Rude Food by Vir Sanghvi: The scramble for perfection

How do you want your omelette? The French like it folded, the Sri Lankans add it to curry. In Goa it’s served with xacuti. And The Bear is reinventing a classic

Very rarely does the cooking of a single dish become a craze or dominate popular culture and social media. But something like that has happened with the omelette from Season 2 of The Bear. It is now all over YouTube, which is full of how-to-reproduce-the-dish videos. Similar videos turn up on Instagram and Facebook.

In The Bear (2022), chef Sydney makes an omelette that has since gone viral.

A classic French omelette has two folds and is a test of how good a chef is with his or her hands. (ADOBE STOCK)

India’s masala omelettes have more flavour than the French omelette and often come with a gravy. (ADOBE STOCK)

If you’re using just butter, like the French do, the taste of the omelette depends on how good the egg is. (ADOBE STOCK)

Goa’s ros omelettes were probably invented in South Goa in the 1980s. (SHANNON FERNANDES)