<p>It’s impossible to miss ‘Kulu Cafe’ while driving down Sarjapur Road. The eatery, which is located bang opposite the Wipro Corporate Office, is a riot of colours — it is done up with neon green and yellow panelling, bright pink counters and a polka-dotted front desk, completely with a chessboard-patterned wall. Inside, there’s barely enough room to sit. <br /><br /></p>.<p> Customers generally crowd around the counters to place their orders, which are most <br />frequently for milkshakes or a fresh fruit juice. <br /><br />Promptly, Muneer — who runs the eatery — will select a few fruits, nuts and cups of ice-cream from his stock, tip them into his blender and moments later, will proudly <br />return with a colourful drink.<br /><br />“I started this eatery a few months ago,” explains Muneer, who runs the establishment with the help of two friends, Hussain and Anas. <br /><br />I used to live in Dubai but after nine years there, I decided I’d had enough. I set up this eatery here because the location is good; there are a lot of professionals in the area, who drop in for a refreshing drink after work.”<br /><br />That Muneer is enthusiastic about this venture is evident. The menu that he has put together for the eatery includes three main categories — juices, milkshakes and snacks. The juice section has the staple options like mango, orange, watermelon, pineapple, carrot, lemon and grape, among others. <br /><br />They’re a perennial favourite at the eaterybecause they’re cool and <br />refreshing, served with ice. Muneer owns a fruit-and-vegetable store adjacent to the eatery and sources his ingredients from there.<br /> <br />The milkshakes are thicker and frothier and in most cases, made with richer fruits and nuts — avocado, chickoo, banana, dates and almonds, for instance. <br /><br />But aside from these, Muneer has introduced some novel, bizarrely-named items to the list. For instance, there is ‘Zeesh’, a frothy drink made with layers of strawberry and mango. There is also ‘Burj Dubai’ — a taste of Dubai, as Muneer puts it — which is made, surprisingly, with kiwi and strawberry. <br /><br />‘Disco’ comprises strawberry, butterfruit and vanilla ice-cream, layered in a mug and topped with tutti-frutti. <br /><br />One of Muneer’s favourites is ‘Police Station’ — a medley of mango, banana, vanilla ice-cream and rose-flavoured syrup. <br /><br />“We have many varieties here, which people won’t find at other places,” explains Muneer, proudly. “We use different combinations of fruit with ice-cream and garnishing to make a range of attractive, tasty drinks. Anas is particularly good at making the juices.”<br /><br />In terms of the snacks, the pride of the eatery is the vegetable club sandwich. <br />This is a carefully-constructed three-level sandwich, with lightly toasted bread, crisp cutlet, shredded lettuce and red cabbage,a generous layer of mayonnaise and cheese, which is quartered and served with sliced tomato and <br />capsicum. <br /><br />In addition to this, there <br />are egg and chicken sandwiches, bread and jam, plates of French fries, egg rolls <br />and vegetable and chicken <br />burgers.<br /><br />Customers who want to <br />finish off the meal on a healthy note can opt for <br />a fruit plate, which has slices of pear, strawberry and <br />orange. <br /><br /> “Business is pretty good in this area, since there are office complexes around,” says Muneer. <br /><br />“We’re planning on introducing new items on the menu — such as shawarma rolls — and possibly, we will soon start home-delivery service.”<br /><br /> ‘Kulu Cafe’ is located opposite Wipro Corporate Office on Sarjapur Road. For details, call 60505055.<br /></p>
<p>It’s impossible to miss ‘Kulu Cafe’ while driving down Sarjapur Road. The eatery, which is located bang opposite the Wipro Corporate Office, is a riot of colours — it is done up with neon green and yellow panelling, bright pink counters and a polka-dotted front desk, completely with a chessboard-patterned wall. Inside, there’s barely enough room to sit. <br /><br /></p>.<p> Customers generally crowd around the counters to place their orders, which are most <br />frequently for milkshakes or a fresh fruit juice. <br /><br />Promptly, Muneer — who runs the eatery — will select a few fruits, nuts and cups of ice-cream from his stock, tip them into his blender and moments later, will proudly <br />return with a colourful drink.<br /><br />“I started this eatery a few months ago,” explains Muneer, who runs the establishment with the help of two friends, Hussain and Anas. <br /><br />I used to live in Dubai but after nine years there, I decided I’d had enough. I set up this eatery here because the location is good; there are a lot of professionals in the area, who drop in for a refreshing drink after work.”<br /><br />That Muneer is enthusiastic about this venture is evident. The menu that he has put together for the eatery includes three main categories — juices, milkshakes and snacks. The juice section has the staple options like mango, orange, watermelon, pineapple, carrot, lemon and grape, among others. <br /><br />They’re a perennial favourite at the eaterybecause they’re cool and <br />refreshing, served with ice. Muneer owns a fruit-and-vegetable store adjacent to the eatery and sources his ingredients from there.<br /> <br />The milkshakes are thicker and frothier and in most cases, made with richer fruits and nuts — avocado, chickoo, banana, dates and almonds, for instance. <br /><br />But aside from these, Muneer has introduced some novel, bizarrely-named items to the list. For instance, there is ‘Zeesh’, a frothy drink made with layers of strawberry and mango. There is also ‘Burj Dubai’ — a taste of Dubai, as Muneer puts it — which is made, surprisingly, with kiwi and strawberry. <br /><br />‘Disco’ comprises strawberry, butterfruit and vanilla ice-cream, layered in a mug and topped with tutti-frutti. <br /><br />One of Muneer’s favourites is ‘Police Station’ — a medley of mango, banana, vanilla ice-cream and rose-flavoured syrup. <br /><br />“We have many varieties here, which people won’t find at other places,” explains Muneer, proudly. “We use different combinations of fruit with ice-cream and garnishing to make a range of attractive, tasty drinks. Anas is particularly good at making the juices.”<br /><br />In terms of the snacks, the pride of the eatery is the vegetable club sandwich. <br />This is a carefully-constructed three-level sandwich, with lightly toasted bread, crisp cutlet, shredded lettuce and red cabbage,a generous layer of mayonnaise and cheese, which is quartered and served with sliced tomato and <br />capsicum. <br /><br />In addition to this, there <br />are egg and chicken sandwiches, bread and jam, plates of French fries, egg rolls <br />and vegetable and chicken <br />burgers.<br /><br />Customers who want to <br />finish off the meal on a healthy note can opt for <br />a fruit plate, which has slices of pear, strawberry and <br />orange. <br /><br /> “Business is pretty good in this area, since there are office complexes around,” says Muneer. <br /><br />“We’re planning on introducing new items on the menu — such as shawarma rolls — and possibly, we will soon start home-delivery service.”<br /><br /> ‘Kulu Cafe’ is located opposite Wipro Corporate Office on Sarjapur Road. For details, call 60505055.<br /></p>
