eeeks… we missed him

RTO’s across the country should get the aspiring drivers to pass the driving test on the roads of Secunderabad. Either he will clear it and be an excellent driver or that would be the end of his aspiration

Its heart to mouth situation, while you are in an auto, taxi or any vehicle which is moving on these roads. Maddening to the core, people just turn left or right without bothering if there is a vehicle at their backs. Traffic signals for such a huge city is literally non existent unless otherwise its some important junction. For those that are there, people hardly care to stand till the laal bathi becomes hara bathi… thats Red to Green !

On our journey back to Kacheguda railway station from the Secunderabad clock tower area, our auto driver literally was scraping everyone on the road, apparently the people there seems to have got used to this and they don't care much

While on our way back from RR Dist into Secunderabad on the highway a carrier Auto rickshaw went zooop from the left of our Yellow taxi to the right side and at a fast pace… it knocked our car to the right, which hit the median and came to the left side, while we screamed inside the driver realised that a bolt struck him and little did he realise that it wasn't the Truck at our back instead the drunk fella who was driving the carrier. Our car was halted and found to our dismay that the front bumpers had fallen off !!!! Something that i was left wondering here is that there was no immediate fisticuffs … instead it went to talking and shouting a quick comparison to Bangalore, well the Auto fellow would've been bleeding by then !

All in all… while you are in Rome be a Roman and when you are in Secunderabad or Hyderabad be someone like them !

Biriyani paradise..

What a rush ! never could believe that Biriyani would attract so many people to a place rightfully named Paradise !

I am talking about Paradise the hotel, which is a eatery in Secunderabad. it stands right at the Paradise junction on MG Road & Sardar Patel road. Apparently they started there in the early 60’s and now is literally a huge complex, that has multiple eating spaces divided to take care of all classes in society – if i were to be specific.

The oldest of the complex is at the rear side of this facade, its a bakery, chai and biriyani ka dhookan. Most of the people who throng here and either in a hurry or just want to have some food and go… they wouldn't be bothered about the climes.

Takeaway centre… as you can see here. I was amazed to see 5 counters all filled with long queues, mouth watering kebabs and other stuffs are on sale here too

The main hotel apparently was divided into 3 floors / areas as they are called. Silver, Gold & Platinum.

Men with Black T Shirt ‘’Security’ printed on the backs, guarded every entry of the hotel with metal detectors and we were made to pass through Metal detector arches, after which there is a body frisk too… it made me think for a second that i am entering a high security Airport.

At the table, the Suit wearing bearer approached us for the orders and … technology was in full show. He flipped out his IPAQ and started clicking on it with his stylus, on enquiry i was told that the order straight electronically pins itself onto the Kitchen boards with the table number. Sure enough the orders were very promptly delivered to us and with good quantity too. A family biriyani was 610 Rs and easily served about 7 of us.

Truly Paradise it is for Biriyani & Kebabs !

Kamat needs a kick !

What do you call a hotel that has bureaucracy in its floor service … KAMAT !

Here i refer to the Kamat hotel at Secunderabad Clock tower. We were out there as three families, a size of 8 members for a breakfast on a Friday morning. The shabby treatment the hotel staff gave us, forced us out of the place

The Hotel has an AC & non AC eatery on the first floor, right opposite the clock tower bus stop. The heat at the place was yet to sink in and given that we had walked with kids in our hands, we took the AC hall for want of some cool climes. While inside the hall, there was a small coupe at the end of the hall and that was perfectly fit to seat 8 of us. Eagerly we rushed there, seated ourselves there with our babies. After a few minutes passed no one from the hotel staff bothering to look at us, we called for a person. It was the cashier cum Sr staff and he gave a cheesing smile and told us that ‘ This area is closed for service ‘ !!! Oh what was that meant to be ? He had no convincing answers, all he could tell was that of the 30 odd seats there in the AC hall, these 8 were not being serviced by his staff and we were asked to mingle with the crowd on the other side where-in we had to split ourselves to have a bite of the stuff that this hotel would offer…

We decide and then move around

My Son of 2.5 yrs needed some milk and i asked Mr Smile for a glass of milk for the baby. Well, he was smiling again and the reply was curt ‘ Sorry sir, we wont be able to give milk ‘. What ???? you cant give a glass of milk and that too for a baby. Wouldn't this jango sell milk if a customer wants a glass of it instead of his kick taste-buds tea… i couldn’t for a moment reason and it was outright curt and embarrassing

That was enough of Kamat, which surely must be having some mouth watering dishes on offer and a regular clientele, but has no courtesy i must argue. These fools of old yore, need to learn some mannerisms and make reasoning in their behaviour