Eat Out, But with a Prayer!

Sumit Paul writes about how most restaurants serve enticing cuisines made out of stale food.

- Sumit Paul

Recently, I went to a multi-cuisine restaurant at Aurangabad. It’s by far the best restaurant in town and its owner is a dear friend of mine. I was with a couple of young army officers, who were dying to have some good non-vegetarian food at a restaurant. I asked my friend what he had on the menu for hardcore non-vegetarians. He said, “You need to wait for some time.” He then went inside to get some delicious meat preparation from home. He admitted sheepishly that the mutton served at the restaurant wasn’t that fresh. I was shocked. Had I not been his friend, he would have served the same mutton to my friends cooked in the restaurant’s kitchen.

I also thanked my stars for being a complete vegetarian. Just give a thought to what you eat outside, especially if it happens to be non-vegetarian cuisine! There’s absolutely no guarantee of getting a fresh product. And this is a common phenomenon all over the country. You never get fresh non-vegetarian even at the best restaurants. Even vegetarian preparations at hotels are often stale and at times even smelly. The cooks at hotels are so skilful that they can cook anything and you won’t be able to make out. They know the tricks and don’t throw away anything.