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Vikas Khanna recalls Shah Rukh Khan's temple praise for Bungalow
Vikas Khanna is a famous chef who cooks Indian food.
He has a restaurant called Bungalow in New York.
Khanna grew up in a city in India called Amritsar.
A famous movie star named Shah Rukh Khan once visited Khanna's restaurant.
Khan told him that Bungalow felt like entering someone's temple.
He said most restaurants feel like shops, where people just make a transaction.
But Bungalow felt different because it seemed to represent Indian culture, parents, and ancestors.
Khan said that representing this culture is an incredibly difficult thing to do.
Khanna talked about this on the talk show Shekhar Tonite.
The chef said Khan's words stayed with him.
On the talk show Shekhar Tonite, chef Vikas Khanna recalled Shah Rukh Khan's visit to his New York restaurant, Bungalow.
Khan told Khanna that every restaurant he had visited before felt like a shop, just a transaction, but Bungalow felt like entering someone's temple.
Khan said Bungalow seemed to represent Indian culture, parents, and ancestors — something he described as incredibly difficult to achieve.
Khanna, who started out as a boy from Amritsar, sees Bungalow as a symbol of taking Indian cuisine and heritage around the world.
The chef said Khan's words stayed with him after the visit.
- Who
- Chef Vikas Khanna and Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan (SRK); Khanna shared the story on the talk show Shekhar Tonite.
- What
- Shah Rukh Khan visited Khanna's New York restaurant Bungalow and told him it felt like entering a temple that represents Indian culture, not like a shop or a transaction.
- Where
- Bungalow restaurant in New York; the recollection took place on the Shekhar Tonite talk show.
- When
- Recently — the article does not give a specific date for the visit or the show.
- Why
- Khan was moved because Bungalow felt like a genuine representation of Indian culture, heritage, parents, and ancestors, a compliment that stayed with Khanna.
Key facts
- Chef
- Vikas Khanna
- Restaurant
- Bungalow
- Restaurant location
- New York
- Celebrity guest
- Shah Rukh Khan
- Talk show
- Shekhar Tonite
- Khanna's hometown
- Amritsar
- Khan's impression
- Felt like entering a temple representing Indian culture
Quotes
Shah Rukh Khan
Bollywood actor
“Every restaurant I’ve visited until today has felt like a shop to me, just a transaction. But when I came here, it felt like I had entered someone’s temple. It felt as though you were trying to represent our rich culture, our parents, our ancestors. That’s an incredibly difficult thing to do.”
indianexpress.com
Sources
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