Life is
unpredictable, the upcoming incident too unpredictable, it is somewhat like
adventure in every other second until and unless we sleep, unconscious and so
on natural’s mute or silent scenarios. How about when we are in real active
life? Anything can happen as an adventure with unpredictable facts. This is
what the life, and surprises too can happen when something important we needs,
like having food outside. Here you go for some of the surprises which I too faced
as Food tales one or few.
Food Tales 1: (New place and new hotel)
Once, me
and my friend traveled to a new place and we had to have lunch and we were hungry
at that point and unable to bear hungry due to late and travel tiredness.
Thus, we got a small hotel with remote area and reached to order lunch items.
The way the hotel owner and staff stair at us was like we are strangers or
almost innocent.
We asked them whether there is lunch served at this point
since it is already crossed lunch time. They said, yes. We ordered normal meals
first then inquired menu. They said some veg items and few non-veg items.
However, before lunch, my friend wants to smoke and went to the bunk shop which
was attached to the hotel . He immediately returned after buying cigarettes and
whispered me too about the conversation of seller who was in Bunk shop. What my
friend whispered or said to me is, as below;
Friend: Is
there King size (Cigarette)?
Seller:
What?
Friend: Is there Small (Cigarette)?
Seller: What? No small and all…
Friend: Any smoking (by sign) item?
Seller: Match box, Beedi and Fire (charcoal) item.
Friend: Ok, give me Beedi and match box, at least…
Seller: Gave him and asked my friend as, “are you new to this place?”
Friend: Yes, why?
Seller: “You
came to this hotel na to have something”, that’s why!
Friend: !!!!!
After
that, we really afraid to have lunch here but unable cancel the order too nor
we can move right now but hardly we had little tasteless lunch with no option
around for the hotel. The story we doesn’t’ know is, what would have happened
in that hotel which the seller finally asked us such question “are you new to
this place?”.
Food Tales 2: (Crispy Dosa cooked by Hubby)
Sometime,
out of curiosity, safety reason, as pressure, as hobby, as hubby, one has to
cook for some reason. What could happened in case the cooked items got negative
result from hubby and how can he manage it smartly?
Hubby: Dear,
Crispy and nice Dosa I made for you….
Wife:
don’t build up too much, it is not crispy Dosa but you made it fire and
overcooked…
Hubby:
!!!
Food
Tales 3: (Biryani – unforgettable)
I don’t
like to tell the well known restaurant name in my city but would like to state
the experience of having Biryani over there.
We once
been to the reputed restaurant since it has medium crowd ever and lot of cars
parking over there. We thought that it is rushed place, it might be something
different to experiment the food from known restaurant. They gave us menu which
is still unique and round shaped clothes and stitched on it (listed food names
with price). They serve North Indian Food, South Indian Food and Chinese food
etc. so we ordered North Indian Food to experiment but those foods were bad
taste except tandoori items and we moved to our usual south Biryani’s.
We
ordered it to fill the balance stomach. They served Biryani was no way to match
even 50% of normal Biryani’s available in the small shop near platform. I can
only says that Biryani was like Tamarind rice only. We wasted around Rs 500 per
head. Try to experiment the food in restaurant but make sure to avoid some bad
experience what we had faced.
Food
Tales 4: (Idly or Dosa?)
Customer:
Why Idly is very small in your hotel?
Waiter: Sir,
it is not Idly but Dosa
Customer:
!!!!
One more tale added on this as free 1 for 4, as below;
Food Tales 5: (Butter chicken in Gulf?)
Once I was working in a Gulf country for few years, we got go with an Arabian restaurant as we got that restaurant only at that place at that time, and Indian restaurant was little far from that place where we were on travel. There are few Arabian foods that tastes well and some of them unable to have, specially we Indians who always needed spicy and garam masala tastes. However, we ordered them for a 'Butter Chicken' beside rice as safety precaution.
In return for our order, we got a grilled chicken and a medium piece of butter on that chicken. They called as 'butter chicken' for it.