HUNGRY FOR TASTE OF KABADDI MEDAL

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- Deepanraj Ganesan

Patience is required if one is dining out with 23-year-old Sasmithaa Mano.

On her food blog @thatsoyummyy, her friends and fans are often left salivating at the sight of her meticulously photographed plates of food and drinks.

Behind the scenes, her dining companions have grown accustomed to waiting “10 minutes for me to take photos”.

“I think it’s a different form of expression, where I can just post what I think about the food and there's no judgment involved,” said Sasmithaa on her food-blogging journey, which began during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Then a junior college student, she wanted to explore the plethora of home-based food businesses that had suddenly appeared.

She started an Instagram page to document the food that she ate with photographs and a short review.

"One day, I realised that people started following this new account and were engaging with my posts,” said Sasmithaa, who works in the banking and finance sector.

“I didn’t expect people to care about what I had to say about the food. And then suddenly I had different home-based businesses reaching out to ask if they could send some food over. And I felt like I could help these businesses out by posting about them.”