Word of Mouth: A Food Walk with Berty Ashley

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Word of Mouth: A Food Walk with Berty Ashley

Have you ever stopped mid-bite and wondered why the thing you’re eating is called what it’s called? Why a galouti kebab is a galouti kebab, or which beloved drink took its name from a famously busty actress? Join quiz master Berty Ashley for an afternoon of eating through the city with a historian’s curiosity and a trivia-lover’s glee. As you wander, Berty unpacks the etymology and backstory behind iconic dishes: the accidents, empires, puns and personalities buried in names we say without thinking.

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The walk pans out on Church Street, hopping through some yummy spots including Indian Coffee House, Empire & Big Fat Roll. Berty Ashley Berty Ashley is a molecular biologist by day and one of Bengaluru’s best-loved quiz masters. He sets The Hindu’s weekly “Easy Like Sunday Morning” quiz, has co-authored a science quiz book, and is a serial collector of music, trivia and clearly food facts. Few people can make you this hungry and this much smarter in a single afternoon. Urbanaut Productions We find the best a city has to offer and then we build a way in. Urbanaut Productions curates urban experiences at the intersection of food, art, music, and culture. For the curious, the restless, and anyone who suspects their city still has a few secrets left.

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Sat 14 Nov