Food, in most parts of the world, is celebrated like an event. While the internet has been privy to some of the most surprising food experiments, there is always more to it. There can be different reasons for enjoying the food of a place -- could be the taste, could be the experience. Well, talking about experience, nothing beats the madness of the roadside food stalls. Somewhere, or the other, we all have spotted some food vendors by the street who catch our fancy for their unique serving skills. Think Turkish ice cream, maybe?
This time around, a video from a Mumbai roadside eatery serving South Indian star dish, dosa has gone crazy viral. The roadside food stall with its now-famous flying dosa showcases the real talent of desi street food vendors. Muttu Dosa Corner, a popular food stall in Dadar area, is frequented by a host of people every day for its delicious dosa recipes. The food stall is fast garnering attention with its 'Rajinikanth-style' dosa.
The stall owner's finishes preparing dosa and flings it high in the air passing it over straight to the waiting helper. His signature style of making, cutting, plating and sliding the dosa in not more than split seconds has amused everyone on the internet. The video shared on a Facebook page called Street Food Recipes is titled Mumbai's Famous Rajnikant Style Dosa! According to the clip, Superstar Rajinikanth is the vendor’s inspiration behind his unique style. The stall, named after the vendor Muthu, has been there for 30 years.
Being a fan of the Indian superstar Rajnikanth, he tried to imitate his style in his dosa serving technique. The stall has been popular with its regular visitors, and since the video went viral, it has attracted the attention of the whole nation. The Facebook video has been widely circulated after being shared across various social media platforms. So far, the clip has garnered more than 77 million views and has clocked over 1.5M likes and thousands of comments.
A user of the social networking site remarked in the comments lauding the dosa vendor’s showmanship. The comment appreciated the way he was sliding the plates. Another person took notice of the assistant who was catching the plates. The person said that going by his smooth bucketing, it seems he would make a great wicket-keeper.
Earlier, another flying dosa video from Mumbai went viral. The place grabbed attention for the serving style of the vendor. The dosas were seen flying straight from the pan to the plate. The expert dosa seller prepares and then flips dosa into the air before it reaches the plate of the waiting customers.