Menu Helped Sonu

A day before the marriage engagement, Anurag and Sonu walked into a Prajwal restaurant in the heart of Raghavpur town.  The hotel was also famous as 'lovers paradise'. It was their first lunch in the hotel. Warm welcome was given to them at the entrance. Sonu was happy to see the beautifully decorated menu. Another attraction was all the waitresses in the hotel were dressed in light blue sarees with the brand name of the hotel and the meaningful emblem below. Yet another attraction was the melodious old film song, 'aasman se aaya farishta' was playing.

The hotel had received an award for maintaining standard and cleanliness. Sonu noticed something amazing in every food item in the menu. The tussle starts between them on who should choose the food items first. It was not a big issue. Sonu told her favourite dishes. She wanted to create a scene purposely and divert the attention of other customers towards them. Except for one or two customers, the other customers didn't care for their childish behaviour.

The waitress asked,

" Do you have any questions about the menu?"

"Wait just two minutes. My boyfriend is a special type of person. We are going to tie the knot shortly, " said Sonu smilingly.

He snatched the menu from her only to create humour. The day's special was Shreekhand and Puri.  The day being a Sunday the hotel was packed with customers. 

Out of curiosity, Sonu told Anurag to select the best among all the dishes in the menu. He was putting his finger on each item as if he was serious in selecting the items. To his dismay, the items mentioned in the menu were not at all liked by him. At the same time, her mobile was ringing. She went outside to attend the call.

"Madam, be careful with the young man with whom you are spending time. Keep him busy on the menu. You will be surprised to know about him. " 

The caller disconnected the phone and did not wait for an answer. She smelled a rat and decided to be cautious.

"Anurag, let us take few minutes to select the dishes."

Her mind was working in the right direction after getting the call. 

She said,

"Anurag, enough is enough. Stop childish play. I am afraid you will continue this childish play even after our marriage."

"Sonu, don't worry. I will prove myself as a best life partner to you. There are more than one hundred items in the menu. I am unable to  select the best dishes. Will you please select the items of your choice. Your choice is my choice."

She said okay and ordered sumptuous and mouth watering items including Shrikhand and Puri. After placing the order, Sonu was asking him number of questions about the design, colour, quality of the paper and printing of the unique menu.

He gave answer in just one sentence for all the questions. An attractive menu is one of the methods to boost the business. The conversation between them continued till the waiter brought the dishes one by one.

Both had a grand lunch. Waitress gave a computerised bill of rupees 1528/- Anurag took out his purse to settle the bill. To his great disappointment, he had just rupees five hundred in the purse. Sonu was too much disappointed and said,

"Anurag, I forgot to bring my purse in a hurry. I never expected such a situation may arise."

He went to the cash counter to swap his debit card. His debit card had already expired. He tried to make payment through google pay. There was an insufficient balance in his bank account. The hotel manager suspected him and decided to lodge a complaint with the police. Anurag and Sonu had to cut a very sorry figure. 

At the same time an unknown person cleared their bill and left without introducing himself. Anurag and Sonu, both were surprised and unable to know who he was?

When they came out, they had to face another surprise. Anurag who wanted to marry Sonu was an imposter and posed himself as an excise inspector. This was his maiden attempt and utterly failed. The plan of the police inspector to arrest him was successful. The imposter's real name is Vikram. He had number of ideas to target the people and fled away.

Thanks to the menu, which had helped Sonu and Praveen, the inspector of police. He took the menu as a thing to detain the suspected person for arrest. The hotel bill was cleared by Praveen. She thanked him for averting a disaster. Sonu was impressed to see Praveen and expressed her love for him. He recipricated the same.

Both of them had a lovely feeling of coming together.