Gala time for foodies this Durga Puja

PATNA: Various restaurants and roadside food stalls opened recently in the city are spoiling the foodies here with choice. Durga Pooja has added flavour to their feast, giving them a wonderful excuse to completely forget about their diet and explore the new restaurants and food joints. The newly-opened outlet of a restaurant chain, 'Journey to Jalandhar', at Frazer Road is dishing out Punjabi flavour to Biharis. It is serving Punjabi cuisine only. "Our staff, including the chefs and waiters, all are from Punjab and we are cooking food in total Punjabi style," said  Manoj Kumar, manager of the restaurant. He also claimed to be serving the best Punjabi lassi here. In view of Durga Puja, the restaurant is also giving discount coupons to its customers. Another Punjabi restaurant that has opened just opposite to 'Journey to Jalandhar' is Chawla's. It opened in September and is receiving heavy footfall. Deepika Sharma, who had come to dine at Chawla's, said, "The waiter told me that cream paneer and cream chicken are their special dishes. And, I actually loved them, they are very tasty." Soumya Lakhmni, manager of Chawla's, claimed that their dishes are famous all over the country and her chefs are all from Punjab. She told TOI that the restaurant is giving 15% off on home deliveries till October. Some other restaurants that have become the favourite hubs of foodies because of their particular menus include 'Delhi Darbar'. Located on the city's Youth Hostel premises, it offers a variety of 'parathas' made by special chefs from Delhi. 'Moti Mahal', opposite P & M mall in Patliputra colony, is luring customers with its tandoori food, and has also opened one more outlet at Jagdeo Path.Dosa Plaza, near Gandhi Maidan, is attracting customers for its more than 100 varieties of dosas and South Indian Dishes and Momos Station at Frazer road for its varieties of momos. 'Rahim's Mughlai Shahi Dastar Khwan' has become famous for its 'Lucknawi Mughlai food' at P & M mall. 'Mad about China' at P & M mall is famous for sea food, Chinese dishes and many more items. Jatin Sinha, who lives as a paying guest in Boring Road area, said, "We don't get much time to prepare our food, so rolls and kebabs are the best options in our limited budget. Explore here more Chinese Restaurants in Delhi . For rolls I usually go to 'Blue Moon' but the recently-opened 'Wrap and Rolls' and 'Roll Mafia' are also offering great taste." "Any combination of rolls one can think of, is available at P & M mall's food court," said Shweta Chaddha. While new restaurants are not planning to give discounts or to launch new food during the  festival , some old ones like 'Ghar Angan' will have a special menu during the four days of Puja. "We are adding 'dahi ke kebab', 'aalo bhutte ka tikka', 'murg haryali kebab', 'murg angara kebab', 'jungle paneer tikka' 'dadad majboosh biryani' and a special Bengali dish 'fish coconut curry' to our menu, especially for Durga Puja," said Shailesh Upadhyay, manager, 'Ghar Angan'. On special request, it would also cook without onion and garlic during Navratra. Source  "TOI"