Indian Food at Foreign Location.

As you all know that I am vegetarian, I used to survive on corn flakes, mueslis, breads, croissants, cappuccino and some Gujarati snacks that I got from India. I was bored to have the same type of food everyday.

After doing an extensive research, I found two restaurants having Indian food on their menu card. One had a buffet food system, available between 12:30pm to 3:00pm, since I had classes till 5pm, I preferred to go to the another restaurant near to the main market of Antwerp.

Expecting the increased bill, I ordered a plate of jeera rice and paneer butter masala, which I found worth paying for. While talking to Charlotte, my first friend at the University and my co-researcher of "Social Food Lab"; she expressed her love for Indian food. Another team mate of Antwerp, joined us in having the Indian cuisine at the Indo-Nepali Restaurant. We ordered some good food and to my amaze, Charlotte loved the thick saucy paste of Paneer Butter Masala, so much that she dipped it with crisped round flatbread (papad) and enjoyed eating before the flat bread ( chappatis) were brought to the table.

Since the food was amazing, I requested the manager to ask the chef to meet all of us. The chef belonged to Uttarakhand and I was glad meeting an Indian at a foreign nation.

Deep in my mind, I wanted to taste the buffet at the other Indian restaurant. Luckily my classes were off on Friday, and me and my friend planned our lunch at the restaurant next to the Antwerp Station. I was extremely excited to see so many people of Antwerp, fond of Indian food. We had to wait for fifteen minutes to get a table. While having the buffet, I could imagine the Veg. Thali, I had at Kaveri Restaurant, Ranchi. It had varieties of Indian food. We were overwhelmed with the 10 euro veg buffet. Gajar ka Halwa was cherry on the top for us that noon.

Whenever one visit Antwerp, one should try the food of both the restaurants. These restaurants will not give you a chance of missing the home made Indian food.

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