Snacky, Monaco, Same same, said the shopkeeper.
It wasn't, Snacky has 9.3% sugar, Monaco has 7.3%. Monaco crackers are the closest thing you can get to savoury biscuits in India. They taste a little like 'Mini Cheddars' which for reference are 1% sugar. This is the problem, the Indian sweet tooth invades all food. Western style white bread is almost always sweet, and it's a disappointment to find under your eggs any style. Unfortunately I'm cursed, I can no longer bear the taste of 'sweet salt' biscuits (most of them), so I alternate between Monaco and the pure sweet chocolaty varieties. There is some specialisation, tourist places make chai without added sugar to cater for the variety of tastes (always a shock when you forget and taste chai without sugar).
A classic memory will be the Kamat hotel (meaning restaurant) in Goa. Kamat is a chain which usually offer decent clean South Indian food, and I landed on my feet when the only cheap room I could find (Rs800, it's expensive there) was around the corner from a Kamat. I suspect they have had some complaints about their south thali before from non-Goans, the waiter apologetically produced a bowl of sugar with the meal in case it needed sweetening.
It wasn't, Snacky has 9.3% sugar, Monaco has 7.3%. Monaco crackers are the closest thing you can get to savoury biscuits in India. They taste a little like 'Mini Cheddars' which for reference are 1% sugar. This is the problem, the Indian sweet tooth invades all food. Western style white bread is almost always sweet, and it's a disappointment to find under your eggs any style. Unfortunately I'm cursed, I can no longer bear the taste of 'sweet salt' biscuits (most of them), so I alternate between Monaco and the pure sweet chocolaty varieties. There is some specialisation, tourist places make chai without added sugar to cater for the variety of tastes (always a shock when you forget and taste chai without sugar).
A classic memory will be the Kamat hotel (meaning restaurant) in Goa. Kamat is a chain which usually offer decent clean South Indian food, and I landed on my feet when the only cheap room I could find (Rs800, it's expensive there) was around the corner from a Kamat. I suspect they have had some complaints about their south thali before from non-Goans, the waiter apologetically produced a bowl of sugar with the meal in case it needed sweetening.
