Cannot read? Dear me! - ITC Kitchens of India

Hello? I’m not sure I follow. What’s that again?

-          ITC Kitchens of India

On a lazy Sunday afternoon at Odriew restaurant:

A young family of four saunters into the restaurant on a lazy Sunday afternoon. They have been identified for a good-natured prank by the management and ITC Kitchens of India.

Having settled down, the gent asks for the menu while the woman tends to her naughty children. The waiter brings it and politely retreats.

The good gent opens it but…

…Hello? What language is this? Could you read it for me? The waiter apologizes but it is indeed in English, if you will look carefully?

The bewildered gent looks carefully at English-styled-like-Sanskrit and reads out slowly, Paneeraha Malaiyahaa…

What on earth is that, he demands to know.  (Tsk, tsk)

The waiter very patiently explains that, that’s Sanskrit for Paneer Malai.

The red-faced gent now an ugly blue demands to speak with the manager, all of which is recorded and uploaded on YouTube! (Dear, dear!)

Sure enough, the manager arrives nervously wringing his hands and profusely apologizing says that they had been made a target of a prank all in jest and if it was alright, he could have another menu card.

Suitably mollified, the gent accepts the offer and enjoys his meal with his loving family.

The manager bids adieu to a very contented family but not before gifting them a hamper with best compliments from ITC Kitchens of India.

Egad...A Magnifying what...? - ITC Kitchens of India

The Mystery of the Magnifying Glass and Other Sundry Stories

-ITC Kitchens of India

One hot day at Odreiw restaurant:

A couple saunter into Odriew restaurant one hot and sunny afternoon. They have been identified for a prank by the management and ITC Kitchens of India.

The good gent beckons a waiter for a menu card. The waiter promptly brings one to him along with a…

…magnifying glass!

The puzzled gent inquires of the purpose of the magnifying glass. The waiter patiently tells him that the menu is in fine print and would he rather not have it?

The gent hastily picks up the magnifying glass with one hand and holds the card with the other and proceeds to slowly read the contents of the card. 

Having forgotten in the end what he read out first, he apologizes to the waiter for the delay and proceeds to read it all over again. (Dear, dear!) 

At length, he gives up and asks the waiter to tell him what is on offer. The waiter tells him slowly while he picks up the magnifying glass to check on the price of it. (Tsk, tsk)

After taking the order, the waiter makes his way into the kitchen while the gent and the lady sip on some juice. After a satisfying meal, they are presented the bill, but (dear me) even that comes in fine print?

Once again, he proceeds to use the magnifying glass, but what’s this? Will this restaurant not let him be in peace? He has to pay for using the magnifying glass, he thunders, all of which is recorded and uploaded on YouTube. (Oh, dear!)

Unperturbed, the waiter asks him to read the fine print. The man whose face was red now turns a nasty blue. 

Quickly, the waiter hastens to add, no, the actual fine print, down there below everything? The one with the asterisk?

Written below are the words, “Price of the meals is subject to change and is exclusive of the amount of time spent holding the magnifying glass.

The man sputters and the waiter hastily gives him a glass of water. (Dear, dear!)

His demand to speak with the manager brings the manager to the table, who profusely apologizes telling him that a joke had been played on him and would he be so kind as to accept a gift hamper from the management and ITC Kitchens of India? Thank you, and please do visit us again.

The miffed gent suitably appeased accepts the gift delightedly with the promise to visit the restaurant but minus the magnifying glass, eh, please! The manager laughs at the man’s attempt to joke and normalcy returns at Odriew restaurant. For a while, that is…(wink, wink.)

Playing peek-a-boo... ITC Kitchens of India

Playing peek-a-boo with Sanju

-          ITC Kitchens of India

Sanju is a shy lad and frequent visitor of Odriew restaurant along with his parents. Even though he comes often, he hides behind his mother whenever the staff approaches him.

 Today is no different.

 Over to Odriew restaurant…

The couple settles in and the gent calls a waiter. They decide on the food and indulge in some warm banter waiting for the food to arrive.

Sanju gets down from his chair and wanders around when a waiter approaches him. He quickly makes his way to his parent’s table and behind his mother’s chair.

When his mother calls him to eat his food, he declines. He would much rather wander around, but the waiter is not allowing him.

