Cafe in Hindi

Over the weekend I learned something new. In India (I am generalizing based on my Delhi experience) a cafe usually means a restaurant. Now how can "cafe" mean restaurant?!? It does! I have no supporting document for that. Just an incident. I went to The Oberoi in Delhi. I simply asked, where is the coffee shop. I had to kill some time waiting. They said go straight and turn right. It lead to threesixty-degrees. It was a full fledged restaurant. Proper food including daal makhni and penne pasta was on the menu. But it is called a cafe!

Yesterday, I happened to be in the Shangrila. Since coffeeshops intrigue me, I thought I would go check out their coffee shop. I saw a variety of pastry and cakes on display. I went. Comfortable sofas around. I thought I found the coffeeshop. But you know what - it was called a Lobby Lounge. And they had a cafe - Cafe Uno. They had a Sunday Brunch on. Cheese, pasta, sushi, tandoori - everything was being served in the so-called Cafe Uno.

I had to confirm. I asked the manager - this is a Cafe right?!? He said, "Yes. Of course!" I- But you serve only regular coffee. He- Yes Ma'm. I- But this is the cafe right? He- Yes. In India cafe serves food. I- So what is Barista and Cafe Coffee Day? He- They are Coffee Bars.

Can I say "cafe" in Hindi means restaurant?

Costa Coffee

I decided to add links to various coffee shops in Delhi since I am living in Delhi. The plan is to give details of coffee shops all over the world - phew! seems like a long way. But ya, I began my voyage with known names like Cafe Coffee Day, Barista and Costa Coffee. Simple Google helped me with Cafe Coffee Day and Barista. But I was surprised to find no website for Costa Coffee. Costa Coffee UK did have costa.co.uk. But nothing about India in it. I looked to see whats up with costa.co.in and costa.in. Both domains existed - no content though. Then I thought costacoffee.co.in and costacoffee.in. Guess what? They are mine now. I own these two domains :)

Now something about the coffee shop itself.

Fina aroma of coffee and the wellknown cafe feel - you get that only at Costa Coffee in Delhi.
Costa - italian about coffee - serves all the regular variety of hot and cold coffee along with some tea and hot chocolate. You can easily enjoy a good snack or even a lunch - they serve a variety of sandwiches- at Costa Coffee with real good coffee.

At present they have 17 outlets with the 18th coming up soon.
1. Connaught place, Shop# L-8, Connaught Circle, New Delhi
2. Greater Kailesh II, Shop# M-38, GK-II, New Delhi
3. Green Park, Shop#S-28, Green Park Main Market, New Delhi
4. Pitampura, Shop#G-22, Aggarwal Millenium Tower, Delhi
5. Noida Sect 18, Shop# G-45, Sect 18, Near CentreStage mall, Noida
6. Noida Sect 25, Shop#101, Noida Entertainment Center, Plot1-2, Spice World Mall, Noida
7. Noida Sect 61, Shop#253, Shoptrix Mall, Noida
8. Rohini, Aggarwal City Plaza, District Center, Sector 3, Rohini, Delhi
9. Alaknanda, G-4, Raj Tower-II, Alaknanda market, New Delhi
10. Nehru Place, G-2, Redrose Building, Delhi
11. Dwarka, Shop#11,12, Aggarwal Mall, Ashirwad Chowk, Sector 5, New Delhi
12. Kaushambi, Food Court, Pacific Paradise Mall, Plot 1, Gaziabad
13. Rajouri Garden, TDI Mall, Plot 11, New Delhi
14. Gurgaon, Infinity Towers, DLF Cyber City, Gurgaon
15. Mohan Nagar, MMX Mall, Mohan Nagar, Gaziabad
16. Prashant Vihar, Funcity Mall, Shop# G8, Rohini, New Delhi
17. Jaipur, Crystal Court Mall, Malviya Nagar, Jaipur

And Coming up
Preet Vihar, V3S Mall, GF8, Laxmi Nagar, New Delhi

Café Morrison Hard Rock Café

Cafe Morrison - the "desi" version of Hard Rock Café is one restaurant that takes its music seriously. Refusing to let it blend into the background at Café Morrison, it is all about the spirit of rock in all its forms. While it is dedicated to the legend of rock -- Jim Morrison -- the Café is in a way keeping up his tradition. Giving space to young enthusiastic bands, it is, as the good old saying goes, "all about the music" - Besides the spicy, tangy yet soothing Mexican ala carte. Once a week live band performance, this cafe is going leave you asking for MORE!

Address:
Gourmet Gallery #E12
South Extension 2
Andrewsganj, Delhi110049
Phone: +91-11-26255652