US vs India KFC | Food Wars | Food Insider

"When an Indian calls it spicy it IS spicy" -Nikil 2022

Welcome Nikhil! Looking forward to seeing the rest of the series as well (: Let’s goooooo!

There are few things which makes India a difficult market for Western fast food QSR - 1. Indian's value freshness of food. 2. We don't mind smaller portion coz most of us don't think of just having KFC for dinner, we instead see KFC as a light dinner or as a snack at the mall/a quick grab. 3. Price sensitivity - Like all Asians we live on a strict budget. This results in the menu prices staying same but smaller portion. There are many more reasons but these are the most important I feel 👍

Fun fact: no two biryani's from any two restaurant tastes the same. That variation is very very very significant. Like sometimes the cheaper options at street side hotels is way tastier than that of high class 5stat restaurants. Also every part of india has there own styles of biryani in which the south>west>north part of em is the taste order(spicier too). If theres anything that we indians cant tell enough off ,yet theres always even more to say its our food and culture. For outsiders they might seem so stereotypical but in reality they are so complex and different that not any single stereotype can describe. Theres still so much to tell about biryani but idk where to start

We had a blast shooting this series! What KFC exclusive do you want the most?

I was very glad when Nikhil brought up KFC prices relative to income, I was confused at the comparison until that point. I think that doing the math to account for purchasing power in Indian rupees vs USD would give a much clearer view of what the cost means for average Indians and Americans.

First time I went to KFC in India, there was a strips and 4 sauces thing. Just the sauces alone were so different from the US version that I went again on the same trip. Favorite US KFC item is the famous bowl. Mashed potatoes, gravy, corn, chicken, it’s all my favorite things in a bowl 🤣

I wonder if anyone is aware of this, but back in 2004-5 when we were toddlers and enjoyed KFC, we had a menu closer to the US version. Mashed potatoes, coleslaw, corn on the cob, Original fried chicken, potato salad. It was a blast and i genuinely preferred the original fried chicken to the crispy fried version we used to get then, and is now the default version of KFC. You could taste the pressure fried nature of KFC in that original version, not as much in the crispy fried version Regardless, KFC has declined considerably in their quality (anyone who has had KFC prior to 2010 can vouch for it. the discontinuation of Coleslaw and Original fried recipe also went hand in hand with a decline in quality) in India for the most part, when other brands like Broasters could not survive at all. Which speaks volumes of the cutthroat nature of the Indian market and the absolute abundance of options we have everywhere for fast and cheap food.

Props to Nikhil for using a proper Indian English accent without faking it. The vegetarian truth reveal was also a nice touch!🤣

Welcome Nikhil! Can’t wait to learn more from you about all that delicious Indian fast food 😍

It's cool to see how people can come from other countries and both enjoy/relate on food (also was semi surprised to see red bull being served in the Indian KFC)

When nikhil said 17:18 I'd love to be able to dip my tenders in more sauces 😂 I laughed but after he made it more specific I hollered

as an indian, can confirm that nikhil’s ‘levels of vegetarianism’ are a 100% accurate edit: didn’t know that there are so many people that are vegetarian only at home but not outside 😭

Okay, I’m so happy they chose Nikhil to represent India, from Netflix to Insider, yay. Also I love the humour in this episode, lol. But my question is how on earth did Joe not know about BIRYANI? Whattt? Also, wow thanks Nikhil for giving us an insight into KFC India. Definitely didn’t know that.

8:52 that little sandwich, we used to get it in India back in the day when I was working ...not sure if it's still there

This is a great series. I was looking forward to Indian one for ages. Good job!

Nikhil is really good, I look forward to seeing him featured more! Yet again Food Wars hits a home run with their hosts choice.

I'm cry laughing at the description of vegetarians in India. Love it. Also I wish we could have more of the Indian style here in NZ! Yarm. ❤️

I love watching Food Wars so much

The open kitchen policy is wonderful! They show you everything... They even have separate fryers for veg and non veg items (although I doubt it's strictly adhered to 😅)