Almost an hour and a half had passed since we had left Nada Sahib to go to Dehradun. It was good to sit back, relax and enjoy the landscape passing by but we were hungry. We didn’t want to mess up our dinner but needed a hot cuppa tea and some munchies. As if right on cue, the boards announcing the presence of Hariyali Dhaba started appearing on the side of the road – 5km, 4km, 3km, 2km, 1 km and we were there. The place looked decent enough so we decided to take a halt.
When we stepped in a huge family was already settling itself down for either an early dinner or a late lunch. The windows had been tightly shut – to keep the increasing cold out. We scanned the menu which looked interesting but we didn’t want to eat anything heavy – given that we had another 4 hours at least to reach our destination. So we decided to order tea and plate of pakoras. I,however, didn’t want to sit indoors. The dhaba had a good sitting arrangement outside. We debated, albeit only for a moment, the pros and cons of sitting indoors vs. going Al Fresco and promptly headed out.
It was pretty windy outside but we grabbed coats and jackets and sweaters from the car. The evening sky looked lovely and the trees swinging in the breeze added a perfect backdrop to it. A plump little bird dropped in to check out what we were eating.
They took their sweet time to serve us. The tea was piping hot but for reasons best known to them the pakoras were lukewarm. Alongside the usual suspects – onions and potatoes, they also had used cauliflower, chillies and paneer for making pakoras. We polished them off in no time and then sat back enjoying the view.
It was however getting dark and so we reluctantly got up to leave.
P.S. I have absolutely no idea why each of the tables had a hole in the center.
When we stepped in a huge family was already settling itself down for either an early dinner or a late lunch. The windows had been tightly shut – to keep the increasing cold out. We scanned the menu which looked interesting but we didn’t want to eat anything heavy – given that we had another 4 hours at least to reach our destination. So we decided to order tea and plate of pakoras. I,however, didn’t want to sit indoors. The dhaba had a good sitting arrangement outside. We debated, albeit only for a moment, the pros and cons of sitting indoors vs. going Al Fresco and promptly headed out.
It was pretty windy outside but we grabbed coats and jackets and sweaters from the car. The evening sky looked lovely and the trees swinging in the breeze added a perfect backdrop to it. A plump little bird dropped in to check out what we were eating.
They took their sweet time to serve us. The tea was piping hot but for reasons best known to them the pakoras were lukewarm. Alongside the usual suspects – onions and potatoes, they also had used cauliflower, chillies and paneer for making pakoras. We polished them off in no time and then sat back enjoying the view.
It was however getting dark and so we reluctantly got up to leave.
P.S. I have absolutely no idea why each of the tables had a hole in the center.
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