‘Once you eat here, nothing elsewhere satisfies you” | A day of food in Lucknow | BBC News India
Lucknow, in northern India, was named a UNESCO City of Gastronomy in October 2025, recognition of a culinary tradition shaped by centuries of royal patronage.
The city is famed for its delicate flavours, slow-cooking techniques and devotion to food as an art form. We had some famous Lucknow meals: from puri-sabzi breakfasts and kulcha-nahari mornings to pulao lunches, and ending with evening chaat, galouti kebabs and sweet treats.
Written, filmed and edited by Bimal Thankachan
Produced by Mirza Baig
Based on narration by Himanshu Bajpai
Aerial shots by Prabhat Tiwari
Executive Producers : Mahtab Alam, Suhail Haleem and Sanjoy Majumder
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49 Comments
A proud Lucknow born and bought up person living in southern India now from last 15 years because of job. Jab bhi mauka milta hai tab chale jaate hai
Please go to indore & then speak , anyday nothing can beat indore food…
Very hygienic.with a special ingredient: spit 🥰
I'm a Hindu in Lucknow and we live beef biryani here.. Welcome to the heart of INDIA 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳 🕉️🧡🍖🥩
Muh m Paani aa bhai m to ja rha hu khaane
Love from Gomtinagar Lucknow 😊😊
ek baar jana padega lucknow
Lucknow is Love ❤❤❤
would have been better if restraunt names were given in the video
Not indian food. Foreign food.
I have never been to Lucknow but have tasted its cuisine, thanks to my friends in Karachi, who trace their roots to UP. No doubt every dish is delicious.
Extremely overrated food, terrible hygiene as well.
Sharma ….is totally over hyped….kewal ,de globe , Shivneri is much more good
Proud Lucknowite❤
Lko keval non veg food ke liye nahi hai.
But not healty at all
Love my city Lucknow ❤️
Come on BBC…just 5 minutes ??
Lucknow cuisine is known in a lot of the world due to the Nawabs
As delicious as this food is, unfortunately having this food every day + sedentary lifestyle with hardly any exercise at all – no wonder we are at the top globally when it comes to diabetes & cardiovascular diseases…
cover berhampur, odisha, food captial of odisha. but its less famous in India but its the best balanced food which can be consumed by any one from india on a daily basis
HAMARA LUCKNOW .
beautiful language
Indian food is great but it lacks culture of hygiene. Even in this video some famous restaurant or places, people do not use latex glove while preparing or serving food. And many has blackened nails. Is there any food safety standard enforcement in India, does restaurant knows it, do people care about it and does anyone audit this?
Super delicious….but unhealthy specially eatin it every single day….
These lo😮ok well crafted videos only ….in reality you won't find anything special ….
Surat ka khana kabhi try karna
Subhe subhe ye bhang bosda dekh lia, ab pura din fati rahegi !!
BBC = British Broadcasting Propoganda Channel
Most underrated city of India btw
World's best food is in my city
Uttam Nagar chale jaate British propaganda😂😂😂 software Islamic hardware British
It's the water 💦 tha makes the difference
04:24 He is absolutely right. We Lucknowites miss our food dearly.
We feed the Hindu gods the leftovers in lucknow ❤
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Delightful 😊 💖💕💖💕
3:15
Sahi insan ke sath pi jaye
To chai sharab se jayda nasa deti hai
(Himanshu bajpai)
And you die eating this tasty piece of junk
Wah 👌 ❤
I am now karachites but our grand father and father roots r from luckhnow
I have tried all the cuisines from the world and I can say that Indian cuisine is by far the best and the most diverse.
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People should start covering Lalla’s Biryani as well. Got to know about it from Harish Bali’s vlogs
Oily, unhygienic, unhealthy foods.
Worst video showing the person even not wearing any glove throwing roti or chapati. As well lucknow with more muslim people eat beef and all yaaak. And calling this great food. Come to south india and see what is food means
Very sad food culture. Especially for non vegetarians. No variety. Lot of cattle feed available for vegetarians
Tunday kebab's galauti kebab with sheermal is no doubt one of the best non veg dishes I have ever had!!
Just looking at it here made me crave for it sooo badly 😢
This is not the old era where survival meant just having food. Today, raising a child requires stability, planning, and responsibility. If we lack financial stability and resources, it is unfair to bring a child into a life of struggle and suffering. Life is tough, and opportunities are not guaranteed. Having children is a serious responsibility, not a social obligation.
Kolkata has all of this and way more