PHOTO: TWITTER/@DadaThaakur
Do you think you know what Madar**** is? No, you don’t in all probability. Well, not in the pertinent context.
A tweet regarding a peculiar sounding cocktail, featuring the enticing flavours of India, at a Singapore restaurant Equilibrium went viral on Tuesday, BuzzFeed reported.
Indian: Do you know what is "Madarchod"
— Chilamchi (@dadathaakur) July 19, 2016
American: Yes, it's a dish with enticing flavours of India and costs $23 pic.twitter.com/jSeijaKBFg
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The India-esque beverage is made with chai, amaretto and bourbon among other ingredients. If you think something was lost in translation, you’d be left startled to hear that the move to name the concoction so was deliberate.
“Yes, we are certainly aware of the meaning. We would not imagine doing it in your country but Singapore is a multi-racial country with little bias and a wider berth when it comes to humour. We saw the humour in introducing an Indian inspired cocktail with a tongue-in-cheek name. It was never designed for an audience market based in India, nonetheless the conservatives of that market,” Equilibrium told BuzzFeed.
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This is what the drink looks like:
PHOTO: EQUILIBRIUM RESTAURANTWell, let's just say, it threw a lot of desi off:
Enticing flavour of #India is called 'Madarchod' in #Singapore 😨 😲 😱 Google for this slur word 😷 https://t.co/82Njkle5js
— Mubashir (@rubusmubu) July 21, 2016
Madarchod = Enticing flavours of India. Yep, sounds about right https://t.co/JYH1DnWJaC
— Veena (@veenavenugopal) July 20, 2016
https://twitter.com/hackatac/status/755475891765911552
Hilarious...I'd like a flat white madarchod, no sugar.... https://t.co/YlWYYvUWyR
— Omar Shahid Hamid (@omarshamid) July 20, 2016
The article originally appeared on BuzzFeed
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