As temperature is approaching the Redline, restaurants across the city are offering unique food items on platter to beat the heat. Traditional cuisine, food items and chilled flavoured drinks are like remedy for the people in this summer season. The authentic food items and other refreshing drinks in the hot lazy day lure people to overcome the season’s troubles. These hot season favorites will be a hit around the people.
Ram Sharma, owner of Rajasthan Kalewalya said, “Chaat, Punjabi lassi, fresh fruit juice and Milk Shake of various flavor are the summer special items.” To provide refreshment and some relief during hot weather, restaurants in the city are making concrete effort to serve the customer with special drinks and food items. “Mocktail with smoothies is the special summer drink which is provided to customer. Family rush is more on weekend at night,” said Bhavesh, MD of Seasons Restaurant.
At a slightly different level, some restaurants like Silver Spoon and New Rajasthan Kalewalya often organise Food Festival once in a year for food loving people. “We are providing complementary soup to four people on bill of `500 and complementary dessert to four people on bill of `1000. Special coupon holder people get 10 per cent discount,” said Pran Ranjan, MD of Silver Spoon Restaurant.
He said, “On weekends, four summer special dishes of kabab like Tandoori Paneer Kabab, Murg Haryali, Murg Malai, Seekh Kabab and Murg Rajali are included in the menu.” The people look ways to cool themselves so they go out to restaurant to enjoy the food and also have good time with family members.
“We don’t have any special summer food items this season but we are planning to organise Food Festival very soon,” said Ram Chandra, Chef of Hotel Radisson Blu.
Sonal Jain, a student said, “Mango shake, orange shake and mixed fruit juice served in Rajasthan Kalewalaya restaurants is the best part in this summer season. The other special summer food items like Kachori Chaat, Bhel Chaat and Papdi Chaat are light and good for health.”
“We like to prefer ice-cream of Kaveri Restaurant during this summer season because it has wide range flavor like vanilla, chocolate, mango crunch and mixed fruit. The other cone ice-cream of different flavor is yummy to eat.” said Rajiv Bhatia, a Bank Employee. Moitra Ghosh, a homemaker said, “Summer special food served in Silver Spoon is delicious and better for health. They are well cooked and best for this hot season.”