Good Eating Places Around?

Consequently, in the recent past, there has been a mushrooming of restaurants, food joints, dhabas, liquor bars, upmarket state-of-the-art shopping arcades with fine dining facilities, PVR Cinema Halls and other recreational centers. In fact, restaurants have become a flourishing industry in this town. Faridabad was originally set up to settle the refugees who had migrated from the NWF Province of Pakistan. An industrial complex was set up in the NIT (New Industrial Township) to provide employment to the migrants. Since the Pathans were hard working and persevering, they did odd jobs and eventually rose from penury to plenty. Therefore, there are many rags-to-riches stories in this industrial town.

Over the years, the population of Faridabad proliferated from 55,000 in 1955 to over 15 lakh now, which comes to about 30-time increase. Commensurate with the increase in population have increased restaurants and food joints. Everybody gets some sort of employment. Therefore, none of the inhabitants goes without food. Even the lowly of the loweliest does not remain hungry. In the local parlance, there goes a saying about this town: "You come here as a pauper, and go back as a millionaire." And rightly so!

Obviously, man is the artificer of his own happiness. In wet Haryana, a large cold bottle, and a small hot bird, make one rejoice in a cozy bar, or in a well-furnished drawing room. The artificers of happiness have now hit upon sources of entertainment and recreation. Several entertainment joints, restaurants, dhabas, fast-food eateries - such as Guddu Kachoriwala, Chicknet, Epsha, Green Channel, Subhash Bar, Little Paradise, Twinkle Twinkle, to name a few - have come up in Faridabad.

In Faridabad, both the Indian and the foreign (Continental, Chinese, Italian, Afghani) cuisines are available in plenty to suit the pockets of everybody and satisfy their taste buds and palate fine. Guddu Kachori Bhandar is the fancied destination for the residents of Old Faridabad and the neighbouring HUDA sectors, especially shop-keepers, traders and officials, who crowd this food joint every morning for breakfast. Devinder Kumar, a business tycoon of Old Faridabad enganged in Henna trade, said that Guddu Kachori Bhandar was famous for its stuffed kachori and stuffed puri, a speciality, served with green chilli pickle, sauce and specially prepared 'raita,' a real relish. Each stuffed kachori / puri is priced at Rs.5 a piece. And same is the per glass rate of 'raita'. One can enjoy a sumptuous and satisfying breakfast with just Rs.20. There is so much rush of the morning foodies that everyone has to wait for 30 to 40 minutes for his turn. Guddu shuts shop by 2 pm everyday.