All for the sake of precious taste buds

Wednesdays are the new saturdays for me. Reason is not hard to guess...we have thursdays off here. So our 'weekend' starts on wednesday. Moreover, mess is off on wednesdays. For people like me, who live to eat, this is a double bonanza..c'mon, who doesn't like going out with frendz on 'Saturday' nights(and givin the taste buds some respite from the mess food). Well, yesterday was one such Saturday and for reasons known only to 'the chosen ones', we decided to give our regular dhaba a miss and try a new restaurant (not that I'm complaining). However, there was only couple of minuscule glitches in the 'plan':
1. Nobody knew where this new restaurant(hereafter referred to as dhaba) was
2. None among us had tried this place before.. So we had no idea about the hole it was going to burn in our pockets
3. And most importantly, none among us had any feedback about the food (Whoa ???)

They say, 'Fortune favour the brave'... and hell yeah, 'the chosen ones' were brave enough to call justdial, ask all the passers by and panwaris and dosa wallahs for directions to the dhaba. Needless to say, these leaders were sometimes so focussed in their strategy that they forgot that they had some followers also who were trying desperately to keep up with their swift 'thought process'. Anyhow, finally, the leaders tasted success (and we smelled food!!!Finally!!!) There it was, 'The Courtyard'.

We were lucky enough to get a prompt entry to the dhaba..for it was quite crowded. The place was definitely big with lot of seating capacity and judging by the number of people that were there, I thought that it looks to be a nice place and food should be good here. We were seated and promptly served water. Since we had undertook an arduous journey(2 traffic junctions..can U believe it???) en route to this place, we missed no time in placing our order, and then.... we waited. As usual, we started doing some TP and started pulling each other's leg..The dhaba wallahs were kind enough to give us some sort of namkeen to chew upon. Hungry as we were, we wasted no time in finish it up..all this time, waiting. Seconds became minutes and minutes started inching towards hour..and what were we doin??? chirping and ofcoz, waiting. And then, in a quick flash of brilliance, I imagined myself going out of this dhaba, crossing the road, eating a wada-pav/sandwich from a roadside seller and then returning back to this dhaba.. and I was quite sure, that our order wouldn't come even by that time... but then, I had a thought about the dhaba owner. If the crowd waiting outside saw me doing that, probably they'll all run away. So I curbed my 'natural instincts' and to avoid such dangerous thoughts from coming to my mind, I dozed off, right then, on the table.

Anyways, after a small wait of 45 mins(and after reminding the dhabawallah just thrice), our order was served. We jumped on it and well, I'll say that food was just okayyyy.. Going by the crowd over there and the prices on the menu(120-140 bucks for each sabzee), I had expected a much better deal. However, we were not complaining. We din't want to wait another 45 mins for the dhabawallahs to serve us more rotis. We quickly finished the food, paid up the money and then quickly came out.. Our taste buds were angry and agitated.. They were howling at their peak. They wanted a better deal.. Their demand was of supreme importance to us. And then, what do we do? We straightaway head off to the Amul ice-cream parlour which is right next to 'The Courtyard'. I must say that the Amul shop owner must be a good entrepreneur... he has indeed chosen a very good location for his shop.. right next to this dhaba. If just 50% of the people coming out of that dhaba eat an icecream at Amul's, this shop owner can make a big fortune. All of us chose our favourite utterly butterly delicious scoops/cones and headed back to campus.