Virat Kohli’s Cheat Meals: The Inside Story

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Virat Kohli and chhole bhature. They go back a long way.

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00:00I have had Chole Bhature three days ago

00:02Oh okay

00:03But after, I would say what, three, four years

00:30Everybody knows about your passion for cricket, but when did this passion start about food?

00:38Younger, so I have always been a foodie

00:40And then came about this whole, you know, idea and plan of getting into business

00:49And I thought that, you know, where I am in my career, I think it's time for me to build

00:55something concrete and something long-lasting and something I can be involved in

01:00So food was a no-brainer

01:02That's a superfood salad, is it?

01:04Yeah

01:05And is that also one of your favourites?

01:06It is, I have turned vegetarian for almost two years now

01:09Wow

01:10Not completely vegan

01:1190% would be, you know, animal protein free and dairy free and everything

01:19But in that, I figured out, I did a lot of reading and understanding of food

01:25And because I was a heavy meat-eater

01:28After that, I switched completely because of health reasons

01:31I thought I have to be very sure of nutritional content of the food and value of what I am eating

01:37It's been so many years, you are a Punjabi, you are from Delhi

01:40In your childhood, you must have had a lot of Chole Bhature

01:43Also butter chicken

01:46Yeah

01:47Do you miss it? And how many years has it been since you ate all that?

01:50Years?

01:51Look, all these things, I think it's glorified a lot

01:57I ate Chole Bhature three days ago

02:00Oh, okay

02:01But after, I would say what, three, four years

02:04Okay

02:05Honestly, I didn't eat in between

02:07Oh, wow

02:08But at this time, we thought, I've taken a break

02:15We came to Delhi and I thought, you know what, I really feel like having one

02:19But we decided, me and Anushka both, that we will eat it

02:24But after two hours, we went to the gym and we smashed the gym

02:28So, it's not like, what used to happen before, you eat and drink lassi and sit till evening

02:33You know, you can't move, I don't think that's healthy

02:36So, we said, okay, we feel like indulging

02:38Let's have one and after that, we'll make sure we work out twice as hard

02:44I think that has changed

02:45It's not like I don't like to indulge in things that I like

02:48Obviously, you know, you like to have those memories as well

02:53You know, to revive it, just to live those moments

02:56Do you feel guilty after eating?

02:58No, not at all

02:59Because before, I didn't have the will to work in the gym physically

03:04Now, I know that if I eat something, I can go and burn it off immediately

03:09By afternoon, it's gone

03:11You were telling about how it's nice and liberating to explore places outside of India

03:16So, is there any favorite place?

03:17I believe you also went to Finland for your honeymoon

03:19Where no one recognized you

03:21Any story from there or any favorite destination that you may have anywhere?

03:24No, I didn't recognize anyone, but then one man recognized me

03:27And the one who recognized me was Sardarji

03:30And the most amazing thing was, his last name was Kohli

03:35And then, I was sitting there, I was like, what are the odds

03:38We met a man from our country

03:41We met a Sardarji and his last name was Kohli

03:43I was like

03:44And in the coffee shop, you know

03:46We were standing in line and we were getting coffee

03:49And he was standing behind

03:50And I don't think he saw us

03:51I saw him and then I didn't turn around

03:53But then he saw me and then he's like

03:55May I be Kohli?

03:57I was like, bro, please leave it here

03:59Don't ask for a photo

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