Indian restaurant MadCo took the tough call this week to remove some menu favourites, including bone marrow -- a beef bone cut in half and slowly roasted, in an attempt to save cooking gas as the Iran war disrupts supply chains.
Far from the Middle East, restaurants in the world's fastest-growing major economy are feeling the heat of the conflict with cooking gas shortages.
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