By: Toshita Sahni
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“Peak Bengaluru” is a label applied to incidents and situations people commonly associate with Bangalore. Several posts about the same often go viral on social media.
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Bengaluru is well-known for certain types of innovations and specific kinds of problems. For instance, its start-up culture and its frustrating traffic often spark discussions.
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Here are a few examples of food-related “Peak Bengaluru” moments that have gone viral in the recent past:
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Stuck in traffic for almost two hours, a man ordered dinner and it arrived in 10 minutes. His food got over but the traffic jam did not.
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A unique pani puri stall in HSR Layout, Bangalore, went viral. It featured multiple “automatic” dispensers for the flavoured water.
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A Bengaluru resident learned that his cook has his own cook and a maid. He was shocked at how much his cook was willing to pay those he hired.
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A viral X post spotlighted a man who left his job as an architect to become a food vendor selling vada pav.
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An X post of a man with an open laptop standing outside a momo stall grabbed many eyeballs. The stall seemed to be somewhere in Bengaluru.
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A Bengaluru restaurant served a cocktail named "Varthur Overflow", inspired by the high contamination levels of the Varthur Lake.
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To discover food-related AI posts that went viral
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