Jump to navigation

  •  
  •  
  •  

  • Courses
  • Resources
  • Case study
  • Showcase
  • Tools
  • Gallery
  • Videos

Search form

Animation Design Communication Design Design Fundamentals Interaction Design Product Design Tools for Design Open Design
Home / Resources / Irani Cafes of Bombay / The Fading Cafe Business

.

top unblocked 76 games free access unblocked games 76 now latest unblocked online games kays games unblocked access retro bowl unlimited play play retro bowl without block cool math brain games free school-friendly unblocked games yohoho io game online lesson guru hack and help play baseball bros unblocked classroom 6x games to play 76
Design Resource

Irani Cafes of Bombay

Exploring Cafes of the City
by
Rajarshi Ray
IDC, IIT Bombay
The Fading Cafe Business
 
  • Printer-friendly version

An Interview: A chat with Mr. Afshin Kohinoor.

• Rajarshi: What is your feeling as the third generation running this restaurant ?
Mr. A. Kohinoor: Now I am running this restaurant single handedly. It is nice but it’s very laborious. I come in the morning at 7’o clock here. When I finish for the day, I close the shop at 6’o clock in the evening. It’s ok.... the show goes on.

• Rajarshi: Do you plan to continue with this business ?
Mr. A. Kohinoor:  No. I am going to continue only till my father is there. Once my father departs (God forbid), then I am going to close down this place, I am going to sell it off. I am not going to do it myself. Today he doesn’t sign, my chacha doesn’t sign. I want to sell this place and they say no, till we are around you are going to do it. So I say ok. You all also should work. And so they even come to work.

• Rajarshi: Would you want this restaurant to adapt to the new generation of restaurants that people want, something like Cafe Modegar or Cafe Leopold ?
Mr. A. Kohinoor: You see, Cafe Mondegar and Cafe Leopold, they are basically running on alcohol business, beer business. Those are tourist places. But this place (Britannia) is totally running on mother’s recipe. I am a food joint. And my mother’s recipe custards, caramel custards, chocolate mousse, the berry pualo, the Sali boti. All these are my mother’s recipe. There’s a vast difference between Leopold Mondegar and Britannia.

• Rajarshi: Do you plan to offer something new on the menu to live up to the changing demands of the people ?
Mr. A. Kohinoor: No. This is the same compressed standard menu which was introduced by my mother in 1982. And this menu is going on till today. Prior to this menu there was a continental menu which was done by my grandfather during the British era.
 


Mr. Afshin Kohinoor
Courtesy : Author

 

  • Introduction
  • Elements of the Cafes
  • Popular offerings at the Cafe
  • Revisiting the origin of Parsi Restaurants
  • The Fading Cafe Business
  • Other Prominent Joints
  • Downloads
  • Contact Details
  • Credits

Creating Digital-learning Environment for Design



  • Courses
  • Resources
  • Case study
  • Showcase
  • Tools
  • Gallery
  • Videos
  • Animation Design
  • Communication Design
  • Design Fundamentals
  • Interaction Design
  • Product Design
  • Tools for Design
  • Open Design
  • Contribute to our Dsource
  • About
  • People
  • Events
  • Job@D'source
  • Contact Us
  • Privacy Policy
  • Download App
  • YouTube
  • Facebook
  • Twitter

Indian Language
English Bangali Gujarati Hindi
Kannada Malayalam Marathi Punjabi
Sindhi Tamil Telugu Urdu