One of the first names that comes to mind when someone says Indian food is that of Sanjeev Kapoor. A pioneer of Indian cuisine who redefined the term ‘food porn’, the star chef is always on a roll to experiment and come up with new dishes.

The stalwart, recently came up with an idea to bring together connoisseurs and sommeliers around the world to witness and showcase the culinary practices, flavours and fragrances of Indian food juxtaposed beautifully with world cuisines. The leading chef will be working with the Ministry of Food Processing for the World Food India event which will bring together international cuisines under one roof and present the fusion of the ‘desi’ with the ‘pardesi’.

In an interview with the indianexpress.com, Sanjeev Kapoor spoke about Food Street, trying a tarantula, his comfort food and his friendship with chefs Vikas Khanna and Ranveer Brar.

Food Street will be a meeting of the ‘desi’ with the ‘pardesi’ food tastes. How do you think this fusion of Indian and international cuisine will be received in India?

Largely, we are very secure with our taste, we are not very experimental which is both a good and a bad thing as the world also behaves like that. But we have to make it exciting so people can relate to it. Indians say that they are experimental but they are not. A global brand that comes to India has to adapt to the Indian taste. Different regions of India have a different taste palette and they have to adapt to each other and that is what we are trying to connect and showcase in Food Street.