Please Take Down My Order

"I’d like to take the steamed rice cake,

With a spicy and tangy lentil curry

With chopped carrots, tomatoes and onions,

Get it quick, I’m in a hurry."

"Oh, and even I think a side

Of a nice cottage cheese steak,

Marinated in a sauce of curd and mustard.

I want it grilled and not baked."

"And for my drink I think I’ll take

An extravagant raw mango mocktail.

Cook the mangoes then blitz them with spices,

I want the flavour to be bold, not pale."

"I’ll end it light, with a simple dish:

A grated carrot pudding,

I want it with a dash of car’mom.

Follow my necessities, cook my bidding."

"Now read back the order my good man,

Or it is the manager who I will call."

The waiter stood puzzled for just a second,

And then he understood it all.

"Idli and Sambar with carrots and tomatoes,

A drink of refreshing Aam Panna;

Paneer Tikka, dry, as a side,

And for dessert, Gajar ka Halwa!"

The room erupted in laughter!

Followed by chuckles and hysteria.

The embarrassed man made a silent vow-

"I will never watch Masterchef Australia!"