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| February 15, 2010 | Ludhiana hosts 'dhaba' food festival | | Ludhiana: To popularize the traditional dhaba food, a hotel in Ludhiana recently organized a 12-day long event named 'Dhaba Food Festival'. Food aficionados visiting the
festival held at Majestic Park Plaza hotel were greeted with over 70 different dishes of both vegetarian and non-vegetarian cuisine. The festival provided the
guests ambience with all the delicious 'tandoori food' that one gets at a 'dhaba'.
To lend an authentic touch to the event the waiters were dressed in traditional
costumes and the decor gave the diners a feel of a traditional 'dhaba.' "Our motto
is that each and everybody who's from Punjab should experience this food because
this food is lost somewhere as of today. People are more diet conscious; people
are going towards boiled food, so we are bringing it back with all the nutritive
values of Punjabi food and it is healthy," said Rajiv Sondhi, Food and Beverage
Manager at the Majestic Park Plaza. "Punjabis are known for their food basically
worldwide, so that's the reason why we basically decided that let's have this
Punjabi food back in the town," he added. For many years, the hotel has been hosting
'foreign food festivals', but this year they decided to hold 'Dhaba Food Festival'
to popularize Punjabi food. The decor and the food reflected the authenticity
and ethnicity of the region. Besides Tandoori Chicken, Dal Makhni, Tandoori naan
and Lassi - there was much more on the menu that delighted Punjabis and the foreign
guests. The residents of the city, who usually have continental food, were surprised
to find Punjab's roadside food at the hotel. They even invited their friends and
relatives to sample 'Dhaba' food. "Punjabis are proud of the specialty of their
food. We are having a nice time with friends and really enjoying the meal. The
ambience is nice and the food is very good. We have attended other food festivals
in the past, but this is different because we get to see a glimpse of our Punjabi
culture and we always crave for the Punjabi food," said Kapil Dua, food aficionado.
Bindu, another food aficionado, said: "Dhaba food is the first choice of the Punjabis.
If you compare it with the food from other regions, Punjabi food has its unique
identity. Wherever you go, people crave for Punjabi food." | |
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