel aired a story about Burger King’s ad-campaign in Spain and how it has offended the local Indian community, specifically the Hindus. The reason? Burger King’s latest in-store ad campaign featured Lakshmi, the Hindu goddess of wealth, on a ham sandwich and therein lay [...]
By Kamla Bhatt • Sep 12th, 2008 • Category: Diaspora, Ideas, Internet and Telecom, Interviews, Podcast, Technology, Venture Capital
Earlier today I spent a couple of hours talking to Yogen Dalal, Managing Director, Mayfield Fund. Yes, I was there to interview him, and he was such a gracious host and spent an extra hour talking on a whole range of topics not directly related to the interview. Yogen is a fascinating conversationalist and I [...]
By Kamla Bhatt • Jul 11th, 2008 • Category: Books, Movies, Music, Televison, Diaspora, People, Travel
This year’s Tiffin Cup award goes to Mint & Mustard headed by chef Anand Joseph George. This award is for the Best South Asian restaurant in UK. George won the award for his dish, which was a pan seared seabass fillets on a bed of potato and curry leaf mash, with a sauce of raw mangoes, ginger and coconut [...]
By Kamla Bhatt • Jul 10th, 2008 • Category: Bombay/Mumbai, Diaspora, Entrepreneur Interviews, Food, India, Interviews, People, Travel
Mint & Mustard opened last year in Cardiff, Wales and is headed by Anand Joseph George, a truly gifted chef. The restaurant has got some great review and recently won the annual South Asian Chef competition in Wales and will represent at the national level.
My husband and I first met George in Jamavar, the Indian [...]