Varanasi: Japanese ambassador Hiroshi Suzuki, who was touring Varanasi city, visited Kashi Vishwanath Dham and offered prayers to the Lord. Besides, he also relished mouth-watering Banarasi cuisines as well as Banaras paan. The flavour of the Banaras paan is known all over the world. The betel leaves produced in the adjoining areas of Varanasi are exported to several foreign countries.
The ambassador Hiroshi Suzuki liked the Banarasi thali (platter), golgappas and paan the most. Hiroshi Suzuki was so delighted after visiting the ancient city of Varanasi and enjoying the mouth-watering cuisines that he posted his feeling by sharing a video on his Twitter handle. The Japanese ambassador stated on his tweeter handle that he visited Baba Vishwanath and also savoured Banarasi Thali. He also said, "I also relished golgappas and Banaras paan in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's parliamentary constituency." Suzuki tweeted, "I really wanted to eat golgappe since I saw PM Modi @narendramodi and PM Kishida @kishida230 eating them together!"