My belated birthday wishes, friend. May you have many more great experiences like this in your life. Best, Sandeep
On 8/20/18, turab chimthanawala <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > I had an amazing experience of hosting a lunch for about 20 people > independently for the first time at Cafe Zenea, a prominent restaurant > in Nagpur. > Special thanks to Amar Jain for his valuable inputs and encouragement > when I had sought insights through a post before the event. Following > was my experience. > Before the event > Despite my birthday being on 14th, I decided to host my friends on > 12th (Sunday) as it enabled me to invite them for lunch: as I have > partial vision during the day and thus could have a broad grasp of the > happenings in broad daylight. I had initially planned to have the > lunch on the lawn adjacent to and belonging to the restaurant but the > kind restaurant owner Mr. Sanjay, in order to save me of the > unnecessary cost burden, suggested to make special arrangements in the > open backyard of his restaurant. Though, his subordinates were > initially reluctant (as it would be difficult to organise the buffet > outside and it would block two persons to serve us on a busy Sunday > afternoon), appreciating my genuine handicap, they kindly agreed. > While finalising the menu, I made sure to include the top hits of the > restaurant in every course of the meal. While inviting, I made sure to > inform the guests of their acquaintance/ friend on the guest list in > order to comfort them and help logistically(coming together etc.). > At the event > Being a touch nervous and les confident, I had requested my closest > friend to reach early to pitch in if needed. Though he did reach in > time and happily volunteered to be my assistant manager, the kind > staff of the restaurant ensured that his help was never needed! Hardly > had I reached, Mr. Prashant who had taken my order, greeted me asking > about the whereabouts of > my guests and apprising me > of the arrangements already underway for my party. > As my guests came, I briefly introduced each one to the group and > seated them close to people they would best jell with. Fortunately, > per my reckoning, no guest was bored or excluded from the chatter.. > Here I would like to laud the mature, sensitive and polite behaviour > of the restaurant staff. One of them was always posted near my chair > to take my instructions and save one of my guests the hassle of > repeatedly calling someone. They whispered their suggestions/ queries > in my ear, letting me the final call. Till most of the guests arrived, > one waiter stood at the entrance to guide anybody unable to find the > place. I was very apprehensive of my guests not eating well specially > the introvert ones, but the restaurant staff served so lovingly that I > am sure most people overate. The whole process was so smooth that > neither my guests nor me ever became conscious of my disability!! > I owe this to the kind staff of Cafe Zenea. I had always known Zenea > for its mouth watering food and rocking ambiance but now respect it > more for its amazing staff. > This experience greatly boosted my confidence and lends more weight to > the dictum that the more we experiment and challenge ourselves, the > further we will go. > Best > > Turab > > > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to > [email protected] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Disclaimer: > 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the > person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; > > 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails > sent through this mailing list.. > Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
