Trump and his entourage fail to eat anything from special vegetarian menu prepared for them on India trip


Trump and his entourage fail to eat anything from special vegetarian menu prepared for them on India trip

Donald Trump, his wife Melania and the prime minster of India Narendra Modi during their visit to the Gandhi Ashram: AP

Donald Trump and his entourage reportedly failed to eat a single item of a special vegetarian feast prepared for him during his trip to India.
The American president and his wife, Melania, were presented with the menu during their visit to Gandhi Ashram in Ahmedabad, one of the former homes of the Indian independence hero.
In an effort to please the famously carnivorous tastes of the president, the chef — a well-known award-winning chef called Suresh Khanna — adapted a number of famous Indian delicacies to make them more recognisable for their guests and even included more familiar items such as chocolate-chip cookies and apple pie.
But neither Mr Trump nor the First Lady touched anything from the special high tea menu.
“Some food items were arranged for the members of the visiting delegation, but neither the US President nor the First Lady had anything during their visit to the Ashram,” one of the Ashram’s trustees, Kartikeya Sarabhai, told the PTI news agency.
Mr Trump is infamous for enjoying a classically American diet, featuring cheeseburgers, Diet Coke, well-done steak and ice cream among his favourite dishes.
Many commentators wondered how he would fare during his two-day trip to India, whose population includes more than a billion Hindus who revere the cow as sacred and about 500 million vegetarians.
The chef at the Gandhi Ashram, as well as offering his high-profile guests American desserts such as apple pie, also hoped to introduce the Trump delegation to some Indian cuisine.
Alongside khaman, a savoury sponge cake which is a speciality from Gujurat state, there were also samosas — the iconic triangular pastries.
However, rather than filling them with the traditional potatoes and peas, Mr Khanna added his own twist on the classic snack by packing his samosas with an unorthodox combination of broccoli and sweetcorn.
Although the Trumps did not even try the samosas, Indian Twitter was quickly ablaze with outrage at the chef’s attempt to blend a much-beloved indigenous snack with more Western flavours.


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