They had ordered some interesting and unfamiliar appetizers, which they were happy to explain to us.īottled water was on the table, along with an extensive menu that included traditional Indian fare, along with Indo-Chinese, South Indian, vegetarian, seafood, and goat entrees.Ĭhennai carries an extensive vegetarian menu and has options for those who practice Jainism, which is a religion that forbids any food that harms living beings. We knew we were in the right place when the two other parties appeared to be Indian. One of the three owners said that most of their business was takeout and delivery.
We paid a visit last week, eating at one of five tables in the small dining room. Inquiring about Chennai Express on social media, I learned that patrons were giving it high ratings as “truly authentic Indian food.” Frankel’s waiting room, I noticed this tiny Indian restaurant across the street at 745 Reservoir Ave in Cranston. This rail coach restaurant has become one of the well-known eating joints in Bhopal.”Īpart from restaurants, discarded rail coaches are being put to other novel uses as well.īengal’s Sealdah division, for example, has converted an old motor coach into a medical van on wheels, “Pradip”, for ailing employees posted in remote areas.Įquipped with a patients’ waiting room, doctors’ chamber, dressing room, wheel chairs, and stretchers etc, the van was set up at a cost of Rs 14 lakh.Looking out the window of Dr. “Besides the sitting arrangement in a coach, we have nice white metallic seats on the ‘platform’. From railway cutlets to chilly mushroom and from chicken Manchurian to Gulnar biryani, we have a long list of mouth-watering dishes,” Shaan-e-Bhopal general manager Sanjit Bakshi said. “We have a motel kitchen inside the coach. The premises are a coach the tourist department has leased from the Indian Railways. Shaan-e-Bhopal, meanwhile, serves everything from aloo chat for Rs 120 to hot and sour soup for Rs 135, and chicken steak sizzler for Rs 320. “People can even book the entire rail coach to throw a party for approximately 60 people between 3 pm and 7 pm.” We also serve some dishes famous in Chennai,” the person added. “The menu has a mix of the traditional railway catering menu served during the British period.
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One of the people in charge at Chennai Express said IRCTC was operating the restaurant through the service-provider model, with the caterer engaging experienced professional chefs from good restaurants. “We spent roughly Rs 20 lakh on the interiors, including painting and lighting etc… Around Rs 7 lakh was spent on the kitchen alone,” he added. “We didn’t have enough space for a kitchen, so we used a makeshift container and modified it into a modular kitchen with all possible equipment.”Īlso Read: Vande Bharat Express taking Vaishno Devi pilgrims to Katra won’t serve non-veg food “IRCTC was asked to do the interiors and the seating arrangement,” said IRCTC official Ravi Kumar. The fare on offer straddles several cuisines, from steamed chicken dumplings for Rs 230/plate to a “Madras Prawns Masala” for Rs 295 and malai kofta curry for Rs 195. Making restaurants out of cast-off coaches helps the Indian Railways convert a battered asset into a source of revenue besides generating employment.Ī rail coach restaurant comprising 16 tables - as at Chennai Express - can seat 60 people, with another 30 accommodated in a patio designed to resemble a typical platform.Īccording to a source in IRCTC, the LHB (Linke Hofmann Busch) coach that serves as the premises for Chennai Express was given to the agency by the railways’ Integral Coach Factory (ICF).Ĭhennai Express, which doesn’t serve breakfast, is open from 11 am to 3 pm for lunch and 7 pm to 10.30 pm for dinner. A birthday party at the Chennai Express restaurant | By special arrangement Diners at the Shaan-e-Bhopal | By special arrangement A source of revenue There have been private ventures on these lines too, with the concept courting popularity abroad as well. Both are locates on railway station premises. The Shaan-e-Bhopal is named after a train that connects the national capital to Bhopal. Chennai Express is the first rail coach restaurant set up by Indian Railways, but a similar project was completed by the Madhya Pradesh Tourism Department in 2015.
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