Bagdogra: When one talks of fine-dining or haute-cuisine restaurants, the last thing one has in mind is an airport eatery away from the metros.
The mental image of an airport restaurant, particularly in the smaller cities and provincial towns, is grubby environs, sub-standard food, perfunctory service and largely avoidable unless one's hunger is dire. But this particular one, at the gateway to north Bengal, Sikkim and even Bhutan, comes with generous recommendation by those who have done it before; so one had to give it a try. And one didn't come away disappointed.
The Bagdogra Airport Restaurant Workers Co-operative Society Ltd, a name that is a throwback to a more socialist era, leads one on the first floor of the airport to a large, airy, clean dining place, an approximately 150-seater, with a wide-angle, glass-fronted view of the runway that kids love. But one doesn't come to a restaurant only for the view. It is the food here that comes as a pleasant surprise -- matched only by the prompt and courteous service of its waiters, some of whom have been reportedly there for three decades.
The food is nothing fancy. The signature dish at this restaurant is no doubt the chicken cutlet. It's soft, meaty and tasty and a pair of them leave you with a satiated feeling of having eaten something worthwhile - quite different from the over-fried, chewy and indigestible variety that you get at most such places. The evidence of its popularity and renown was that it was among the mandatory orders at the majority of tables.
To Read the News in Full 10/07/16 IANS/Business Standard
The mental image of an airport restaurant, particularly in the smaller cities and provincial towns, is grubby environs, sub-standard food, perfunctory service and largely avoidable unless one's hunger is dire. But this particular one, at the gateway to north Bengal, Sikkim and even Bhutan, comes with generous recommendation by those who have done it before; so one had to give it a try. And one didn't come away disappointed.
The Bagdogra Airport Restaurant Workers Co-operative Society Ltd, a name that is a throwback to a more socialist era, leads one on the first floor of the airport to a large, airy, clean dining place, an approximately 150-seater, with a wide-angle, glass-fronted view of the runway that kids love. But one doesn't come to a restaurant only for the view. It is the food here that comes as a pleasant surprise -- matched only by the prompt and courteous service of its waiters, some of whom have been reportedly there for three decades.
The food is nothing fancy. The signature dish at this restaurant is no doubt the chicken cutlet. It's soft, meaty and tasty and a pair of them leave you with a satiated feeling of having eaten something worthwhile - quite different from the over-fried, chewy and indigestible variety that you get at most such places. The evidence of its popularity and renown was that it was among the mandatory orders at the majority of tables.
To Read the News in Full 10/07/16 IANS/Business Standard
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