Bengaluru beats Delhi, Mumbai as best ‘food city’ of India, says Scottish tourist

Scottish traveler Hugh declared Bengaluru as India's best food city, praising its breakfast culture, especially dosas and idlis.

Published on: Dec 1, 2025, 14:29:51 IST

By Sanya Jain

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A Scottish man who travelled to seven major tourist destinations in India, sampling the local fare in each region, has now picked his favourite. Hugh, better known by his Instagram username ‘Hugh Abroad’, built an impressive social media following with videos that show him travelling across India and trying different street foods.

Scottish tourist Hugh has declared Bengaluru as India's best food city.

In the several weeks that he spent travelling across India earlier this year, Hugh visited Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Chennai and Kochi. After India, he also went to Pakistan.

Hugh is now doing a question-and-answer series on Instagram where he compares various aspects of India and Pakistan. One question posed by a viewer asked him to pick the best “food city” in each country.

The best food city of India

The Scottish traveller said that the best ‘food city’ in India is Bengaluru, solely on the strength of its breakfast culture. He praised Bengaluru’s standard breakfast of idli sambar or masala dosa with filter coffee.

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“I enjoyed the food most in Bengaluru – and the reason for that is because of the breakfast culture. Dosas and idlis with filtered coffee… Out of this world. For me, Bengaluru has the best food in India,” he explained.

“The dosas are like glass, they are so crispy. You can stuff them with anything. And idlis, like, melt in your mouth,” said Hugh.

He also picked Karachi as the best ‘food city’ of Pakistan.

While Bengaluru won overall as the best food city of India, in other videos, Hugh praised the jalebi and rabri he tasted in Delhi.

(Also read: Scotsman travels on India’s ‘worst airline’ and leaves pleasantly surprised. Watch)

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Sanya Jain
Sanya Jain is an Assistant Editor with Hindustan Times Digital. She has nearly a decade of experience in covering offbeat stories that speak to the everyday experience - from viral videos to human interest copies that spark conversation. Her interests stretch across business, pop culture, social media trends, entertainment and global affairs. Before joining Hindustan Times, Sanya spent two years with Moneycontrol and five years with NDTV. She holds an undergraduate degree in English literature from St Stephen’s College, Delhi, and a master’s in journalism from the Xavier Institute of Communications, Mumbai. Sanya has a sharp eye for spotting emerging trends and looking for newsworthy angles to elevate viral posts into meaningful narratives. She was the first one, for example, to cover Narayana Murthy’s remark on 70-hour work weeks that sparked a national conversation. She is equally at ease writing about business leaders as about the common man, about issues of national importance and memes that amuse social media. Sanya enjoys speaking with content creators, newsmakers and entrepreneurs to transform everyday moments into engaging, slice-of-life stories that resonate with readers. When she is not working, Sanya can be found curled up with a good book. Born and raised in Lucknow, she has spent the last several years in Delhi. She is deeply interested in animal welfare and now spends a lot of her time running after her destructive orange cat.Read More

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