Chandigarh Location Recce Day 2

Day 2

A gulp of sugarcane

Just outside the Zakir Hussain Rose Garden, sugarcane juice was made the old way, by an ageing man with his long canes carted from across the union territory from Haryana. 

No added ingredients, just juice squeezed out with a little help from the machine that he muscled with his biceps. As the cane started to resemble bagasse, he slid a bunch of cilantro leaves for that mild deviation in flavour from the sweetness of sugar. A glass of juice at just 15 bucks that left an aftertaste in our mouths for close to half an hour.

Indian Coffee House

When you have mutton burgers @ 29.30 which would put McDonalds and KFC to shame, finger chips that were as English as they come, you know you have hit upon a great place to grab a bite. The Indian Coffee House still seems stuck 1982, when it celebrated its silver jubilee; and I say that as a compliment. It retains the old world charm, with its small 2x2 feet brown square tables, arranged in various permutations and combinations to suit the space and clientele.

There were 50-60 people in the lower stall where we sat. People’s conversations cut into the ones going on aside and beside added to the gentle orders being tallied and the trays being rallied by the middle aged people waiting the tables with enough efficiency to not rush the pace of the place.The bill on our table read thus  

                                        

Mutton burgers                   2         29.30                58.60    

Finger chips                       2         20.00                20.00

Chocolate milkshake           1         29.30                29.30

Spanish Omlette                 1         34.50                34.50

Masala Dosa                        1         43.40                43.40

Tot_tax                                                                25.73

CASH                                                                  231.53

THANKS FOR VISITING ----KINDLY VISIT AGAIN   

Of course, we are visiting again.