Category: Dining

Dining, Features

Indian restaurants add spice to living in Qatar

By Sudeep SonawaneJune 2014Around half past seven in the evening, the middle grade Indian restaurant in Najma,(1, Notes) Doha, buzzes with life. Waiters scurry around attending diners either conversing with one another, eating or waiting for their order.Amid this bustle, a fraillooking waiter stands quietly in the aisle, head bowed, as the diner scolds him in Hindi.“Mei yahan dus minute say baitha hoon, aur tumh … Continue reading Indian restaurants add spice to living in Qatar

Sudeep R P Sonawane
Dining, Features

Three Gujarati men from three continents meet in Doha

By Sudeep SonawaneDoha, Qatar, June 19, 2016.I sense a languid mood on entering Gokul Gujarati Restaurant. There are no diners. The silence and compressor cooled air is a relief from the 44 degrees heat, and the hum of car tyres on the sun-baked Ibn Mahmoud Street in Fereej bin Mahmoud, Doha. A couple of expressionless waiters stand, leaning against the wall next to the kitchen. … Continue reading Three Gujarati men from three continents meet in Doha

Sudeep R P Sonawane