Some pics of food from Mandovi's pantry car!

Honest opinion, it's overhyped. The food is GOOD, no second thoughts about that, but I feel like the modern day railvloggers have blindly hyped everything up for clickbait content.

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review:
•Bread cutlet: sub-par. For someone who's had cutlets from Deccan Queen(ICF days), Netravati and Mangala(ICF days) and Parashuram, these cutlets were absolutely tasteless.
•Tomato soup: the BEST tomato soup I've ever tasted till date!!! This one's a must try even if you've packed food from home.
•Chicken Lollipop: average to good. I have had better from Netravati's pantry(ICF days).
•Veg fried rice: this was excellent. Would 100% recommend this to anyone.
•Chicken chilli: good. Not comparable to restaurants but was very good by railway standards.
•Chicken fried rice: strictly average. The chicken had a raw smell to it and I had to keep all the chicken fragments aside and consume just the rice. The quantity of chicken was generous though.

Some dishes are excellent, some are good, others are sub-par. So choose wisely and don't fall for the clickbait madness.

If you'd like to watch the travelogue(from a railfan, not a railvloggers), here's the link:
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Once upon a time a star train known for its pantry, now in shambles.
Travelled from RN to MAO yesterday and the catering staff's behaviour was shocking. One of them was sleeping on a vacant berth in D2 with his tray full of samosas and a container of sauce sitting at the corner of the berth below his feet next to the aisle exposed to dirt, grime and other forms of adulteration from passing by passengers. He slept for a good 75 minutes or so while the tray kept getting contaminated. This left me stunned. The tea vendor made it a point to serve only half a cup of tea for Rs.10/- and this happened twice. Didn't question him since the...
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tea was tasteless and I wasn't bothered anyway. The guy selling Dabeli was apparently addicted to spitting into the vestibule whenever he passed by, oblivious of the tray of dabelis that he held against his abdomen being exposed to what was being spat out of his mouth. This was absolutely disgusting!
Only saving grace was the Masala Dosa which I bought for Rs.25/-. That tasted okayish and was well covered with a piece of aluminium foil, thereby reducing the chances of contamination due to the vendors' lackluster attitude. Wanted to try out a lot of things from the menu but seeing all this made me back out.
Hope the caterers try and salvage their lost glory soon. Else this train is going to be like any other of its kind on the Indian Railways network.

4 sleeper coaches are marked as 2S. .
In this Total 100 seats are there ,
8 passenger will seat in place of 6 , And in side seat 2 Passenger in place of 2 .
If u r booking in advance for 2S , than try to get side seat , bcoz there would be enough space and u...
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can get entire SUB /SLB berth of Sleeper at 2S rate.