When I was in my hometown, I read an article regarding Dhabha Type Restaurants, which are specially designed to make us feel nostalgic. NJP is the first of the same kind of place.I have visited ’Not Just Paranthas’, in V3S Mall of Eest Delhi’s Laxmi Nagar with my fiancee. There was a nepali gatekeeper, For the first fifteen minutes, He was unable to understand what we are actually looking for. At last he gave us the menu in a newspaper format, and ask us to make an order.
Finally we entered in a ’Patli Si Andhiyari Galli’ And we see all the forgotten stuffs decorated all over the place. all the seats are made of rassi (jute rope) , plastics and wood. There are knick knacks like small models of cycle-rickshaws, lanterns hung here and there, old vessels placed all over the restaurant. The loos have ’Shreemaan’ and ’Shreemati’ written over the doors to differentiate the one for men from that for women.The food is good but a bit expensive ; the ambience very different; There are nice touches of a Puraani Haveli, chandni chowk ki galiyan , some nice plastic woven chairs, almost out of city hall, Brown papers as the table cover, even Chaarpaayis and Nani ke ghar mein milne wala purana BOX , wodden stairs bhi , the waiters dressed as chaiwallas or postmen the menu card, innovatively designed to take the form of a newspaper.
Food-It was good but dont have that much value for money , We ordered just one Shahi , one Aloo Paratha along with the regular stuff i.e. Raita, Salad, acchhar etc. and two Lassi And It cost 350 Rs.But Its just the ambience of place that after stepping out of Not Just Parathas, we were not bothering about it. Yeah , As there are specialized in Non- Veg , so as a non vegetarian your perception can differ from mine
What I liked best was a signboard saying -Kripya bhojan ke liye hathon ka prayong karein’ i.e. please use hands to have your food. And what was even better was the spoons that were laid neatly over all the tables.I would suggest you to visit there atleast once