Do you want to know what is Kudu chicken sandwich and Shawarma on my plate?
During and prior to millennium or Y2K, I was in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, it is one of the well known place among Gulf country. Even though we like our home food, there are sometime in our life that we have to skip or forget or impossible to have home or nation food, it happened to me as such as it happens to others too, the company where I was working could be around 1000+ employees, we got Asian food, Thai food, Philippine food, Arabian food and other very few countries food. First of all there was no Indian food but generally they mentioned Asian food than Indian food, as name says Asian food, it belong to few countries like India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Burma and other close country people or employee has to have it.
Asian food over there will not be up to that taste or nearby taste as our country food, very rare in a week very few or onetime or max two time food (Lunch or Dinner) suit us nearly, but most of the time many Indian states colleague used to have those Asian food by force or without any other choice, other continent food even unable to touch than Asian food. There will be suggestion box in the staff canteen to improve food criteria depend on staff choice but it won’t work well and it is just a suggestion box to drop a piece of paper than no action or once in a blue moon type.
Now coming back to main history of our living for food and transports. First Transports, everyday there will be bus transportation from camp to city center exists, they had two schedule for staff transport facility to buy something on their vacation or other needs like making demand draft or making calls or other entertainment. One bus was there in the morning time for night shift staff to go shopping in the morning time or for those who are on off-duty and like to go for shopping freely from company transport, another one schedule of transport is at the night time, there will be two buses facility for shopping at night, this facility for the one who works normally in the day shift or off-duty or about to go vacation.
Second Foods, since our company food won’t match us most of the time even though it is a reputed firm that provided us free food, free accommodation, free transportation, free medical, free Visa, free Air ticket, 30 days paid leave per annum, and other benefits that has no objection but food. Thus, we used to go to city center since we were lazy or no idea to prepare our own food even though there was a hobby kitchen with all the facilities like free gas, stove, few utensils and recreation choice. Now, still we used to go to city center since there were few Indian (South Indian, North India or all Indian choice quality foods available along with quality International foods) hotels exists, we used to have some Idly, Dosa, Chappati, Paratha, Veg Fried Rice, Briyani, Delhi Briyani, Hyderabad Briyani, North Indian various food varieties and South Indian varieties of foods used to enjoy with friends. Sometime we used to experiment International food or other neighbor country food since we had lot of saving and continuous revenue to spend something differently. This is the time we got some outstanding international food varieties prior to year 2000, international foods like Al-Baik chicken (of Gulf countries (Gulf people or those who had it remember it ever), KFC chicken (international standard delicious - no taste changes anywhere), Kudus (selected places has its branches), McDonalds (It has branches now most of the cities) etc. some of them came to India as restaurant service after 2000.
The favorite food other than our country food is, I can say, Kudu chicken sandwich (Western style food), KFC Chicken Bucket, Shawarma (Arabian & Turkey style food) roll or plate, this food is no spicy and no oily or no taste like briyani but quite different one, a person has to try it at least once to judge themselves, I am sure everyone like it – why I am telling on Shawarma is, I too refused it in the beginning with my friends, later I realized it that it was a big mistake.
Pizza and Burger forget it since many of them have had it in almost every city in India where they sell them, but we can remember often is Shawarma and Kudu chicken sandwich that rarely or in very few city or hotel available in India, those foods are really healthy and we can remember ever.
Shawarma, still available many cities in India, it cost around Rs 40. This made from Boneless chicken soaking in Vinegar for a day and above, then around 100+ soaked chicken in vinegar used to insert in Shawarma rod, then they have vertical stove that fires on this chicken preparation, once cooked well, they used to cut into pieces adding few stuffs like vinegar made cucumber, carrot, finger chips, mayonnaise to roll in the rice roti baked. They will serve it with some salad and soft drinks. Hmmm Yummy. Check it and enjoy it. I too recommended to many friends and relatives on Shawarma in Bangalore, they are really appreciating me and sometime they used to remember me for this and try to invite me. Please don't invite me and you can enjoy it.
