Nayyars Restaurant

"Nayyar's Restaurant"

I ordered an #upma. It was served steaming hot. The service was excellent and the place was crowded.

I had to share a table. The man on the other side of the table was hurriedly eating a thick onion tomato uttappam.

He appeared to be very hungry. He had already ordered a masala dosa too and the boy brought it just as he was finishing his uttappam so he continued eating non- stop.

I finished the deliciousupma and looked at the boy with that gesture of 'what else'. He suggested that I could try an idli. I said 'yes'.

Coconut chutney that was served with upma and idli was very tasty and fresh. Tea was an excellent Nilgiri variety.

I thoroughly enjoyed this evening tiffin on my very first day in #Nagpur. The place was very close to my office in New Secretariat Building.

The proprietor was silver haired Mr. Nayyar, a fine old gentleman of an infectious smile. I instantly liked him as I went to his counter at the entrance to pay my bill. He observed that I was a new customer'.

Of all my favourite restaurants of my younger days Nayyar's restaurant was by far the best and also the cheapest in tarrif. It was located next to the Liberty cinema building.

Some well known nearby places were the Indian Coffee House and the Bishop Cotton School.
That was a very long time back, in the late sixties. I wonder if Nayyar's restaurant is still there !