#blahvsfood: The Genius of Buland Shukla and thoughts on his Sunday Vegetarian Tasting Menu at FTR
Buland Shukla maybe the most brilliant and creative person I have ever met in my life. While I value our friendship, I am truly in awe of his intellect and ability. The relentless curiosity. The drive to not just understand but to master. The auto didactic nature of his explorations. This dude is an architect. How does he become one of India’s greatest makers of audio equipment. And one of the best bread makers. And bartender. And a gypsy jazz musician touring the world. And distiller. And bar owner. And now a master chef. Because have no doubt. A few years after he started cooking, Buland is up there as one of India’s best chefs, cooking food of such startling originality, creativity and skill that I would put him up there with the likes of Prateek and Auroni and Vanika and Vanshika and Hussain and the handful of others that inhabit that rarified layer. Akurache soup: Monsoon fern with Basil. Cucumber, coconut, yoghurt. What I found particularly interesting about this extraordina
