Taylor Swift has become a regular at many New York hotspots. It feels like she likes to try all of the buzziest restaurants, most of which tend to be Italian or some Euro-American variation. The exception is possibly Japanese food – I believe she likes sushi. When Taylor visits Kansas City, she and Travis Kelce are usually spotted at steakhouses or Italian joints. Well, apparently, Taylor has a much more diverse palate than even I knew. Taylor has got Travis eating Indian food??
Travis Kelce is expanding his taste buds thanks to his girlfriend Taylor Swift! Speaking on the latest episode of his podcast, New Heights with Jason and Travis Kelce, released Wednesday, Oct. 9, the Kansas City Chiefs tight end, 35, revealed that Swift, 34, has been introducing him to some new foods.
“You know I’m starting to open up to the Indian cuisine,” Travis said after his elder brother, 36, asked him if he liked curry.
“I know, my girl Tay is getting you opened up,” Jason said, to which Travis replied, “She is.”
“She’s introducing new foods to you,” Jason added. “It’s been one of the greatest things that I’ve been happy about.”
Travis then explained that although he liked curry, he wasn’t keen on it being too thick.
“I’m in on a light curry,” he said. “The more it gets thicker and it looks like a baby food or like baby s— then I’m out.”
Desi community: are we offended by “The more it gets thicker and it looks like baby food or like baby s— then I’m out”? I winced, but I also understand what he’s saying – some Indian dishes are too heavily sauced and it’s okay to admit that. You don’t have to drown yourself in curry to enjoy it. Still, I had no idea that Taylor – our new Desi queen??? – would be the one to convince Travis to eat spicy Indian food. Did y’all know that Taylor rolled like that? I thought she was just eating mild pastas and baking sugar cookies.
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Indian food is delicious! And that’s all there is to it
Just here to say that I love Indian food with my whole heart.
I love Butter Chicken with a tortilla! I dont know if its authentic or americanized but I use a recipe i found online. my kids love it too
They really are well matched, and now I’m wondering if I have time at lunch to run out for some curry. That sounds really good, and better than what I packed this morning.
Indian food is my favorite. I love it love it love it ❤️. I didn’t appreciate travis’ comment comparing it to sh-t. But I appreciate he’s eating it and liking it. I’m trying to remember, I don’t know the name, but I call them the Christmas light Indian restaurants in lower manhattan. I’m not saying they were the best but they were cute. Overwhelming amounts of twinkle lights and Indian food. They didn’t serve wine or beer but you could buy it from the corner store below and take into the restaurant. Was it on first Ave a few blocks above Houston? Anyways, good memories. Oh yeah, and some really good South Indian restaurants in Murray/curry hill. Shockingly, a few Indian restaurants have recently popped up near me in exurban Ga. Although half the menu is still Chinese dishes😂. Now, I’m hungry.
I knew she rolled like that because she lived in the UK for so long. There’s no way you can spend that much in England and not fall in love with Indian food. BTW he also said the same poo comment about gumbo not that it excuses it. I think commenting about another cultures cuisine is a big nono. Its very insensitiveat the least. I wonder if she also makes him a Sunday roast, savory pies, or Thai curries.
This is what I came here to say too, Agatha Tatiana! If you go to Great Britain and you like spice and flavor, go eat Indian food. It’s so fresh and delicious there.
It was part of a larger discussion about his issues with food textures, not the cultures at play.
I haven’t watched this week’s podcast yet but the topic of Travis being an extremely picky eater has come up many times already. For example, he doesn’t like foods that are white–especially mayo. Jason teases him a lot about this.
Omg Sparky, mayonaise is the absolute devil to Travis! And then he makes the mayonaise sound for 2 minutes just to gross us all out, gah.
I also hate mayo with a fiery passion.
When I was little, I dipped my finger into a tub of what I thought was cool whip. Mom was just reusing the container for something else. It was all mayo. Barf!
Travis has lifelong problems with food textures and colors. With like 50% of all food. He’s not putting down a whole cuisine or culture. He’ll reenact his crying meltdowns at every Thanksgiving growing up, he’s not proud of it. Jason will make fun of it as an older brother would. Later on in the pod Travis makes fun of Jason not wanting to watch a chick flick, it’s their brotherly dynamic.
