Fair is foul, and foul is fair:
Hover through the fog and filthy air.
- The Three Witches in Macbeth
Nandita Khanna, do you have no shame at all for running one of the filthiest and crappiest Indian restaurants a.k.a Utsav in New York City.
Eeks, even by the abysmal standards of crappy Indian restaurants in NYC, Nandita’s Utsav stands out for all the wrong reasons.
Utsav, the Indian restaurant that Nandita manages in midtown Manhattan (close to Times Square), serves not merely crappy food (if you go by our dining experience) but is also one of the dirtiest (if you go by several NYC Health Department Inspection Reports).
Worse, Utsav repeatedly keeps failing the NYC Health Dept inspections (failed on Oct 27, 2009, failed on Sep 11, 2009, failed on Aug 21, 2008).
Dirty Indian Restaurant, Crappy Indian Food
Mon dieu, the following are only some of the horrors identified by a recent NYC Health Dept inspection (on Oct 27, 2009) of Utsav:
* Facility not vermin proof. Harborage or conditions conducive to vermin infestation exist.
* Evidence of, or live mice in facility’s food and/or non-food areas.
* Sewage disposal system in disrepair or not functioning properly.
* Toilet facility not maintained and provided with toilet paper, waste receptacle and self-closing door.
* Sanitized equipment or utensil, including in-use food dispensing utensil, improperly used or stored.
* Food not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display or service.
* Hand washing facility not provided in or near food preparation area and toilet room. Hot and cold running water at adequate pressure not provided at facility. Soap and an acceptable hand-drying device not provided.
* Thawing procedures improper.
Is Utsav a NYC Indian restaurant or a public toilet at a crowded district bus stand in the hinterlands of India.
Ugh.
Caveat Diner
Problems centering around vermin, mice, roaches, potential food contamination and flying insects have frequently cropped up in Utsav’s prior NYC Health inspection reports too suggesting that adequate efforts are not going into addressing these ‘dirty’ issues that could cause harm to diners’ health.
Relaxed Elegance or Ugly Excrescence?
And the Utsav schmucks have the audacious temerity to boast that their restaurant offers ‘an atmosphere of relaxed elegance’ and ‘a beautiful location for both personal and business events.’
Ha ha ha, we haven’t laughed this hard since we watched Oliver Hardy smack Stan Laurel on the head in one of the old comedies.
No, Utsav is by no stretch of imagination the Cadillac of Indian restaurants in NYC but a broken-down jalopy.
Move Your Butt, Nandita
Nandita, instead of having your cronies disturb us late in the night with calls from Japan or your restaurant manager Mohan Ahluwalia repeatedly Continue reading »
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