How do you feel about the existence of something called the gold vada pav? Well, it's too late to think over it because apparently it already exists. A restaurant in Dubai has engineered an odd little golden curiosity that converts the barely priced Mumbai street snack into a valuable that best belongs inside a bank locker.
A video of O’Pao DXB's new creation, which has the desi fried potato-stuffed patty covered with 22-carat gold sheets, has gone viral on social media, generating a volley of reactions from Twitterati counting the vada pav among their favourite snacks.
The gold dish reportedly costs AED 99, which when converted to Indian currency is almost a whopping Rs 2000. The number of street vada pavs one could afford at that price!
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Dubai's Gold Vada Pav: A Yay Or Nay For Indians?
The vada pav is a Mumbai staple, believed to have been created in the city and rooted in Marathi culture. The 'vada' is a fried potato fritter while 'pav' is soft bread, made flavourful with a combination of chutneys and sauces. Over the years, the vada pav has been subjected to inter-cultural renditions, some affordably priced and some exorbitantly so.
But no matter the price, netizens say, the heart of the food is in the easy, no-frills convenience of it; fast food put together by a street vendor's adroit hands and munched down for a quick hunger fix.
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"Mom I'm scared they're wrapping vada pav in gold," one user said.
"I still prefer my Khopoli vada pav of Datta Snacks," another wrote.
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