Recently, I had a friend of mine
from the US visiting India for
the first time. And as we all do when anyone from the US visits us
for the first time, I took him to an authentic but expensive Indian restaurant
for lunch. My friend was fond of food in general, but had never tried Indian food.
As soon as we occupied our table, the restaurant staff came up with the
menu card to take the order for food. My friend had heard about Indian
kebabs in the US. He sought my advice on it. I
quickly moved that responsibility to the restaurant manager, whom I knew very
well. The manager blurted out 20 types of kebabs in rapid succession, which he
felt that my friend should indulge in, right from Seekh Kebab to Paneer Kebab
to Shahi Kebab to Kakori Kebab, etc.
My friend was thoroughly confused with the names and was not able to
decide on which kebab to order, but was keen on tasting all of them, at
least some of them. I thought to myself with so many options on kebabs, which
one would my friend relish? Should I take the risk of ordering one of the
kebabs and my friend not liking it at all? If he doesn't like, each portion which
costs around Rs 400 would go waste. Or should I order all which would be
much more expensive and again some of everything would go waste. I was not
willing to disappoint my friend, yet wanted to diversify the risks of my losses too.
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