Knives barred in kitchen, IGI Airport food loses taste edge

New Delhi: The capital's IGI airport may be India's most modern aviation hub but passengers flying through are deprived of something as basic as freshly cooked meals at its numerous restaurants.
Reason: the eateries were prohibited from keeping steel knives for a month last January as an international team was coming for an inspection. But since the permission has not been granted again, food is cooked outside; tomato and onion are sliced outside for salad and then brought to T3 and 1D.
As a result, what passengers get is food prepared earlier and just warmed before being served. Delhi International Airport Pvt Ltd (DIAL) has now approached the civil aviation ministry to intervene and get the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) to allow steel knives in the IGI kitchens again. Ironically, small steel knives and forks are given in food trays on board aircraft.
24/06/12 Saurabh Sinha/Times of India

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Categories: airports Jun 2012