Nothing seems to have changed in the last 365 days..i meet the man every morning for exactly 2 mins..no words spoken ..no signs used..no questions asked..1 dhs & 50 fils exchanged ..parcel taken and gone..
he knows exactly what to deliver and does his job with absolute precision..i call him 'anna' and he is my official chai wala..i moved into the qasimiyah area about a year ago and have been visiting him for my morning cuppa tea ever since..the chai he so fondly cups up for me is called ''Saada'' and initially the only 2 words i had to communicate to him were ''2 Saada'' which means two cups of tea..his technique has been mastered after filling not less than 2,00,000 cups of tea..yes thats the no of cups anna must have served his early mornign customers till date..the cafeteria he works at is called Amjad Cafeteria and is the only one of its kind Mallu cafe in our locality..besides chai they also serve an assortment of other dishes for breakfast such as - kheema paratha / bhurji / puri & sampbhar / masala dosa..etc..
but his most famous offering is his chai..which beats every other chai for miles together..
anna and i share a very strange relationship..he gives me VIP service which i have come to enjoy , anna keeps all his other customers waiting and makes sure i get my saada before everybody else does..his technique is simple - - take 2 disposable cups and place them in style as if he is placing 2 glasses of champagne..now comes his best move..takes the can of rainbow milk and pours little portions of both in the thermocol glasses at an elevated angle..and finally for the grand finish..takes the hot boiling kettle..holds each cup in his hand and beautifully mixes the milk and water together..
after this its pretty much simple..packs the cups in a plastic bag..and hands them over to me..
anna and i have been doing the routine for almost a year now..and every single day the chai tastes the same like yesterday..absolutely fantastic ''anna style''
Friday, June 18, 2010
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