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Mint
24-04-2025
- Business
- Mint
Sridhar Vembu, Zoho co-founder, tastes ₹20 vada pav in Mumbai: ‘First time in life'
Zoho co-founder Sridhar Vembu took to social media on Thursday to share that he had eaten a vada pav for the first time in his life. Vembu whose net worth according to Forbes is $5.8 billion, who said he enjoyed the ₹ 20 snack in Mumbai, wondered why he had not tried it earlier. Sharing a picture clicked at the eatery on X, Vembu wrote, 'Enjoying vada pav in Mumbai. First time in life. How did I miss it all this while?' Earlier, several other billionaires – including Apple CEO Tim Cook and Paytm's Vijay Shekhar Sharma – during their visit to Mumbai were spotted enjoying vada pavs. When Tim Cook was in India to launch Apple Store BKC and Apple Store Saket, he was seen enjoying vada pao with actor Madhuri Dixit in an iconic vegetarian restaurant located in South Mumbai's Tardeo. He visited the eatery a day before the official opening of the BKC store. Following this, Cook tweeted, 'Thanks, Madhuri Dixit for introducing me to my very first vada pav — it was delicious!' Nearly a week after Madhuri Dixit's visit with Cook at Swati Snacks, her husband Dr Shriram Nene took Paytm CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma to the eatery. Dr Nene tweeted with a photo featuring Sharma and two others, saying, 'Our vada pav moment at Swati Snacks. The company was what made the experience.' Considered as 'Indian burger,' vada pav is quite popular and is a cultural staple in the region. It consists of a spicy potato fritter, or vada, encased in a golden, crispy gram flour coating.
Mint
24-04-2025
- Business
- Mint
Sridhar Vembu, Zoho co-founder, tastes ₹20 vada pav in Mumbai: ‘First time in life'
Zoho co-founder Sridhar Vembu took to social media on Thursday to share that he had eaten a vada pav for the first time in his life. Vembu whose net worth according to Forbes is $5.8 billion, who said he enjoyed the ₹ 20 snack in Mumbai, wondered why he had not tried it earlier. Sharing a picture clicked at the eatery on X, Vembu wrote, 'Enjoying vada pav in Mumbai. First time in life. How did I miss it all this while?' Earlier, several other billionaires – including Apple CEO Tim Cook and Paytm's Vijay Shekhar Sharma – during their visit to Mumbai were spotted enjoying vada pavs. When Tim Cook was in India to launch Apple Store BKC and Apple Store Saket, he was seen enjoying vada pao with actor Madhuri Dixit in an iconic vegetarian restaurant located in South Mumbai's Tardeo. He visited the eatery a day before the official opening of the BKC store. Following this, Cook tweeted, 'Thanks, Madhuri Dixit for introducing me to my very first vada pav — it was delicious!' Nearly a week after Madhuri Dixit's visit with Cook at Swati Snacks, her husband Dr Shriram Nene took Paytm CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma to the eatery. Dr Nene tweeted with a photo featuring Sharma and two others, saying, 'Our vada pav moment at Swati Snacks. The company was what made the experience.' Considered as 'Indian burger,' vada pav is quite popular and is a cultural staple in the region. It consists of a spicy potato fritter, or vada, encased in a golden, crispy gram flour coating. Generally it nestled inside butter-toasted bread roll known as pav, flavoured with a fiery garlic chutney, cool green chutney, and a tangy tamarind spread. Also, a deep-fried green chili on the side is presented with it while consuming. First Published: 24 Apr 2025, 07:19 PM IST
India.com
23-04-2025
- Business
- India.com
Mukesh Ambani and Nita Ambani ditch home food once a week to relish...; Street food owner's turnover will shock you
There is a 60-year-old snacks shop in Mumbai, a favourite of even the country's biggest billionaire, Mukesh Ambani, and painter M.F. Husain, Mumbaikars' own 'Swati Snacks'. In 1963, a woman named Minakshi Jhaveri started a small establishment called 'Swati Snacks', selling Gujarati dishes. Minakshi started the shop with four tables to earn a living for her children and her family. Initially, they had just four dishes. She could not have imagined that it would later become a large multi-outlet restaurant chain. 'Swati Snacks' is currently a restaurant chain with a turnover of about Rs 4 crore. Both Mukesh Ambani and Nita Ambani are true Gujaratis at heart, and they visit Swati Snacks once a week to relish their favourite street food like fafda, gathiya, jalebi, undhiyu, papad, chilla, and dhokla. Reliance Industries Chairman and billionaire Mukesh Ambani and his family have also enjoyed Swati Snacks. Mukesh himself once revealed that three generations of his family have enjoyed dishes from Swati Snacks. Famous painter M.F. Hussain's favourite dish at Swati Snacks was Sev Puri. Tabla player Zakir Hussain is a fan of Swati Snacks' Dahi Batat Puri. Apple CEO Tim Cook's vada pav from Swati Snacks was even in the news in the international media. Swati Snacks offers a wide range of traditional dishes for food lovers. After the death of Meenakshi Jhaveri, who started the establishment in 1979, her daughter Asha took over the restaurant. Swati Snacks was also listed in the list of the fifty best restaurants in Asia.
