We had the good fortune of connecting with Ayesha Bakshi & Saloni Radadia and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Ayesha & Saloni, what led you to pursuing a creative path professionally?
Saloni and I were part of the same food and fun loving clique in undergrad. Going to school in Miami meant that our weekend plans were stacked with trying the Magic City’s delicious and diverse cuisines. Whether that be visiting The Island Deck Gardens for the gorgeous view of that legendary skyline or trying a unique sous vide egg on mushroom toast at Balan’s; we tried it all. Creating food memories was another class on our schedule. However, after graduating, that past time was gone as we went our separate ways. Purely for nostalgic purposes, Saloni and I wanted to keep tabs on each other’s individual gastronomic endeavors so we created a shared album dedicated to rating the latest spots we tried in our respective cities.
Hundreds of photos later, we were ready to post these shots on Instagram, because why not? Someone out there is willing to pay attention to our artistic angles of crazy food, right? And that is how we became @alwayszzeating. As girls who studied finance and computer science, the art of photography was nothing more than a hobby. But after gaining the following we have today, Saloni and I have never been artsier! With this new purpose, we were taking pictures to not only capture an experience for a potential newcomer at a restaurant, but we were marketing a small-businesses and promoting our cities which we both love so much.Being able to explore our inner creativity, whilst demonstrating the various diversities of our cities through food is truly a gratifying and reassuring experience. Getting to explore how our random hobby turned into a side hustle was something very unexpected, but extremely rewarding!

Can you open up a bit about your work and career? We’re big fans and we’d love for our community to learn more about your work.
As an Instagram influencer, coming up with a unique way to showcase content is a challenge. However, our love for photography and food have a way of showing in our posts. Our crazy angles and varied zooms are nothing new to Instagram but our creative captioning and scripts really set us apart. We would love for the world to really see our passion for food through our posts.

If you had a friend visiting you, what are some of the local spots you’d want to take them around to?
The perfect trip to Miami starts off like this:
– Start your day off at brunch at B Bistro Cafe
– Take a tour of Brickell City Center and Bayside
– From there have dinner at Astra in Wynwood and visit the Design District
– Next day check out the Everglades and come back to South beach before the sunset and eat dinner on Ocean Drive

Shoutout is all about shouting out others who you feel deserve additional recognition and exposure. Who would you like to shoutout?
We would love to dedicate this story to our amazing friends and family who have supported us on this journey. We would also love to thank the restauranteurs of New York City and South Florida, who have taken a chance with working with us.

Website: https://www.instagram.com/alwayszzeating/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alwayszzeating/

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