New Delhi: Lucknow, the city for Awadhi cuisine, a city that runs on the royal experience and history, with each dish served with authentic flavours and popular among the world for its rich flavours, spices and mix of non-vegetarian and vegetarian food items. The food scene of Lucknow with hot and mouth-melting kebabs, mouthwatering sweets, to spicy hot biryani – it has everything to back the spotlight and be in the headlines always.
With another milestone achieved, Lucknow has made it to the list of UNESCO’s Creative City of Gastronomy. The rich culinary heritage, a dual appeal for veg and non-vegetarian meals, authenticity and the use of rich grown spices, dum techniques from the kitchens of Nawabs, and royal feasts, an experience of world through its gastronomic journey, flaky breads, and other things make Lucknow stand apart form the crowd, making it a people pleaser and attractive since ages.
What is UNESCO’s Creative City Network?
The UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN) is a global initiative launched by UNESCO in 2004 to promote cooperation among cities that recognise creativity as a strategic factor for sustainable urban development. The UCCN connects cities that prioritise creativity and culture in their development plans. Cities in this network focus on creative fields like:
- Crafts & Folk Art
- Media Arts
- Film Design
- Gastronomy
- Literature
- Music
Cities in the network are officially designated as UNESCO Creative Cities in one of these fields.
The food passed down from the courts of the Awadhis to the street stalls and the big and iconic restaurants are following the legacy to serve the best for ages, and not only the non-vegetarian food like tunday kebab, kakori kebab, nihari have gained the nomination, even the vegetarain food items like chaats, samosas, makhan malai were a wide selection of dishes which helped during the nomination to be on the top.
Whether you are a lover of fine-dining with great ambience, perfect food and an unmatchable gastronomic experience, to a stroll around the streets on local stalls serving authentic kebabs, chaats and special awadhi drinks, Lucknow has everything to offer for all kinds of people vegetarain and non-vegetarian, if it makes it to the list with Indore and Hyderabad, the UNESCO tag will help in the worldwide recognition, more tourism and wider experience of the cuisines served in old lanes of Aminabad and Chowk.
