Where’s the Dabbawalla’s Kitchen?

Mumbai's Dabbawallas are known world over for the phenomenal tiffin delivery service that they provide. They are the epitome of six sigma, meaning that they commit less than 3 mistakes in a million deliveries. All this they manage without any technological backup.

But they only carry out tiffin deliveries, the food which goes into their dabbas is cooked elsewhere and not in one particular kitchen. The food is cooked in numerous kitchens of numerous home and then the Dabbawallas collect the fresh home cooked food tiffin from them and deliver them to their exact destinations everyday. Some tiffin service providers in Mumbai also handover their tiffin's to these Dabbawallas who then take them further to those who have prescribed to their services. Chadaro, a tiffin service brand which offers Veg tiffin and Jain Veg tiffin also have a tie-up with them. The Dabbawallas deliver Chadaro tiffins along the Western line.

It is beyond my imagination that how do they manage to do it with such an accuracy. They have a special colour coding system on each tiffin they carry. The code is said to have colours which stand for the destination and recipient's location. Around 5000 dabbawallas carry out 1,75,000-2,00,000 lunch boxes delivery, each of them earning around Rs 8000 per month.

As far as promise delivery is concerned, they are true to their words- "On time, every time". Hats off to them for the exemplary and flawless service that they provide. 

I would like to know what's your take on their service? So, do drop your views about them in the comment box below.

 

What's Cooking In Their Kitchen?

In my first post I blogged about a visit to Chadaro which offers tiffin service in Mumbai. A lot of my friends, after having read that post are eager to know what's on their menu and the details about Chadaro's tiffin service. This prompt me to write this follow-up post which would talk about what cooks in Chadaro's Kitchen in detail.

As I told you earlier that they have a vegetarian menu which offers meals for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Their delightful breakfast menu for regular veg tiffins and jain veg tiffins consists of Alu Wada, Cutlets, Bread Roll, Pyaj Kachori, Dahi Kachori, Channa Dal Wada, Sprouted Salad, Samosa, Fruit Chat, Sprouted Chat and Corn Chat. For those who love South Indian food, they have Idli-Sambhar, Fried Idli, Rawa Idli, Set Dosa, Medu Wada, Uttappam etc. Apart from this they also have Pasta, Spinach Paratha, Mix Veg Paratha, Methi Paratha, Kanda Poha, Upma, Fruit Salad and Frankie.

If your looking forward to order a tiffin for lunch or dinner then they have Chadaro Basic, Deluxe, Executive, Regular and Premium Thali. Each costing Rs 45, Rs 100, Rs 65, Rs 80 and Rs 145 respectively for one time. They have 30 days packages for each of these in case if you want a monthly service of Chadaro tiffin's. If you are a Mumbaikar then Chadaro has a Mumbaikar special package as well which is priced at Rs 2,451 for 30 days.

Chadaro is also into catering. They offer corporate catering services, catering for events, birthdays and anniversaries, get togethers etc. They also provide Thali on long distance trains.

If this sounds good to you and has already made you feel hungry then you can place your order here Chadaro.com or call on 74988 74988.

I have covered most of the details which you would have wanted to know but in case if you still have any queries you can message them to me or drop a comment below.