The Hundred-Foot Journey, by Richard C. Morais

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Thesis:- Food meant a lot for people, it gives us livelihood, and one cannot image his life without food. Hundred foot journey novel is based on the theme of food, in which author tells his journey from his grandfather’s restaurant (Mumbai) to Paris where he owns his Three Star restaurant via London And then Lumiere, a small town in France. Although “the hundred-foot journey “seems very short physically, it took so long to Hassan become the French chef.

1) Madam Mallory hunger strike and Papa’s approval. (pg. 130-132)

2) Hassan’s journey from his own restaurant to Madam Mallory. (pg. 132-133)

3) Hassan got a offer from one of the Paris restaurant. (pg. 155)

4) Opened an own Restaurant at Paris. (pg.178)

5) Got the Honor of Two star and Then after Three star restaurant.(pg.194-227)

6) Paris Mayor visit (pg.231)

A French Chef Journey

Food meant a lot for people, it gives us livelihood, and one cannot image his life without food. Hundred foot journey novel is based on the theme of food, in which author tells his journey from his grandfather’s restaurant(Mumbai) to Paris where he owns his Three Star restaurant after a small stay at London And then Lumiere, a small town in France. Although “the hundred-foot journey “seems very short physically, it took so long to Hassan to achieve it. As Hassan was born talented, hard worker, and artistic, he embarked himself to Paris via London and Lumiere, and became a renowned French chef. It is the Hassan, who wanted to see the world and had the desired to become a French chef not the India chef, who would live in France. Fortunately, the Madame Mallory recognized the Hassan feeling which his father did not familiar with.

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