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Street food bounces back, in-car dining picks up!
After the relaxation of partial corona curfew in the city on weekdays, the fastest trend to bounce back was the street food outing. As the dine-in is still not permitted, so food lovers are going for their favourite delicacies on takeaway mode and relishing them in their vehicles as well as at the roadsides.
After the relaxation of partial corona curfew in the city on weekdays, the fastest trend to bounce back was the street food outing. As the dine-in is still not permitted, so food lovers are going for their favourite delicacies on takeaway mode and relishing them in their vehicles as well as at the roadsides.
Popular food joints like Moti Mahal, Madhurima, Royal Café, Bajpai Kachori, Keval’s tea, Tunday Kababi, Ranjan Café and many more are just providing take-ways. But foodies are seen savouring them in disposable packing standing nearby.
“Chai, samosa and bun-makkhan if you take back home then there is no point! We went to Sharma Chaai expecting to get chai-samosa in kulhad and plate but since we just got the packing, we consumed it on bench in the park opposite to the joint,” says Manish Tripathi, a self-confessed ‘chai-baaz’.
At Bajpai Kachori shop long queues are back and they are categorically asking people to eat there but puri-lovers can be seen enjoying piping-hot delicacies near the food joint.
On bhel-puri, batasha, poha and ice-cream carts and tea stall people can be easily spotted relishing delicacies. “Ab zindagi to chalni hi hai,” says a bhel-puri seller near Press Club.
Near fast-food joints on high street, a good number of people are seen picking stuff from takeaways and eating near-by.
Kushagra Pandey of Goldmine Rovers Café confirmed, “We are not allowing anyone to eat or park vehicle opposite our café but a lot of them ask to serve in disposable packing and consume in their cars parked away from the cafe. I hope later this week or by next week government will allow dine-in at half capacity as we all have suffered huge losses.” As per latest government orders, dine-in will start from Monday and guidelines will be issued soon.
