Hyderabad - Youth Report Question and Answers

Some dishes are good, like dosas with peanut chutney, idli is okay, the biryani is insanely spicy here. You get used to it but it is the spiciest food we have ever had in the whole world. The mango lassis are like mango milkshakes and they’re amazing. If you have a cook or housekeeper they cook for you and it’s fine, but everything kind of tastes the same. Beef is illegal to bring into our state and you really miss it. They call water buffalo “beef” but it’s very obvious and tastes way different, kind of like deer meat. The consulate hosts steak nights but you have to really want it because it is really salty to hide the flavor of old cow or water buffalo because it is legal to kill old cows here so they don’t suffer. Hard Rock Cafe used to have cheeseburgers that were good but they are closing. Most pepperoni pizza is chicken pepperoni. There is some pork but a lot of Hyderabad is Muslim so pork pepperoni is harder to find. Pizza Hut is okay. Leon’s Chicken is great! The best chicken sandwiches, like Raising Cane’s. New York Slice pizza is good BUT the fried oreos are my favorite food here! - Aug 2026

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