Ram Ram friends!
I have found where the rickshaw drivers are eating.
Look at all these rickshaws parked outside this little roadside dhaba (local restaurant)
And this is in Chanakyapuri.
This is the most exclusive suburb of all of India.
The Prime Minister's house is just like, literally a 100 meters away from here.
And you know, the rickshaw drivers.. they are coming to this little hole-in-the-wall dhaba
to get their 30 rupee dal (lentil curry), roti (flatbread) and rice.
Let's go check it out. Let's see how it is.
So you got the main restaurant here.
And it's literally this kind of this pink hole in the wall.
And we have a really good sign here. It says Ram Ram!
And these guys are busy eating their lunch here.
There are so many people here eating. Oh my god. It's awesome.
Lentils, rice and what kind of bread?
Pakode (fried snack with vegetable fillings)
30 rupees only for this big plate.
Awesome.
The first time I discovered this place, I couldn't believe the queue.
There's literally a queue all the way down the street up to the front gate so they can get their meal.
And the thing about this meal is it's 30 rupees which is like around 50 cents American, for a massive plate.
So these guys get a huge feed.
So that's gonna last them until dinner time when they get home.
These guys, these rickshaw drivers, work really really long hours.
So they need a big feed and they know where the value is.
And the value clearly is this hotel.
They call some restaurants hotels here.
And here they are filling up their water bottles for the day.
So they get free water here as well.
Look at that.
That's a huge plate. Thank you.
Alright. Can you see me?
Okay so I've got the thali (plate of food) here.
Let's give it a go. Lentils and rice.
Wow. Spicy.
It's good. It's flavorful. That's what you want in a lunch. You want a big flavor kick.
It's fresh. It's super fresh, this papad.
It's crispy. They've just fried it back there.
Now pakode. Pakode is basically just deep fried potato with some spices.
The lunch rush is starting now. Everybody's here. Everybody's ready.
And it's only gonna get busier because it's not even lunchtime yet.
How's that for a queue?
Alright. We're gonna jump down and go the boss' office.
Let's see what's back here. This is the back side.
They were going to build Rajaswa Bhawan here.
Some kind of government building but it's never happened.
Just all empty.
This is the kind of back of the restaurant
and where uncle has his office.
Nice couch to hang out on. Got the chillies drying.
By the looks of it, they sleep here as well.
You've got their clothes. They just sleep out the back here. Maybe inside.
And this is the kitchen. They're preparing.
A lot of chillies here.
A lot of potato for the pakode.
He's busy cutting the pakode there.
And then, it's washed in this water here.
Oh my god.
And you can see.
The papad is being fried. The pakode is being fried there in oil.
And you've gotta have the babes here.
Notice all these Bollywood babes and Salman Khan here.
It keeps the guys motivated while they cook.
And this is the dish washing station where all the dishes are being washed after they come through this little tray here.
After seeing the kitchen I'm really glad I didn't eat too much
of that thali that they gave me. Oh my god.
That was not so clean but you kinda..
I knew not to eat too much because of the places where I eat in these roadside stalls.
I know what the sanitation is like and the cooking environment is like out back there.
So this is where rickshaw drivers eat.
That's the kind of food they eat here in India and if you want to check out some more food tours,
I have a food tour playlist and I don't go to the usual places.
I will never go to Old Delhi and film a food tour.
I always go to weird and different places that are totally unexplored.