MTR everyone is familiar with this, either the restaurant or the ready to eat or the masala’s.


The power who was behind it Mr.Harishchandra Maiyya, was an institution. Whenever my father wanted to talk of entrepreneurship, and why a business succeeded how does one look after ones employee’s papa always cited Mr.Maiyya as an example. He would tell us learn from him. He can teach you much more than any MBA course.

Well this was long ago memory what I learnt from him, and it stayed. There was some event in the family where things had to served the guests were seated. The caterers then threw a tantrum. All went into panic. Except Mr.Maiyya in his inimitable style and thundering voice, called on the teenage brigade he rolled up his veshti and got down to work. Supervising which dish followed what.

It was then he told us, when you feed, you should never ask “shall I get you some more” it would be the case of Oliver asking for more, the guest would instantly say no. He says just serve, if the guest is full he will refuse it. When you ask it means you have decided subconsciously that the person has eaten enough, or that there isn’t enough for everyone either case the guest will shy from eating more.

Of course the post script he added was if there is something less then you hold the dish out of the guests view, bow don’t bend, and politely hold a piece in front and keep walking so that there is no ill will or the guest would not that you are not being hospitable.

Just yesterday there was a repeat of this ideology by my husband’s guru.(blogger audhootashram.sulekha.com) he mentioned the same thing when the kids asked him””Guruji thodi phal kayenge” he asked”thodi kyon kum hai kya, jitna hai utna kaato, dil khol ke do ”