Travis doesn’t know what he is missing. I love Indian food. Samosas! Naan! Butter Chicken! Tandoori! Biryani! The list goes on and on!!
I’m not Desi. I love spicy Indian food (but not numb lips spicy!), and I cringed at his comment. Has he never heard the phrase, “Don’t yuck my yum?”
Apparently he has significant food texture issues, and he has described multiple foods crossing all cultures that way, for example, chili.
Interesting- that makes sense, but maybe he should just state he has issues with textures and not get so specifically negative.
Exactly!
His whole comment, in context, does that. He was talking about not eating jambalaya and other things including chili, because of texture issues. He also doesn’t eat hot dogs or sausages because he doesn’t like the casing texture, which is kind of hilarious. I have adhd and have a strong aversion to mushy textures (includes oatmeal, pudding, yogurt and ripe bananas) so I feel for him. Also in context his brother was talking about how great curry is.
Ick, I don’t love the way he spoke about Indian food. Indian food is my least favourite (I’m half Japanese and Indian flavours are often just too overpowering for me. In comparison my Indian friend says Japanese food is too bland for her!) but I think you need to be extra careful of the optics of being a white sports bro talking about food from other cultures. The vibe just leans a bit problematic/racist if you’re like “ewww” about other foods. It’s fine to prefer wings and fries. But keep it respectful!
I could eat Indian food for breakfast, lunch and dinner! And yes, living in London/UK (had most wonderful Indian meal in Edinburgh) makes you fall in love with it if you hadn’t already!
Growing up in England is how I fell in love with Indian food too. I could also eat Indian food for every meal and never get tired of it. When we redid our kitchen a couple years ago, I specifically included a large, specially designed area just for my collection of spices. Cooking Indian food from scratch (including the spice blends) is one of my favorite joys in life.
Anything I’ve read of her suggests that she is a serious cook not just cookies etc.
Let’s not be bothered by a harmless comment – the paste texture is like baby food or poop. It’s a couple of dudes on a podcast.
About the cringey choice of language: outlets like People and the Daily Mail are watching the podcast to get content for their websites and the language is different than what Tree Paine or the brothers say in public. New Heights is a sports podcast of 2 brothers who are brutally honest and like to make each other laugh. Travis calls himself a dummy and frequently describes he and Jason as “2 guys who get hit in the head for a living.” My 2 older jock-ish brothers would talk just like that in private, never in public.
On the plus side both brothers are quick to apologize so they might have to revisit this.
Mmmmmmm palak paneer is my favorite and my coworkers asking me what kind of baby doodoo I brought for lunch today never gets old for me! I hope any Desi will take it as a term of endearment from me.
He’s kind of a dumb jock. Are we surprised he says dumb things?
I’m not surprised that Taylor Swift likes Indian food. She’s wealthy and well-traveled and has (or has had) homes in New York, London, and LA. She can enjoy all of the diverse cuisines available, at good restaurants, and apparently she has. I know she likes to cook, so I wouldn’t even be surprised if she knew how to make a halfway decent, simple curry.
I love Indian food. Being of Northern European descent (like Taylor is) doesn’t stop me from liking spice. But there are a few dishes that don’t appeal to me, usually the ones that have a lot of sauce that is mild in flavor. It needs have either spice or texture to really appeal to me.
Taylor is one of the bigger stars in South East Asia (not from there) she’s traveled there for concerts since she was young, she’s lived in LA, New York and London. Of course she likes a diverse type of food.
Travis is picky and that’s fine, I’m with him on the mayo and most “white” colored food. So his wording wasn’t great but he did explain beyond just one culture.
Travis looks like Erroll Flynn. The bucket hat sucks tho.
Gurl travels around the world, how could she not have a globe trotting palate!!
I’d be more surprised if she weren’t into Indian food, considering all the time she spent in London.
He’s been missing out all this time. Love Indian food.
That’s the one thing I love about London- they have some amazing Indian food(outside of India) . Although I think the one we had in Hawaii a few years ago beat London- prob because of the fresher ingredients used for curry and others are actually grown in the islands.
If you have to ask if you’re offended, you’re not
Echoing what others said above, London has amazing Indian food as well as many other cultures. I’m sure she loves all kinds of food, how could you not if you were used to travelling globally so often, especially with money! Food for sure is one of the main things I would spend on haha. Now I want the butter chicken from Gymkhana in London 😛