BU gets a taste of Southern Stories
Students lining up outside the Southern Stories food outlet on the BU campus soon after it was inaugurated. Photo by Medhansh Das
By Medhansh Das
The students at Bennett University were pleasantly surprised with the opening of the new food outlet,Southern Stories on February 28. Situated opposite the Maggi Hotspot , it offers a variety of South Indian delicacies such as Dosa, Idli, Lemon rice and much more.
The outlet is a sub-branch of theQuench company which already has one existing food joint in BU at the sports complex.
The Chief Operating Officer (COO) Sudhanshu Varma and the Vice Chancellor (VC) of BU, Dr. Prabhu Kumar Aggarwal were present for the opening ceremony of the food joint.
The South Indian population in the campus was excited to try the food there and had formed a huge crowd outside the store even before its opening. “A few select students and some other officials, including myself tried some of their sample food six months prior to its opening, and I have to say it’s even better than some authenticSouth Indian food that I have tried in Bangalore,” said the COO Sudhanshu Varma.
“We were delighted by the response of the students today on our opening day. It seems that word was spread around the campus about our Dosa which has contributed up to 80 per cent of our sales as of yet,” said Vikas Jain, the franchise head of Nestle India Limited for their retail and cafe business and the owner of Quench and Southern Stories. “Right now, we have started with limited items, but gradually we intend to add more items to our menu to show that we can pull up a bunch of other South Indian dishes as well,” he added.
The crowd outside the outlet was filled with hustle and bustle, as all the curious students wanted to try out their food and the reviews have been widely positive.
“Since it is the first representation of South India in any format in BU, the taste of the Dosa was pretty good, the chutney could use some more work but seeing the rush on the first day its impressive as to how the food quality hasn’t dropped yet,” said Piyush Kumar Jain, a first-year BAJMC English student.
With the opening of Southern Stories, BU now has six food outlets, providing a wide range of flavours and tastes for the students to try in the campus.
(The writer is a Semester II student of BA (Journalism and Mass Communication) programme.)
The students at Bennett University were pleasantly surprised with the opening of the new food outlet,
The outlet is a sub-branch of the
The Chief Operating Officer (COO) Sudhanshu Varma and the Vice Chancellor (VC) of BU, Dr. Prabhu Kumar Aggarwal were present for the opening ceremony of the food joint.
The South Indian population in the campus was excited to try the food there and had formed a huge crowd outside the store even before its opening. “A few select students and some other officials, including myself tried some of their sample food six months prior to its opening, and I have to say it’s even better than some authentic
“We were delighted by the response of the students today on our opening day. It seems that word was spread around the campus about our Dosa which has contributed up to 80 per cent of our sales as of yet,” said Vikas Jain, the franchise head of Nestle India Limited for their retail and cafe business and the owner of Quench and Southern Stories. “Right now, we have started with limited items, but gradually we intend to add more items to our menu to show that we can pull up a bunch of other South Indian dishes as well,” he added.
The crowd outside the outlet was filled with hustle and bustle, as all the curious students wanted to try out their food and the reviews have been widely positive.
“Since it is the first representation of South India in any format in BU, the taste of the Dosa was pretty good, the chutney could use some more work but seeing the rush on the first day its impressive as to how the food quality hasn’t dropped yet,” said Piyush Kumar Jain, a first-year BAJMC English student.
With the opening of Southern Stories, BU now has six food outlets, providing a wide range of flavours and tastes for the students to try in the campus.
(The writer is a Semester II student of BA (Journalism and Mass Communication) programme.)
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