A funny story of modern times heard by me a few years back and retold here..Suddenly the news spread like wild fire that a new Eatery that came up in the City was serving the best coffee with the tastiest bite developed thru' years of research..
The result.. Young people thronged the place in large numbers, there were long queues in front of the Eatery for the tasty bite and sip of famous coffee served followed by lots of talk, praise etc..etc..
The gentleman too visited the place one cool evening with his children and their families and sat in special serving area..
In short time, the tasty bite and steaming coffee was served relatively at a high price but while sipping the coffee, all praised the aroma of the same saying,
'Hmm.. Excellent, Wonderful!'
In that small Eatery, the kitchen was just a few steps away from the customer seated area with 2 Serving Personal at the Counter and the person brewing steaming coffee working behind seen well by all..
Suddenly the gentleman was happy beyond and decided to thank all of them for doing a good job..
Accordingly, he moved to the Place while others were busy in eating, met them and said..
'Thank you dear! Even in these modern times, you could serve a good cup of coffee with a side dish where an old timer like me too could link something to my taste buds. I feel really happy today!"
The young one of them heard his praise, smiled and said,
'Sir! Thank you very much for the praise. But all this should go to our Grand Father who actually is the Master Expert behind all this. You can just meet him and convey your happiness. Please do come with me!'
Saying thus, the young man took the gentleman in where he was introduced to the aged Owner of the Eatery. The gentleman thanked the elderly man and said,
'It's nice to meet you! You seem to belong to my earlier generation. Great.. I got a similar taste of our times!'
The Old Chef smiled and said,
"What you had eaten and sipped are the same delicacies and coffee of my younger times. I did nothing to them except giving new names and a change to the presentation style!
In my younger days, I used to cook food and prepare coffee in a hotel. Slowly, the coming up younger generation i.e., your generation stopped liking my food and coffee and my hotel had to be closed. I lost my job. I continued the same cooking and preparing coffee in various small places and somehow survived..
Subsequently my son actively got into the new styles of cooking/preparing coffee but that too did not click and thus our family had a low profile for many years. After all those years, by luck we got some lumpsum money. We decided to open this Eatery with the Special Coffee and tasty snack served which any how was our family tradition. That's all.. It just clicked!"
Today, I'm the famous Cook here, my son is the Owner, my grand son is the young Barista and our Eatery is very special in the city!"
The gentleman thanked him again and while leaving quipped,
"You told the Truth. If people come to know about this?"
The elderly Chef smiled and equally quipped,
"No one goes beyond here. They want my coffee with the tasty bite, not the back ground!'"
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Keyword: COFFEE
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