Convincing 1.3 billion people to add a staple of East Asian cuisine to their butter chicken and samosas is no cakewalk
In this picture taken on July 16, 2021 a chef prepares a samosa filling with mince meat with Kikkoman Soy Sauce at the Ishaara restaurant in Mumbai.
Image: Indranil Mukherjee / AFP
Every dish tastes better with a dash of soy sauce, even dessert: that's the ambitious pitch of Japanese food giant Kikkoman, hoping to persuade Indians to use it in curries, sweets and everything in between.
Convincing 1.3 billion people to add a staple of East Asian cuisine to their butter chicken and samosas is no cakewalk but it will likely be easier than the brand's 1960s push into the United States.