Rameshwaram Cafe Launches Food Truck Amid Resilient Operations

Craving for rich, saucy, and wholesome sandwiches from around the world? Look no further! Presenting to you - A Hot Tin Roof by Lance Lewis and Mrinmai Parab, this all-new food truck sandwich pit stop with cool seating is a perfect blend of taste with a whole lot of flavour from around the world. The food truck was launched recently at Vicino (Mega Mall), Oshiwara, Andheri West. 

Adorned with famous sandwiches from around the world, you can indulge in the taste-filled sandwiches with delicate flavours for a wholesome bite ensuring you crave for more. Choose from their wide range of vegetarian options like the Falafel Wrap with chickpea falafel and veggies, American Grilled Cheese with onions, pickles, and spicy tomato jam, our very own Bombay Sandwich served with mint chutney, cheese, and veggies to the Mushroom Katsu Sando which is the panko fried mushroom and cheese patty served with coleslaw and mini bread.  Non-vegetarians can indulge in a Doner Kebab from Turkey to a Chicken Katsu sandwich from Japan & more. Their bestselling sandwiches include a Meat Ball Sub and the Shrimp Po’Boy.

Commenting on the venture, Lance Lewis, co-founder says, “Who doesn’t love a good sandwich? We have always been in search of some of the most wholesome sandwiches and by opening A Hot Tin Roof, our search ends here! Each sandwich is carefully prepared to keep in mind the flavours and innovation. We wanted to bring a completely new perspective on wholesome sandwiches that are rich in flavour and healthy. We keep adding new dishes as well so the menu changes once in a while with better lip-smacking flavours to keep you coming back for more!” 

That’s not all. The dessert menu will keep you wanting more. Try their delicious Mascarpone and Mix Berry Sandwich with mascarpone, mix berry compote and chocolate ganache between toasted milk bread for those with a sweet tooth. 

Though the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) has cleared the proposal for issuing licence to food trucks at different locations in its district, the health department is still examining various factors before finalising the new policy.

Once prepared, the policy will be placed before the House for final approval and implementation, reported TNN.

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“The proposal approved in the standing committee and House meeting was private and moved by an elected representative. That’s why before implementing the proposal on ground we need to prepare a policy and get the preamble passed again,” shared an SDMC official.

The department is examining various factors such as provision for taking permission from the land-owing agencies where these food vans will be placed, process for obtaining fire NOCs, their feasible timings and waste disposal process to avoid inconvenience to people living in the neighbourhood.

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“We are going through all these points and it will take at least a month to present the policy again,” he added.

Marriott International Inc. today announced the launch of Marriott on Wheels - its first-ever mobile food truck in India. Commencing its journey from Mumbai, the Marriott food truck will be seen travelling across six destinations in India.

It will be serving its patrons signature dishes and local favourites from Marriott properties in the respective cities. This food truck was unveiled at JW Marriott Mumbai Juhu by Craig Smith, President and Managing Director, Asia Pacific, Marriott International and Neeraj Govil, Area Vice President, South Asia, Marriott International along with actor and producer Saif Ali Khan.

Cruising through the cities of Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Lucknow, Pune, Madurai and Kochi, this food truck will be covering a distance of 6761 km over 40 days. Through this initiative, Marriott International Inc. aspires to manifest on the F&B strength of its Select Serve Brands - Courtyard by Marriott, Fairfield by Marriott, Four Points by Sheraton and Aloft Hotels.

“We are proud to launch Marriott’s first ever mobile food truck in the country. With culinary experiences driving the focus for Marriott this year, the launch of Marriott on Wheels is yet another initiative that showcases our strength and leadership in the F&B industry,” shared Govil.

Spending two days in each city, Marriott on Wheels will be stationed at some of the most popular hubs, such as, Food Truck Park in Ahmedabad, Sahara Market Plaza in Lucknow and Info Park in Kochi. Upon its arrival in the city, an Executive chef from a Marriott property will be present on-board, serving a limited time menu, specially curated for the food truck. Some of the dishes served on-board would include Mutton tikka quesadillas which will be available in Amritsar, Karaikudi chicken wings in Madurai and Kosha mangsho kathi roll in Pune to name a few.

