It’s an annual pattern observed by most of the city eating joints. The excitement about the onset of the festival season transcends a little late into the restaurants industry. Delhi restaurants have always seen their business go through a shaky phase during this time of the year. First it’s the shradha, followed by the Navratras and most people either prefer to eat at home or go for the special fast food. Many Connaught place restaurants  in fact came up with a special navrata menu also, and these surely have a high take up, but regular business is hit so much, that even this doesn’t help.

For Gurgaon Restaurants  that I spoke to, the story is not as bad, maybe becoz the people who go there are more comsompoitan and do not follow the Navratra fasts etc. But the reality is, with Festival season coming in, restaurants are mostly on a tricky gorund.Cooking can be a fun thing, if you have the right instructor/guide and if you have people who will savour the dishes you churn out. I recently started learning a few recipes by checking online available options and its amazing how I could pick up so many diff dishes from across these so many cuisines in so little time.

This is exciting coz usually one cuisine or style of cooking is varied from another, and if you want to learn a new style, you would need to understand the basics, nuances of it. With recipes available online, one doesn’t have to go through that ritual at all. Just search for the dish and voila you have a step by step recipe available. So in just one week I learnt Veg Briyani, Arrabiata Pasta and many salads. Now my family chooses the Salad of the Day and like a great cook I just oblige.