Report – Tanuj Pandey
Nainital. Nainital of Uttarakhand is known for its beautiful valleys and beautiful views as well as the delicious food available here. Although there are many excellent restaurants and cafes located in Nainital city, where you will get delicious food as well as many types of dishes, but if you want to taste the hills in Nainital, then for this you will have to go to Nainital, about 12 km away from Nainital. -Will have to come to Naina village located on Haldwani Highway. Here you will get the excellent taste of Pahari goat meat made in Pahari style.
There is a roadside dhaba in Naina village, which is about 38 years old. This dhaba has been giving the people coming here the pleasure of the excellent taste of mountain goat meat. Located on the Haldwani-Nainital highway, only meat-bhaat (meat-rice) is available in this dhaba, the aroma of which attracts people towards itself. Be it local or tourists visiting Nainital from any other city or state, most of the people do not forget to taste the delicious meat and rice here. The name of this dhaba is ‘Chandan Meat Rice / Shikar Bhaat Naina Gaon’. People also know this dhaba by the name ‘Naina Gaon Mutton-Rice’. The meat available in this dhaba is of mountain goat brought from Garampani area of Nainital. It is called ‘shikar-bhaat’ in the local language. The price of a half plate meat-rice is Rs 230 and the price of a full plate is Rs 460.
Started from a tea shop in 1986
Chandan Singh, the owner of the dhaba, says that he started this dhaba in the year 1986. In the initial days, he used to make tea, tikkis and pakodas here. But after the establishment of Uttarakhand High Court in Nainital, from the year 2002, he started making only mutton rice here. Everyone started liking the taste of their meat and rice as it was completely cooked in Pahari style over fire and in a brass bhattu (a kind of vessel). In this way the customers also started increasing. Today, tourists coming to Nainital from different parts of the country including Delhi, UP, Gurugram definitely come to eat meat and rice.
People like the taste very much
Chandan Singh says that meat and rice is available at his place on all days of the week except Tuesday. You can enjoy delicious meat and rice from 12 noon to 3 pm. But at 2 pm you will get the best taste of Meat Bhaat, because by this time the meat is completely cooked. People like the taste of meat and rice of Naina village so much that many customers come here every week. Neeraj, a resident of Haldwani, says that the taste of meat and rice here is amazing. He has been eating meat and rice here for the last 8 years.
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FIRST PUBLISHED: March 5, 2024, 16:16 IST