The laddoos Vajpayee loved
August 17, 2018  09:58
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'Thaggu ke Laddu' a sweet shop in Kanpur was often visited by Atal Bihari Vajpayee. The owner says, "Whenever BJP leaders in Kanpur used to go to meet him they would get laddoos packed for him. He loved food."


Prem Prakash, the founder of news agency ANI, writes, "He loved to eat, particularly, the sea food. I remember during our visit to the Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam in 2001, we were served with exotic Vietnamese cuisine at a banquet hosted in his honour, that had a huge variety of sea food. I was sitting at a little distance from Vajpayeeji, who was on a high table with Vietanamese Prime Minister Phan Van Khai.


"We were served a huge lobster. While I struggled to eat that, I saw Vajpayeeji happily enjoying his meal, and the lobster. He tried everything on the table and continued eating till the last, even though his host Vietnamese PM had finished eating much before him.


"It was generally believed that way to Vajpayeeji's heart was through his stomach. So, whenever any of the Indian ambassadors wanted to get into his good books, they would fly best chefs to cook for him. It happened in Malaysia in 2001, I remember."
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