An integral part of highway driving till early 2000 were the 'dhabas' churning out lip smacking freshly prepared food of your choice.
However, with all the access controlled 4/ 6 lane highways nearing completion and with strict regulations put in place by NHAI, the dhabas of yesteryears have got a yuppy makeover or Cafe Coffee Days or McDonald's have sprung up.
Between Mughalsarai (Ramnagar) on NH-2 where one turns left to follow NH-7 and right upto Jabalpur in MP (also on NH-7), a stretch which spans 470 kms, NHAI has not yet started strengthening and widening of this critical road. To be honest, I have never driven through such a bad highway ever in my life.
On 12th June 2013, around 2.15pm on Day-2 of the trip (after halting at Hotel Celebration, Rewa during the previous night), chanced upon this dhaba with an old world charm on the left of NH7 at Jukehi Pathra (adjacent to an IBP Auto Service filling station), 125 kms from Rewa on NH7. The location is about 10 kms before the intersection of the Katni bypass.
The freshly prepared chicken curry & tandoori roti provided the much needed fuel for myself.
Driving from Kolkata to Pune via Asansol, Sasaram, Mughalsarai, Ramnagar, Mirzapur (UP), Rewa (MP), Maihar, Katni, Jabalpur, Pench, Nagpur, Amravati, Akola, Khamgaon, Buldana, Aurangabad, Ahmednagar, Pune = 2,270 kms.
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* Foodie Roadie India
* Only While Travelling By Road In India
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