Meet Vishal—Part-Time Fry Cook, Full-Time Legend
Vishal Mehta, 23, worked at a KFC outlet in Andheri West, Mumbai. He was your classic desi overachiever in a fast-food cap.
He took pride in:
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Perfect golden crispiness
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Knowing every menu item by heart
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Casually stealing fries when the manager looked away
One Tuesday afternoon, he was working the fryer like a DJ on a Saturday night. Oil was bubbling. Customers were munching. Life was finger-lickin’… until fate decided to double-fry his destiny.
The Chicken That Would Change Everything
At exactly 1:14 PM, Vishal dropped Batch #148 into the fryer.
Same as always.
Nothing special.
Just boneless hot & crispy, standard 8-piece order.
But one piece wouldn’t sink.
It just floated. Proud. Defiant. Almost… arrogant.
Vishal poked it with the steel tong.
It bobbed.
He poked harder.
That’s when it happened.
BOOM. The Chicken Spoke.
Okay, not literally. But close.
As he moved the fryer basket, a strange metallic clink echoed. He fished out the defiant piece…
…and underneath it was a small, golden coin.
At first he thought it was a free toy from a Happy Meal next door.
Then he realized—KFC doesn’t do Happy Meals. This was no toy.
The coin read:
“East India Mint. 1862.”
The Investigation Begins (aka Googling at the Counter)
He Googled.
Coin. Value. Old. British. Worth anything?
The results made him drop his drumstick.
Similar coins had been auctioned for ₹7 to ₹15 lakhs.
Vishal’s brain screamed louder than a pressure cooker on high:
“Bro… you just deep-fried a miniature fortune.”
He ran to the manager.
Manager:
“Are you okay?”
Vishal:
“No bro, I think I fried British history.”
Enter: Experts, Reporters, Chaos
In 24 hours, the store was flooded.
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Numismatists showed up in linen suits whispering “Very rare.”
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News reporters broadcasted “Chicken Fryer Discovers Colonial Loot!”
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One aunty fainted after hearing he found it near the spicy wings section.
Even the branch manager started wearing a sherwani to work—“in case the BBC shows up.”
Plot Twist: The Coin Was Real. Very Real.
A historian from Delhi verified it.
“This is an authentic East India Company one-mohur coin. Possibly lost during partition. Extremely rare.”
Vishal was offered ₹11.2 lakhs by a private collector in Dubai.
He almost fainted into a vat of peri peri mayo.
What Did Vishal Do Next?
He accepted the deal.
Quit KFC.
Started his own food truck called “Royal Fryer.”
Menu:
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Colonial Chicken
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Empire Burger
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And his signature item: Golden Coin Fries (no real coins included)
Every box comes with a sticker that says:
“History Tastes Better Fried.”
Where Is He Now?
Vishal is a minor celebrity in Mumbai food circles.
He was recently invited to a wedding just to deep fry the starters in a sherwani.
His Instagram bio reads:
“Found gold in oil. Living spicy ever since.”
Moral of the Story
Sometimes life gives you lemons.
Sometimes it gives you deep-fried currency from 1862.
So remember:
Every chicken could be your lucky one.
Fry responsibly.