Like the two-minute noodles, which satiate the hunger of youngsters instantly, the swanky air-conditioned takeaways mushrooming rapidly in the city are taking care of the culinary compulsions of the homemakers in a big manner.
These instant takeaways offering home-like food items such as curries, sambar, rasam and chutneys were earlier doing business in posh localities. But now they invaded the interior colonies as well offering lip-smacking dishes in a good number of neatly lined up vessels prompting denizens to skip cooking at homes occasionally.
From budding entrepreneurs to enterprising housewives, these takeways have become a lucrative business proposal in Vijayawada where the number of families moving is increasing gradually soon after the announcement of capital region.
“Majority of our customers are women and families who opt for vegetarian dishes. Changes in lifestyle, eating habits, busy schedule and other domestic issues are the reasons why many depend on takeaways these days,” says M. Madhusudhan Rao, managing partner of Southern Spice, a group that runs two points in city.
“We started the first one eight years ago when there was little demand for outside food. But now we, on an average, serve 700 customers a day. The concept of visiting the curry points is fast catching up. To cater to the taste buds of the customers we are adding variety of dishes,” Mr. Rao adds.
These hygienically-maintained takeaways, along with deserts and salads, are also selling steamed rice and rotis to the college students, bachelors and employees staying in hostels. “Students here depend on our food point to relish a meal instead of going to a hotel which charges more. They buy a bowl of rice and few curries for the day,” says A. Tereja, a takeaway owner at ITI Road. “We are yet conduct a survey on takeaways owing to various reasons. People having any sort of complaints with the quality of the food and hygiene at the stores can complaint to us,” District Gazetted Food Inspector T. Sekhar Reddy told The Hindu . Consumers can call 98482 77299, 9550772265 and 9963226262.
