The Sizzler: The California Origin Story Behind One of India’s Flashiest Dishes

Bay Curious

KQED

History, Society & Culture, Places & Travel

4.9 • 999 Ratings

🗓️ 23 June 2022

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

Take any popular dish – pizza, ice cream, hot dogs – and try to trace its origin story. Chances are, you’re going to go on a winding road with conflicting accounts of who actually invented the dish, or whether it was invented by one, single person at all. KQED’s Silicon Valley reporter Adhiti Bandlamudi recently ate a dish so mish-mashed with foods from different countries, that she found herself on a food origin story journey that led her across the world and then back to the Bay Area. Additional Reading: The Sizzler: The California Origin Story Behind One of India’s Flashiest Dishes Reported by Adhiti Bandlamudi. Special thanks to Victoria Mauleon, Sasha Khokha and Suzie Racho for their work on this story. Bay Curious is made by Olivia Allen-Price, Katrina Schwartz, Sebastian Miño-Bucheli and Brendan Willard. Additional support from Kyana Moghadam, Jen Chien, Jasmine Garnett, Carly Severn, Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez, Jenny Pritchett, Vinnee Tong, Ethan Lindsey and Holly Kernan.

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0:00.0	From K-QED.
0:02.0	One thing that I love about the Bay Area is our food.
0:09.0	It's fresh, it's creative, and the variety.
0:13.1	Yes, there are stellar examples of cuisines
0:15.3	from all over the world,
0:17.1	but what I think we're especially good at
0:19.1	are the mashups.
0:20.5	You know, Korean tacos, the sushi rito or vegan soul food.
0:26.0	Whenever I see a fusion of two types of cuisines,
0:29.0	it reminds me of the magic that happens when different types of people and cultures come together.
0:35.0	One thing I don't associate with fusion though is Sisler.
0:40.0	You know, the Chain Steakow slash All You Can Eat buffet place?
0:44.0	Dem bones, Dem bones.
0:46.7	Big beefy ribs, heavy with meat.
0:49.8	Cut from the prime rib and basted with a tangy barbecue sauce.
0:53.6	Then prime rib bones.
0:56.1	So hurry to the sizzler for all the big beefy ribs you can eat.
1:00.1	M damn bones.
1:01.9	Yeah, not exactly a bastion of cross-cultural culinary experimentation.
1:07.0	But maybe, actually, it is?
1:19.0	Today on Bancurias, we're going on a Food Origin Odyssey that has Cisler at the center. We'll crisscross the globe and of course spend some time in the Bay Area because hey this is Bay Curious and I'm Olivia
1:26.2	Alan Price. Support for Bay Curious
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