US Man Says ‘Indian Food Is Terrible’, Twitter Asks ‘Do You Even Have Taste Buds?’

Indian food has fans from all across the world. If you go on YouTube and search for videsis eating desi khana, you will seldom find someone who wasn’t mind-blown by it. Because with all the spices, flavour, and most-importantly varieties, it’s very difficult not to fall in love with desi khana instantly!

However, one man on Twitter thinks otherwise. Responding to a tweet asking people for “controversial food opinions”, one Professor Tom Nichols went on to tweet that “Indian food is terrible and we pretend it isn’t”, reports The Indian Express.

Read the tweet here:

Indian food is terrible and we pretend it isn’t. https://t.co/NGOUtRUCUN

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) November 23, 2019

Do you feel your mind cooking up a 76529875-page presentation on how Indian food is THE BEST and anyone who thinks otherwise is purely mistaken? Do you want to invite this man over to your place and make him taste the wonder which is Biryani till he changes his mind? Because I do!

Not just desi Twitter, but ardent fans of Indian Food joined hands to collectively tell this man, ‘You are wrong’!

I agree if you have grown up in a universe of cornflakes for breakfast, bland meat with a few veggies thrown in for lunch and dinner, & an occasional tasteless pizza; with salt n pepper being the only notable 'spices'.

— Halwa-e-Hind (@e_halwa) November 24, 2019

WTFFFFFFFF??????

Honestly I could eat for the rest of my life. You must be used to undercooked boiled chicken.

— Wear Your Mask (@ReginaA1981) November 25, 2019

Have you not tried the lunch buffet? So many delish choices! And the Nan bread…omg! I took a Peruvian friend to an Indian buffet, in Munich. He went back for thirds. Lol! ? pic.twitter.com/lQZk8hiih6

— ?????Christine (@MindFeast622) November 24, 2019

Don't know what he had…but for certain he will miss some of the best cuisine in the worlds. But then your buds have to also evolve beyond fish and chips. pic.twitter.com/M6M5QNNAwH

— Harbans Singh Jai Shri Ram (@brfharbans) November 24, 2019

Some people are so mistaken and pretend they aren't.

— Aditya Raj Kaul (@AdityaRajKaul) November 24, 2019

Unless you've literally tried every single type of Indian cuisine there is no way you can make such a general statement.

— Dr. Diversified Wonder Woman ? (@TheRitaPhD) November 23, 2019

Do you not have tastebuds? https://t.co/o2IVYsrr8R

— Padma Lakshmi (@PadmaLakshmi) November 24, 2019

It's probably because you cooked it yourself https://t.co/LIPxpmCCxk

— Jarshad NK (@jarshadnk) November 24, 2019

In the spirit of good will and bipartisanship, I officially invite Tom to my house when my mom visits so he can eat homemade biryani, daal, chicken korma and any Desi dish he desires. I am confident we can win over hearts and minds through ghee. https://t.co/wOM9UCU4cC

— Wajahat "Wears a Mask Because of a Pandemic" Ali (@WajahatAli) November 24, 2019

k u wanna return our spices from the past 400 years https://t.co/AtDh1Uykga

— Roshini Nair (like ?) (@nairoshini) November 23, 2019

I'll take Americans not understanding food from other cultures for $1,000

— Thor Benson (@thor_benson) November 23, 2019

This opinion is worse than if you’d support trump.

— hend amry (@LibyaLiberty) November 24, 2019

This is absolutely true if you have no taste buds.

— Tarz ¯_(ツ)_/¯ (@TheyCallMeTarz) November 23, 2019

pic.twitter.com/usegKKdsM1

— DeebMurray (@mullinsjc) November 23, 2019

You violated your naan disclosure agreement. pic.twitter.com/spOS5WZMik

— Stop Agitprop (@StopAgitprop) November 24, 2019

Twitter: "What's your most controversial food take?"@quinncy: "Mayo is disgusting" @soledadobrien "Lettuce, why bother"@seungminkim: "PB&J is an abomination"

Twitter: *yawn*

Me: Indian food is terrible

Twitter: pic.twitter.com/CSkb3qXWoJ

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) November 24, 2019

There's a difference between controversial and stupid.

— Bob Anderson (@rwa_) November 23, 2019

Yes. Who wants food filled with copious amount of rich flavour and spice when I can eat unseasoned chicken with mayonnaise. pic.twitter.com/E6Ck4HNASV

— Common sense currently out of stock. (@Hazel_i) November 23, 2019

However, later the man went on to clarify that he has had Indian food only from restaurants only in the US and UK. Dude, that doesn’t even count!

I am sure I will have a delightful time, but I am less sure that my aging palate can change its mind. With that said, the only Indian food I've ever had is in restaurants in the US and UK.

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) November 24, 2019

There’s never a dull moment sitting and watching people on the internet argue over Indian food while I sit and enjoy aloo paratha on a cosy winter morning!