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Anyone visiting Udaipur who has a desire to learn the traditional vegetarian Indian menu from A-Z should be required to visit Meenu at the Queen Cafe in Udaipur. Her cooking classes, held in her parents tiny restaurant kitchen (which is approximately 6′ by 6′) are what she herself describes as “principle classes”.  Instead of learning to make a set 4 or 5 dishes, she shows you every masala, curry, bread, rice, and vegetable combination that you can possibly imagine – and on top of it throws in a few of her personal inventive recipe combinations.  She has the corner on the market for these type of classes and so is fiercely protective of her IP.   You better bring your best short-hand – you can write as many hand-written notes as you can manage between trying the 50 dishes that come flying at you…..

Cindy and Meenu – our fantastic teacher!

!DER Geheimtip! – in Nordindien….

…..By the end of the day we felt like we had found a home away from home.  We had dinner at their one small community restaurant table – the best pumpkin curry in all of Rajastan!

We met her kids, helped her write some email, and learned about the struggles of a business-savvy Indian woman trying to balance family life and a career of her own.  She is on her way to opening Meenu’s Restaurant in July of this year, with a larger space for bigger cooking classes.

We did take a short break to take in the cultural show at Bagore ki Haveli – which for a mere 60 rupees got a double two-thumbs up for the fantastic (and not called-in) performers and the price.

If you are ever in Udaipur it would be a sin to miss the cultural show, but especially to miss a stop at Queen Cafe.   Oh, and get as many of Meenu’s special chocolate balls as you can carry.  They don’t melt in 100 degree temperatures and rival any Belgian chocolate truffle you’ve ever tasted!

Travellers can rent a room in the family’s apartment above Queen’s Cafe a tiny little restaurant run by  Meenu and her parents. You can spent all of Friday morning in the kitchen getting an Indian cooking lesson, and eat the results.

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Koch-Schüler, Wanderer & Reisende jederzeit bei Meenu herzlich willkommen!

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