We all love trying different dishes, right?! Japanese, Korean, American, Italian, Mexican, we have tried different exotic cuisines from different restaurants across the country (and abroad). But have you ever tried ordering food in the language of the culture from which the dish comes? Sounds unusual enough, doesn’t it?! Guess what, a man from the United States did this recently! An American YouTuber visited a South Indian restaurant and surprised the owners by ordering food in Tamil language. One would not assume that an American person would know the Tamil language; So, every Tamil speaking restaurant was astonished to see the person speaking Tamil fluently. And now this video has gone viral!
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In the video, the man visits four Tamil-speaking food establishments in New York. Firstly, he visited a local dosa food cart which is hugely popular among the locals in New York. Here, the seller was pleasantly surprised to find that the man spoke his own language and discussed the history of the language. The YouTuber ordered Masala Dosa, Pondicherry Dosa and Uttapam from his car. The audience was also delighted to see him speak Tamil!
The other restaurant owner was so happy to see the man ordering food in Tamil that he even offered to feed the American man for free! Here he enjoyed Onion Rava Dosa. Thereafter, he visited a Chettinad cuisine inspired restaurant where he ate Chicken Chettinad Curry. The woman here was stunned when she saw the man talking to her in Tamil. Finally, he visited a Sri Lankan Tamil restaurant where he enjoyed a combination of chicken and roti.
Watch the full viral video below:
The video was shared on YouTube by @Xiaoma, whose real name is Ari, and the video has garnered 1.3 million views and 40k likes. People on the Internet were shocked to see the American man order south indian food in Tamil and was surprised to see how quickly they caught up to the language. Read what he wrote:
“The fact that you can have a conversation within 3 weeks of learning is absolutely mind-boggling.”
“As a Malaysian who had Tamil speaking friends, I can confirm that if we can speak Tamil we can eat for free.”
“My favorite thing about Xioma is that he is not only a man of many languages but a total food critic. I mean, everything he says is delicious but I also believe it is. (sic) “
“It’s the best respect you can show someone. Learning their language because you want and don’t need to.”
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