Indians ready to experiment with local cuisine says Madhav Pai, COO, Thomas Cook India
Madhav Pai talks about how Indians are open to experimenting with global cusine. you have food shows on TV, be it Masterchef Australia or TopChef Masters, which find a dedicated audience among us. All this has egged on travel agencies like Ezeegol.com and Thomas Cook to come up with food specific holidays in Australia, Singapore, France and other countries.
- (1888PressRelease) September 08, 2012 - INDIANS are more than ready to experiment with local cuisine while on holiday abroad. This is according to a survey by travel planning site, Trip Advisor, where 91 per cent of respondents (among 1,000 people) confirmed that travel habits are surely changing. Then you have food shows on TV, be it Masterchef Australia or TopChef Masters, which find a dedicated audience among us. All this has egged on travel agencies like Ezeegol.com and Thomas Cook to come up with food specific holidays in Australia, Singapore, France and other countries.
The fork, your guide it is common knowledge that Italian and Far Eastern cuisine are favorites. But there is an interesting development. According to Hotels.com's latest poll, featuring 27,000 global respondents, Japanese cuisine followed on the heels of Italian and French food. "Customers can meet their needs by considering each country's culture-specific cuisines. Every destination has offerings like vineyard trails, beer gardens and cheese factories," says Madhav Pai, CEO, Leisure, Thomas Cook.
Stretching the rupee: A survey by Make my trip revealed that Chennaiites are the most price-sensitive, with respondents saying they always convert meal prices into Indian Rupees. The study also proved that Bangaloreans and Chennaiites are the most experimental when it comes to finding quaint eateries. Italy Fine dining aficionados can check out the 4D/5N Thomas Cook wine package of Piedmont, Italy.
The itinerary includes Barbaresco and Barolo wine tastings, (marchesidigresy.com, marchesibarolo.com), a session spa hotel, Singapore. For those of you who don't have the time to plan, the Singapore Tourism Board has launched customized itineraries, with cooking workshops. According to the Singapore Tourism Board, Shermay's Cooking School and Palate Sensations Cooking School offer workshops focusing on Asian techniques and baking sessions. If cooking is not your thing, you can still get the best of street food with the Makansutra Food Safari Tour and the Singapore Food Trail, for ice-balls and kachang puteh.
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