Would you like "arbeit macht fries" with that?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060821/od_nm/india_hitler_dc_2

It's like if "The Producers" opened an eatery
By Krittivas Mukherjee
Mon Aug 21, 8:43 AM ET

[If it was like "The Producers", this would be funny instead of fookin' diseased. - Ed.]

A new restaurant in India's financial hub, named after Adolf Hitler and promoted with posters showing the German leader and Nazi swastikas, has infuriated the country's small Jewish community.

'Hitler's Cross', which opened last week, serves up a wide range of continental fare and a big helping of controversy, thanks to a name the owners say they chose to stand out among hundreds of Mumbai eateries.

[I'm sure it's very difficult when you're competing for business in a market where the average customer makes about $400 per year.]

"We wanted to be different. This is one name that will stay in people's minds," owner Punit Shablok told Reuters.

[Absolutely. Wouldn't want consumers to confuse it with, say "Alfred Packer's Snack Shack", "Stalin's Cup O' Joe", "Dahmer's Weenie Hut" or "Farmer Gein's Nose Kabobs & Haberdashery".]

"We are not promoting Hitler. But we want to tell people we are different in the way he was different."

[You mean you have a silly moustache and only one testicle?]

But India's remaining Jews -- most migrated to Israel and the West over the years -- say they are outraged by the gimmick.

"This signifies a severe lack of awareness of the agony of millions of Jews caused by one man," said Jonathan Solomon, chairman of the Indian Jewish Federation, the community's umbrella organization.

"We are going to stop this deification of Hitler," he said without elaborating.

[Actually, I think it would be more likely to qualify as deification if the restaurant was named "Hitler On The Cross".]

The small restaurant, its interior done out in the Nazi colors of red, white and black, also has a lounge for smoking the exotic Indian water pipe or "hookah."

[Makes perfectly good sense, seeing how Adolph was such a tobacco-friendly kind of guy.]

Posters line the road leading up to it, featuring a red swastika carved in the name of the eatery. One slogan reads: "From Small Bites to Mega Joys."

[French tourists were seen gazing adoringly at the posters as they, too, lined the road.]

A huge portrait of a stern-looking Fuehrer greets visitors at the door. The cross in the restaurant's name refers to the swastika that symbolized the Nazi regime.

[I suppose a happy Hilter portrait might discourage walk-in customers. One also ponders whether their "Aprés" menu features a photo of Hitler's cadaver slumped over his desk in the bunker.]

"This place is not about wars or crimes, but where people come to relax and enjoy a meal," said restaurant manager Fatima Kabani, adding that they were planning to turn the eatery's name into a brand with more branches in Mumbai.

[What a surprise the manager's name is "Fatima". And I'm a bit apprehensive about these people branding anything.

I wonder if the portions are as generous as those served to my family members while they were "relaxing" as guests in one of Mr. Hitler's retreats?

According to Ms. Kabani, larger portions may be requested by asking your server to "Capo-Size It".]

The swastika has its roots in ancient Indian Hindu tradition and remains a sacred symbol for Hindus. Nazi theorists appropriated it to bolster their central hypothesis of the Aryan origins of the German people.

[The preceding sentence makes absolutely no sense.

According to Executive Chef Ravi Schickelgrüber, "I'm only following, erm, filling orders".]