 Oof! Why can’t he be left alone? (Tsk, tsk)

The waiter, a familiar face to the couple offers him a bite, which he stubbornly declines from behind his mother’s chair!

The waiter and the child’s chupa-chupi and much else is recorded and uploaded on YouTube. (Dear, dear!)

At length, the dessert arrives. The child, who hasn’t had a bite, looks at the waiter who brings him a plate and feeds him a spoonful which he eats by the mouthful!  (Hee-haw!)

There is a minor celebration in the staffer’s camp and after a hearty meal the couple is gifted a hamper of the desserts from ITC Kitchens of India.

 

With the couple in their pockets as loyal patrons, why did the management gift them desserts from ITC Kitchens of India?

Any idea?  It totally confounds me.

Or does it? (Wink, wink)

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A victory and no hamper? - ITC Kitchens of India

A victory without a hamper?

(But there’s one for you, no strings attached!)

-          ITC Kitchens of India

In Odriew restaurant sometime in the evening:

Meet Raja, the energetic child of a VIP at Odriew restaurant one fine Sunday evening at a birthday party.

 He never sits still, running here and there, disturbing the other guests, here, or knocking off the glasses kept neatly aligned in the table, there.

The child is a subject of great concern to the management and ITC Kitchens of India who decide to bring back a modicum of peace and balance in the room.

 A waiter takes it upon himself to whisk the wailing and energetic child away, and puts him in the play area. 

There the child is engaged in banging the car against the wall…

 But, dear me, he isn’t eating!

As the child speeds past the waiter, the waiter swiftly put a morsel of food in his mouth…

…Which Raja immediately spits out…

…And speeds away.

A camera catches the energy of the moment and then turns its eye on the boy… (Oh, dear!)

Unsuccessful at making him eat, the waiter leaves him to his own devices.

Mayhem follows, all, all of which is recorded and uploaded on YouTube. (Tsk, tsk)

At length the boy, tired of his own antics, makes his way to the table. On his toes, he peers up at the spread and tastes each item but unsatisfied moves on to the next.

He has reached the end of the table with nothing in his stomach, when he dips his finger into a bowl.

Finger in mouth, his face registers confusion. He dips his finger again and again at which point the waiter gives him a plate with just the dish, which he laps up.

Unaware of the anxiety around him, the boy eats the food with gusto to a thunderous applause.

Needless to say, he cleans up the bowl…

…But no hampers are gifted to him.

I wonder why.

Do you? (Wink, wink)

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Every Young Mother's Worst Fears

Every Young Mother’s Worst Fears

-          ITC Kitchens of India

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On a hot afternoon in Odriew restaurant:

 On a hot and lazy afternoon, a young and tired couple, with a child in tow, enters the portals of the restaurant to rest, and eat some homely food.  The child seems cranky. 

The good gent motions for a waiter while the troubled wife tries to console her crying toddler. In the midst of his hollering, they sit down to catch a bite, but obviously aren’t enjoying their meal. The couple take turns to pacify, distract and then feed the child some home-made food the mother has brought,  to no success. (Oh, dear!)

A waiter who has been watching from the corner of his eye approaches them and asks them their permission to handle the kid.

The parents are relieved and begin enjoying their meal.

In the meanwhile, the toddler hollers even more, having been yanked away from the people who love him the most, all of which is recorded and uploaded on YouTube.  (Dear me!)

At length, the waiter approaches the table and the couple looks up with a weak smile. The waiter then dips his finger into the dish kept on a plate. The parents look on bewildered. The child’s shrieks to have him put down to his parent’s table grow louder.

All this and much more is a subject of more distraction among the other guests in the restaurant. (Tsk, tsk)

The waiter puts the finger dipped in the gravy into the child’s screaming mouth. The child grows violent and turns his face away…

His lips pucker at the new taste and for a while peace prevails…

… And then…

…His moist mouth opens for some more…! (Hee-haw)

The entire restaurant cheers as the child sits on the table and is fed by the Good Samaritan.

The parents, who are tickled pink by the turn of events, ask for some more of the food that they could carry home to feed their child.

 The waiter gift the happy but puzzled couple a hamper of ITC Kitchens of India. 

I wonder why.

Do you? (Wink, wink)

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