I can understand your feelings, but more descriptions regarding this issue, would have been made this tip much better. First, the impression on the catering lies on the attitude of the serving person. Most of the times I/my friends have seen rude and arrogant servers who things we're getting free food despite paying more than Rs. 400/- in ticket itself.
Secondly, coming to the real issue of food, these people do not even provide sticks and butter before soup, instead giving just soup mixed with toasted pieces of bread. If you're traveling in a group, then, they provide just one tray with tea bags for all.. Food quantity is too less even for 12 yr old kid and quality is...
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really bakwas than the roadside PF shops. It is completely irritating for regular travellers to travel with this train by paying extra money and suffering from hunger throughout the journey. So I had given green signal when it comes to the tip for Food/Catering.
The best food (and value for money) one can get from any Rajdhani means, it is Dibrugarh Rajdhani, in my personal opinion.
In a final touch, these catering fellows demanding money from the passengers in multiples of 100s and if anyone gives less (eg. Rs.50/-), just tells to them that, you take it as my tip and returns or scolds them. Why the h**l in this Earth anyone should listen to these manners less people words by paying excess money.
Unless or until if one cannot avoid this train, then should choose, otherwise, considering the atrocities of catering, please prefer even sleeper class of anyother regular trains, please. Further, please do not suggest me for writing complaint and blah blah blah... I have done enough with this and nothing changed...