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  • Lucky Restaurant : Chai Maska Bun With The Dead !

    Lucky Restaurant : Chai Maska Bun With The Dead !

    Do You Feel Uncomfortable In The Company Of The Dead? What About Eating Tea And Pineapple Jam Bun In Their Company?

    Welcome To The Most Interesting And An Unusual Restaurant – The New Lucky Restaurant In Ahmedabad. The Place Is Famous For The Tombs In The Restaurant. People Drink The Famous Tea And Maska Bun In The Company Of The Departed Sufi Poets And Saints Of The Mughal Era.

    I Accidentally Visited This Place. Year Was 2003. I Was Early For A Morning Meeting And I Decided To Have Tea. I Went Inside The Restaurant And Ordered The Tea. As I Was Reading My Newspaper, I Noticed A Tomb Besides Me. I Was Surprised. Then I Saw More Of Those Tombs. As I Started Chatting With The Restaurant People, I Learnt The History Of The Place. Since Then, It Is A Must Visit Place In Ahmedabad Itinerary For My Guests And Friends!

    Lucky Started As A Small Street Side Tea Stall Under A Tree Near The Sidi Sayyed Mosque. The Business Grew And It Got Converted Into A Larger Restaurant – With Benches & Tables Around Twenty Tombs. The Tree Still Exists Inside The Restaurant.

    One Unknown Fact Is That This Restaurant Has An Original M F Hussain Painting, Gifted By None Other Than The Most Celebrated Painter – Who Was A Lucky Restaurant Fan !

    The New Lucky Restaurant Was Featured As One Of The Top Ten Odd Eateries By Time Magazine.

  • Midnight Hunger? Try Manek Chowk !

    Midnight Hunger? Try Manek Chowk !

    Manek Chowk is one of the most popular places of Ahmedabad. It is famous for its night food stalls, which give the place a unique energy and vibrancy. The place is crowded from late evening to early morning. The place to be for the midnight hunger !

    Manek Chowk is an open square in the heart of old Ahmedabad. It is a jewellery and vegetable market in the day time. However, its night food stalls have made it really famous. It is one of the must have experiences of Ahmedabad.

    I have been the guide to many tourist and gypsy souls visiting Ahmedabad. I often take them to Manek Chowk in the midnight. I tell my friends to treat this as a unique experience – it is not good or bad – it is a different experience.

    Try the following things:
    1. Gwalior Dosa @ Balan Dosa Centre – This is very soft dose. Actually this is butter with dosa. Extra layers of butter make it tasty and soft.
    2. Tez Dosa @ Balan Dosa Centre – The Tez is a bigger hit than Ajay Devgan’s Tezz. A spicy treat after the buttery Gwalior Dosa.
    3. Ferarri Sandwich – Pineapple and sandwich but cheese layer replaces the bread layer. Different !
    4. Cadbury Pineapple Sandwich – Another Manek Chowk experience! Some think it is a dessert. But it is a starter actually !
    5. Hyderabadi Biryani
    6. Pav Bhaji
    7. Kulfi @ Asharfi – The must have dessert.

    People can try HajmaHajam (digestive freshener), Farsan, Pani Puri, Ragda Pattice, Chat Items and Pizza as well.

    A week at Manek Chowk converts your 8 packs into single pack !