Rockstars, if you are in Indore and have not been to the speciality restaurant Mirchi & Mime, then you have definitely missed a rocking experience !! Here, we have tried to curate our experience, have a read !!
You enter a restaurant, take a seat, waiter comes along with a menu, you choose what you want to order, the waiter takes the order, and comes back with the dishes after some time….pretty normal, right??? But what if the waiters cannot hear and speak, and you have to communicate in a sign language?? Everything changes, right?
This is a one-of-its-kind, fine-dining restaurant where food is being served by the specially-abled (DIVYAANG) people who have 100% hearing and speech impairments !! That's why it's called Mirchi & Mime !!
Mirchi & Mime is a brainchild of two rockstars (Prashant Issar and Anuj Shah) !! The duo got the inspiration of opening this rocking restaurant while watching a food show where they saw food being served by specially-abled people who had hearing and speech impairment !! And then there was no looking back….they soon opened a restaurant in Mumbai, where they got a rocking response, and then, they straight came to set it up in Indore….because Indore Rocks !!!
Peeping into the menu - it is quite interesting and still caters to almost any diet: vegetarian, vegan, Jain, as well as seafood, meat, poultry and fish !! It's a fine-dining restaurant, but has very unusual, fusion dishes such as the Amritsari Chicken Caesar’s Salad and Truffle & Paneer Tacos !! Menu has a gesture glossary attached to it, where you can either copy the signs and communicate to the waiter, or just point it out to her/him !! The menu is crafted carefully by their team, taking into account the delicious taste and the ease of ordering for customer and the staff !! Ordering a meal has never been such an experience !!
Hopping on to the food taste part - rest assured that each byte will indulge you into the delightful flavours and aromas of the best of Indian cuisines, but with a twist of internationalism !! After all, one of the founders has over 20 years of experience in restaurant business in United Kingdom and India, and has run restaurants alongside Michelin starred chefs such as Gordon Ramsay, and therefore learning much from their methods of cooking and plating !!
It is a two-storey restaurant with elegant interiors and an eye-catching wall where you can gaze at the sculptures of the kitchen utilities and cutlery !!
Coming here for a meal would be an altogether memorable and different experience !! The moment you enter here, you will be greeted wholeheartedly with a beautiful smile !! Once you are seated, the rockstar manager Ajinkya will brief you about the concept of the restaurant and then assign a "server" to your table who will cater you throughout your time here, with a generous smile !! Here, each & every "server" has an identification sign like we were served by "Shivkant" who had a sign of a pinch and tap on the arm !!
The "servers" are well-trained and well-groomed, and will cater you the way you expect to the treated in a fine-dining restaurant !! We would love to add here that food is served with love and a big, bright, genuine smile !!
You will enjoy this rocking and unusual experience when you communicate in the Indian Sign Language (ISL) and see the world of specially-abled (DIVYAANG) people with your eyes !! It offers customers a chance to learn the basic sign language through graphics in the menu, placed on the sheets on the tables !! It is also a great place for so many of us - the customers - who have hearing and speech impairments (deaf and mute), alongside providing opportunities and career growth to DIVYAANG people in the hospitality industry !! These people do not have some of the most basic skills of hearing and speaking, but then, they have some extraordinary skills which others don’t !!
And after you have enjoyed your delicious food and beverages here, do not forget to say ‘thank-you’ to the waiting staff, in their sign language !! They’ll be thrilled, and so would you be !!
Have a rocking visit & let us know your reviews !!
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