I remember that in what is now the International terminal, there was this cafe run by the (you guessed it) Ashok chain of hotels. My uncle had a vegetarian burger and I had a sandwich. The burger was so "unfresh" (I won't say "stale") and hard that my uncle had a hard time chewing it with his past-it's-prime teeth. I forgot what my sandwich tasted like; suffice to say that it wasn't worth remembering anyways.
In the current spanking new domestic terminal of the same airport is now a spanking new restaurant run by the Oberoi group of hotels. It's an expensive restaurant so I've not dared to venture inside. If you're a foreign tourist, then don't be scared by the "expensive" tag, they all work out to be reasonable rates in dollar terms; not any more expensive than your above-average restaurants you get back home. There's a couple of "snack bars" run by the (gosh they're like the plague aren't they?) Ashok group: one in the general lounge area and the other in the departure lounge. You get some fruit cakes and, if you're lucky, some pretty decent creamy pastries which are pretty friendly with the taste-buds.

sent by Umesh Tongbra, 14 September 2002