As part of Marriott International’s commitment of reducing environmental impacts, eco-friendly items such as containers made of bagasse and glass water bottles will be used on-board Marriott on Wheels. This will be implemented not just in Mumbai but also across all the other six cities where the food truck will be present.

No festival in India is celebrated without binging on some scrumptious food. While most in corporate world miss out on festivities and food because of hectic office hours, One Horizon Centre- business hub in the heart of Gurgaon and a development by Hines India and DLF- has ensured that its tenants get to enjoy food during office hours, that too in a fun innovative way.

One Horizon Centre has brought in Food Trucks to its premises that serve variety of cuisines- Thai, Mexican, fast food, ice-lollies and even dessert popsicles!

The commercial centre houses office of Zomato and Coca Cola, besides Apple, ANZ, American Express and many others.

The participating Foodtrucks include – Drifter’s Café, Frugurpop, Something Saucy, Flavour Labs, Inner Chef and What The Truck.

The food is an eclectic mix of Thai and Chinese dimsums, appetizers and box meals from Drifters’ Café. 

"Frugurpop only aspires to get bigger and better and being surrounded with the largest multinationals at One Horizon Center developed by Hines gave the brand an exhilarating push! The coolness of the Popsicles reflects in the employees, who devour this refreshing delight during their hectic day at work! The association surely lives up to our motto~ Let Joy Take Over and reaches the highest floor of the tower,” – Pallavi Kuchroo, Co-Founder, Frugurpop

Frugurpop is delighting everyone with their fruity and cream flavoured popsicles.  The Triple Berry, Frutilicious and Oreo and Cookies Cream Bar are loved by all.

Something Saucy and What The Truck add their own flavour of sliders, mexican, wraps and fast food. 

“Ever since we started our business we have been looking for opportunities to step into corporate parks and residential communities as we have designed our product for people on the go, however only Hines India gave us an opportunity as they saw food trucks being able to fill an immediate requirement of food and beverage offerings to their tenants who look for hygienic, tasty and cost effective options,” Ankur Gupta, Co-Founder, Drifters Café.

Mumbai based R&A Foods has acquired Nilgai Foods ‘Pico’ Express in an all-stock deal.

The chain which owns QSR chains like Paninaro and Pronto has however did not disclose the financial details of the deal.

“R&A Foods is valued at Rs 30 crore after the transaction. Also, Nilgai Foods, the parent company of Pico Express, has now become a significant stakeholder in R&A Foods,” shared Aditya Parikh, director of R&A Foods.

The company is also capitalising itself on healthy QSR segment as all the Pico outlet will now be rebranded as Paninaroa health food brand in next few months.

"With the addition of the Pico outlets, Paninaroa will now be in a unique position. Our goal is to provide fresh, healthy food to every commercial district within Mumbai and with our combined footprint; we will be able to do just that,” added Parikh.

At present, Pico Express has 11 outlets across Mumbai. Meanwhile Paninarao food is planning to add 22 more outlets in Mumbai by the end of the year, expanding the brand to Pune, Bengaluru, Delhi and Hyderabad.

Post the rebranding, there will be 13 Paninaro outlets in Mumbai along with a food truck under the same brand, added the statement.

"In some areas of our operation, we saw that there was overlap in business and bringing the two brands together would bring in cost efficiencies," said Abhay Jaiswal, CEO, Nilgai Foods. "Moreover, our ethos and customer segment is identical."

Started in 2011, Nilgai Foods is an integrated foods business which manufactures and sells jams, sauces, dips, dressings and baked goods under the brand name of Pico through a network of third-party retailers across Mumbai, Delhi and Bangalore.

"Nilgai will now focus on processed foods and, in a couple of months, expand the retail footprint to more cities," added Jaiswal.