Hare Krishna vegetarian restaurant plots menu change after outpouring of love for their kofta balls!
Couriermail.com, Jasmin Lill, City North News, August 1, 2019: A Hare Krishna vegetarian restaurant has admitted they might have to add kofta balls to their Uber Eats menu after an order from a persistent fan this week.
Govinda’s on George St received the order yesterday for a ‘feast meal’ – which comes with koftas – with an unusual side note.
“Could I please have extra koftas instead of dessert please :) thank you!” customer Georgina wrote.
She also ordered a serve of samosa and chutney – and another special request.
“Instead of the samosas, can I please have koftas! Thank you! Koftas are the best :-)”
The restaurant posted the order online, and it seems the woman isn’t alone.
“We’ve all been there,” one customer wrote.
“Best. Koftas. Ever,” another said.
Govinda’s manager Vraj Dharma said he hadn’t seen an Uber Eats order like it before, but the request was food for thought.
“The response has been interesting. A lot of people have been chiming in and expressing their love for kofta,” he said.
“I don’t think we’ve offered them on the Uber Eats menu as a separate item. You get koftas with the feast meal, but not as a separate side dish. We might have to start offering it.”
Mr Dharma said koftas are three for $2 in-store, but perhaps a larger kofta pack could be added to the Uber Eats menu.
“I think it makes sense,” he said.
Prior to managing Govinda’s, Mr Dharma traveled the east coast with the Hare Krishna food stall serving festival-goers from Tasmania to Cairns.
“Every weekend we’d be somewhere different, so we’d have Govinda’s food at these places, and koftas were always very, very popular,” he said.
“Wherever we went, people were always keen to get koftas.”