The Pal Dhaba in Sector 28,
Chandigarh was first introduced to me by my former boss in my former company,
where I was formerly National Manager, selling journals, which apparently
continues to be my current job too. Chandigarh has always had some state of the
art research institutes. And as sales people for journals, we have had the good
fortune of visiting them. Chandigarh is indeed the city beautiful.
The Pal Dhaba started out as a small eatery,
where chicken is bathed in desi ghee and dal in pure butter. It is one of the
most astounding places for a true vegetarian to ask for a lunch menu of 2
chapattis and one plate mutton curry, without the mutton, or chicken curry
without the chicken pieces – as the mood may be – on that sweltering afternoon.
The vegetarians who are a bit fussy about sticking to the flora, there is
enough fanfare too.
Although this has met with a very discerning “tch…
tch” from me; I would still secretly agree with my very able sales colleagues’
views of “everything here is good, lets abduct the chef/chefs.” I and my fellow
sales people have had some fantastic rendezvous here.
The Pal has a place for all kinds of
visiting sales people and others too. Sometimes, when our travel allowance has
allowed, we have even eaten in the AC Hall. I am made to believe that they wash
the steel plates with extra soapy water; the servers, however, are the same
though – dirty vests clad, turbaned lads, who efficiently throw food-laden
“steel” plates on our desks and have the arms of a well-trained Frisbee
athlete, capable of making the chapattis land directly under your nose.
Please do wash hands before you sit down to eat; it’s
lip smacking, finger lickin’, finger chompin’ good!
A must try!
Neeti Verma
