Restaurant Aggregator ‘Zomato’ Gives Kickass Reply to US Academic for Calling Indian Food ‘Terrible’
New Delhi (Sputnik): Indian cuisine is cherished by millions of people around the world including tourists visiting the country who are generally full of praise for the kind of variety available. But now a US academic appears to have stirred a hornet’s nest by criticising it.
US academic Tom Nichols was blasted on social media on Monday for his disparaging comments about Indian cuisine in a Twitter post, saying "it is terrible and we pretend it isn't."
Nichols' attack was a response to a tweet by Jon Becker, a super-utility student manager who suggested that his followers write their "most controversial food opinion, I love controversial food opinions.”
Zomato, the Indian restaurant aggregator and American actress-cum-model Padma Laxmi, hit back at Nichols for his tweet.
While Zomato suggested that this is now a good time to introduce a dislike button on Twitter, Padma Laxmi asked him “Do you not have tastebuds?”
Nichols was severely trolled by other netizens.
Indian food is terrible and we pretend it isn’t. https://t.co/NGOUtRUCUN
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) November 23, 2019
?Many were furious and labelled Nichols as "insane" in the comments section.
Zomato's response to Tom Nichols because it was kickass.
now would be a good time to launch the dislike button @Twitter https://t.co/GzpmpX1ZG2
— Zomato India (@ZomatoIN) November 25, 2019
Some Twitter users even suggested that Nichols is going to hell.
You’re going to hell.
— Mark Rice ???? (@mark_rice_) November 23, 2019
Wow, we may never have disagreed more.
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) November 23, 2019
Do you not have tastebuds? https://t.co/o2IVYsrr8R
— Padma Lakshmi (@PadmaLakshmi) November 24, 2019
- Source : Sputnik News
