Khan Market Where The Food Has Many Names!

Much has been said about this exquisitely located long stretch of land lying in the heart of Delhi, surrounded only by few of the most posh residential locations that the city has to offer.

The crowd here however, is no longer restricted to the embassy expatriates or the "Who"s who" of Delhi!! Khan market has slowly evolved itself into a marketplace that has a little bit to do with everything and a lot to do with absolutely nothing!

Confusing? I know! But think about it, neither is Khan Market your one-stop destination for all your shopping needs nor is it one of those places that is only filled up with eating joints (case in point, defense colony market).

And when it comes down to the places to eat, there is a significant demarcation here as well...

"At one end, you have the family friendly restaurants that serve mind-blowing food but most of the times refrain from serving hard liquor of any kind (Reference: "The Big chill" and "Side wok") with the exception of "Mamagoto", this place has actually managed to combine good food with great tasting cocktails, and serve it all at an affordable price (well, at least by Khan Market standards).

"On the other, there exists what you can call the "hip-hop club of Khan Market"; this category is full of bars/ pubs that serve mediocre food with dishes borrowed from menus of all possible cuisines. Their main selling point is that they serve all types of liquor and play popular music. In short, your typical "hangout" places where you show up and do absolutely nothing with your friends over few decent drinks. The contenders in this category include the likes of Route 04, Boom box Caf, Out of the Box (OTB) and the list goes on.

"The third and probably one of the first few to claim their ground in the khan market food arena are the "street outlets", usually serving a particular category of food which can be easily ordered as "take-away", and most of the times this category is "rolls"! Well yes, we are referring to Khan Chacha and all those other joints that followed suit. These places usually don"t offer you seating or an ambience of any sort but what they do offer you is finger-licking food at extremely affordable prices. And we all know that now Khan Chacha offers a great ambience and seating as well, this place is the real winner of this market.

Even with certain restaurants ruling the scene, Khan Market is constantly popping out new options for the hungry! Their success, however, is never guaranteed!