ISKCON gathiya (Opposite Karnavati Club, S G Highway, Satellite, Ahmedabad)

In a nutshell:

A decades old gathia and related snacks shop that people line up to have breakfast / semi meal, serves Yumm food with curious accompaniments.

Address & other details: ISKCON Gathia

Meal for 2: 50 onwards

Cuisine type : vegetarian

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bill - proof of payment — bill – proof of payment. Second bill misplaced.

I rate all the food items & then give a final overall rating which is a simple average of the individual item ratings. What the ratings stand for: 5 = Excellent, 4 = Very Good, 3 = Good, 2 = Fair, 1 = Disaster.

Short description- in case u r in a hurry:

This shop has been around for decades. We climbed a few stairs to reach the dining hall.

On one corner there was a cash counter where guests were making payment and getting a receipt.

PM’s visit picture on the wall (maybe when he was a CM)

They had to then reach the other corner to get delivery of the food. On receiving the food guests were walking on to one of many steel tables, placing the food on it, standing around it and eating.

The tables had chutneys that go with the food. They also had jars of kadhi on each table, complimentary.

The staff members hardly interacted with guests. I asked something to one guy. He did not seem interested to reply. He was cleaning all tables like a maniac robot as soon as someone wud finish eating.

There was no menu card as such. All items were displayed. There was a small list on the wall.

All the 3 items that we had at this eatery was made essentially by the same cooking medium, from mostly the same ingredients but were given different shapes. Different shapes have them different textures once eaten and that brought about a difference in eating experience.

Before I walked into this store for the first time I had no idea that I wud see full families eating a good spread of just fafra, gathia etc for breakfast.

help urself - bowls stacked for kadhi — help urself – bowls stacked for kadhi

Detailed description- in case u hv the time to njoy reading:

Fafra (long thin blades) was crisp but not totally brittle. Loved having it just as it is as well as with the green chutney. Rate it 4/5.

Gathia was thick, almost (intended) cylindrical in shape and tasted quite good. This was crisp yet moist. Loved having it just as it is as well as with the green chutney. Rate it 4.25/5.