- Chef Roshan Kalra sets out to find the true source of happiness and reignite his passion for food while being more present in his son's life.
- A three-star Michelin chef, Roshan Kalra (Saif Ali Khan) gets fired from his job in New York because he punches a customer at the restaurant. The customer says that the food is not as good as it used to be. Roshan is jailed for his assault and the owner of the restaurant, Sunil (Pawan Chopra), has to come by to bail him out. Sunil tells Roshan to take a break. Vinnie (Sobhita Dhulipala) is Roshan's Sous Chef at the kitchen. Roshan goes back to the kitchen and berates his staff for not following his instructions. Sunil comes by and formally fires Roshan from his job. Sunil says that Roshan's ideas about food are not stale and that he needs fresh inspiration. Roshan threatens to take the entire staff with him, but Vinnie refuses to leave and hence Roshan has to leave alone. Vinnie is also Roshan's friend and meets him at home that night. Vinnie tells Roshan that he has lost his passion for cooking and is just going through the motions.
Roshan then flies to Kochi to spend some time with his son Arman (Svar Kamble) who lives with his ex-wife Radha Menon (Padmapriya). Radha teaches a dance class at her humble home to support herself and her son. He goes there with the idea of spending a few days but ends up spending more time with his ex-wife and son. Radha is seeing Biju (Milind Soman) but doesn't specify the nature of her relationship with Biju to Roshan. Radha has to go on a dance tour trip and wants Roshan to take care of Arman while she is away. Turns out Arman is a foodie and takes Roshan for a Idiyappam in Kochi.
Roshan and Aramn spend a few days together as Roshan takes him to Chandni Chowk (Chole Bhature) and Golden temple (Langar food) and tells him about how Roshan himself fell in love with food. He tells Arman that after running away from home, he spent a few days with Ram Lal of the Chole Bhature shop to take his first lessons in cooking. They even go to meet Roshan's father (Ram Gopal Bajaj) who was not very enthusiastic about Roshan's career as a chef. Roshan's father blames him for breaking 2 homes with the insistence to follow his cooking dream. Roshan takes Arman to the local restaurants where he first started cooking. At a Dhaba, Roshan realizes that they have stopped serving a tomato chutney after their cook left. Roshan introduces himself to the current owner and says that he wants to serve the famous tomato chutney to his son. The owner allows Roshan to cook the chutney the traditional way in the Dhaba kitchen.
When Radha gets to know he's been thrown out of his job, she suggests him to come up with his own food truck. Her good friend Biju (Milind Soman) offers his rundown double-Decker minibus.
At first Roshan is very insulted by the idea as he considers himself a professional chef with a steady paycheck, but very slowly warms up to it. Radha and Roshan remember how at first Roshan's passion for food also reflected in his passion for her, but the passion faded as the love for food went away and led to their divorce.
Arman and Roshan start cleaning up and outfitting the double Decker bus, when Nuzroon (Chandan Roy Sanyal) an ex-colleague of Roshan from NYC joins him in Kochi to be part of his journey. Roshan makes Arman do all the difficult jobs as well, including bagging and throwing a dead rat from the top deck of the bus.
Nuzroon hires Alex Oomen (Dinesh Prabhakar) as the driver and finally the crew and bus is ready. Roshan christens it "Raasta Cafe". Alex has a national permit and used to drive the state transport buses earlier. Radha advises Roshan to serve Indian street food on his food truck. Roshan tests his food truck in Kochi and attracts a lot of foreign tourists. He decides to tour India with his food truck. Arman tags along with him. On their way to Delhi, they stop at various cities in Kerala and Goa. Arman Tweets the pictures at every stop and builds up a social media following.
Predictably, Roshan and Arman bond on the road trip and Roshan trains him to be an amateur chef.
Roshan starts getting chef offers back in New York, while he is still on the way to Delhi. Roshan is all set to return to NYC when he gets to Delhi. He calls Radha to come to Delhi to pick Arman. Arman is very angry that Roshan is abandoning him. When Arman leaves with Radha, Roshan realizes his mistake and begs them to stay. They set up their food truck in Connaught place and run a successful business.
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