Amrik Sukhdev Dhaba in Murthal, around 50 km from Delhi, is a place where individuals, friends, families, those out on a date, trip etc. go to, in order to satisfy their hunger for paranthas and long drive/ride.
Yet, it is one place I have passed numerous times, yet, never stopped at. After all, while on the trip, the first food stop is usually around Karnal (usually no hunger pangs before that) and I am not really a fan of boring highway from Delhi to Sonipat, which needs to be taken, in order to reach this dhaba.
So when we set off from Delhi on a trip to Himachal last week and rest of the group informed me, we would be stopping at Amrik Sukhdev Dhaba for food. I was excited.
Finally, I get to eat at a dhaba, I had heard so much about!
At 1 am, Amrik Sukhdev Dhaba was buzzing with activity. From families to young people in groups thronging the place as much for food as for an outing.
We went into the AC section of the restaurant and decided to sit there and order parathas.
I initially ordered a paneer paratha, which arrived with a huge dollop of white butter!
Sadly, there was no flavor in the paratha! No masala it seemed to satisfy the taste bud. To say it was bland wouldn’t be an understatement! In fact, this was even true for the aloo-payaaz paratha I ordered later on!
The only paratha that tasted decent was a mixed paratha ordered by my friend!
Tea, on the other hand, was delicious and in good quantity.
Overall, I failed to see, what people see in this dhaba, to actually burn fuel to reach it! It is cheap, no doubt. Rs. 55 for an aloo-pyaaz paratha with a large dollop of butter and decent quantity tea for Rs. 20. However, beyond that, Amrik Sukhdev Dhaba has nothing much to offer.
I guess the next time I travel, I will once again skip it and stop around Karnal. The nondescript and less famous dhabas there might not serve you parathas with a large dollop of white butter, but their parathas are actually tasty!
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It is highly over rated place. You get better paranthas on some thelas in New Delhi.
Quite true. The dhaba in Qutab Institutional Area, where we hold BCMTouring meets, serves way better parathas!
it used to be good when it was a dhaba now its a restaurant that too cheap and a facebook checkin.
Never tried it earlier, so can’t say how good/bad it was earlier. At least in its current avatar, it isn’t worth it.
AS was a real great place fr tasty parathas. But now sadly reduced to a facebook tag place, without any real taste. Living on past glory.
Hmm I guess so.
I ate here almost 2 years back. Exactly same feedback. I still fail to understand why it attracts so much crowd.
Because it gives a feeling of a long drive to many is one of the few places you can visit after midnight in NCR. Not to mention, they pay the drivers to stop their taxis here.
agree … i like Gulshan Dhaba , the parathas are so much better there & there is no maddening crowd
I haven’t yet tried it, will try it some time.