NYC’s New Hit Sandwich Is an Indian-ish Sensation | Sandwich City | NYT Cooking
On a tucked-away side street in the West Village is Fonty’s Deli + Dukaan, a nascent spot that has drawn lines down the block for its “Indian-ish” sandwiches.
Of all the sandwiches at Fonty’s, none have taken off quite like the Naanini — a panini-style creation pressed between freshly baked naan and filled with options like chicken tikka, Kerala beef or chana masala, plus toppings such as cheese and pickled onions.
For the co-owners Viraj Borker, Varsha Harlalka and Arjun Gupta, the sandwiches at Fonty’s aren’t gimmicks, they’re a point of connection — blending cultures, flavors and backgrounds into something that reflects the American immigrant experience in a familiar, beloved form.
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32 Comments
Indian is the best cuisine in the world bruh
I thought the sauce @ 6:51 was suppose to be secret 2:53 😅
What a sweet and intelligent chef! I wish I could try one of these. I’ll have to look around and try some local Indian joints around me so I can try these flavors
My God this looks amazing. I need to visit this place.
Great Story! Many happy years are wished for this team of flavor makers!
of course they are successful, they have a magician among them 😅
Such a missed opportunity not having Priya Krishna do this story!
u know the Europeans are gonna start putting this in their indian restaurants
He's the Pune boy who got to become a chef, and here I am, a Pune boy who wanted to become one, but ended up becoming a corporate lawyer (don't regret it tho 😂, just a lil wistful)
so much plastic. tomato sauce comes in a plastic bag. so i asume all the sauce is contaminated with microplastic. the sandwich is wrapped in aluminium foil and then cut in half. I wonder how many aluminium particles get into the sandwich that way. it might taste good but I wouldn‘t want all the „secret ingrédients „
Madhur Jaffrey should be here and you could recreate the ‘Nani’ video with the Naanini playing a major role.
May be I'm too harsh but naanini is a horrible name. It resembles too close to naani which is the hindi word for maternal grandmother so this absolutely confuses me. All the best with the venture though.
It's a quesadilla made with naan flat bread instead of a tortilla 🤷♀️
Anyway, everything looks absolutely delicious 😋
Chai Pani in Asheville has been making naan sandwiches for a long time.
His statement at the end is beautiful
Tikka chicken panini
No poppy seeds? 🙂
No Indian anything is worth a line 😂😂😂😂
Let me guess, they use jalapeños or serranos
I love this place
Cochinita burrito
The smell inside that store must be so horrible because of the amount of Indians visiting that place.
Nurse Jackie? Nah Bro you from The Magicians.
The tea looks lit!
Let's gooooo.. love from Assam….
20 bucks keep it
Arjun's from nurse Jackie and the magicians
P town bby.
Trademarking food is lame as hell
All of the viral food trends are learned about on TikTok now. What happened to learning about this stuff on Eater or Grub Street? Stupid paywalls. Also, I notice that many trendy restaurants these days (Semma, Salt Hank's, Mama's Too, Ceres pizza) are popping up in the West Village rather than the East Village/LES – why is this? In the late 2000s and 2010s it was the LES that was poppin'. I guess they still have Double Chicken Please.
As a fellow desi, I'm proud of the innovative Indian chefs in NYC at all these different restaurants putting Indian food on the map. Wishing their new business continued success.
Don’t know what I want more, one of theirs or the one in the commercial that played with Arby’s new one.