Crossing three States with stopovers at Ahmedabad, Amritsar, and Lucknow, Marriott’s much-awaited mobile food truck will roll into the city on Monday afternoon. On Tuesday, the truck will be parked at the hotel’s porch for people to walk in and experience a ‘glocal’ menu at an affordable price.
Meals on wheels Marriott’s food truck arrives in the city on April 30.
“We want to connect with people beyond our luxury buyers,” says F & B Manager Saravana Kumar, “And create awareness about our presence in the city.” He points out that their property is about a year old and hopes more people step in to experience their facilities.
The truck will arrive from Lucknow on April 29 and will be unveiled amidst fanfare with invited guests the same evening in the presence of Neeraj Govil, Area Vice President, South Asia, Marriott International Inc. On April 30, the public can buy food from the truck from 11 am to 10 pm.
The group’s Executive Chef in Madurai, Somasundaram Gopalakrishnan, has curated a special menu for Marriott International’s first mobile food truck in India and and promises to deliver delicious. “I have planned fusion food. Popular local items will be tweaked with global ingredients,” he says, “There will be a burst of local flavours in global recipes.”
Which means, you can try deep-fried chicken wings flavoured with curry leaves in Karaikudi style, and polish it off with chilli garlic chips; or a mutton sukka roll made with Madurai’s famous spicy, boneless mutton fry wrapped in a wheat parantha; or pepper mushroom masala stuffed in panini bread with iceberg lettuce, cheddar chips, tapioca chips and more.
“The menu is simple and our guests can visit for lunch, dinner or even high tea and snacks,” says Somasundaram, who will be on board with his staff.
The focus of the initiative is also on sustainability and the food items will be sold in containers made of bagasse and beverages will come in glass water bottles.
The bright orange truck was flagged off in Mumbai on April 4 by Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan. In every city it halts, the food truck showcases the culinary expertise of the group’s select service brands. The chefs in each destination are creating locally-inspired dishes as value addition in order to reach out to the local residents. The food truck will move on to Kochi on May 2, before culminating its journey in Pune on May 7.
