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date: Tue Aug 11 2026 06:16:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Food: Tried their "avocado toast", “farmhouse; and al fungi pizza, “milk tea”, “masala tea” — still today, except their farmhouse liked everything. I had a conversation with a friend about their milk tea — and we have similar thoughts on it: that their tea is different; maybe they outsource milk from a local farmer; still not sure what the secret is. Similarly, whenever I try any avocado toast around Meclo — I get the feeling I had better in Barako, and fun fact: Barako is the place that introduced me to avocado flavor. However, from their 3 veg pizzas, I don’t remember the flavour of Garden Party because when I had it, I was engaged in a conversation that their Al funghi is better. After all, it is — the cheddar-mozzarella cheesy Al fungi with their brown seasoning is nice. But still, not sure: will they provide consistent taste? Or not on my next visit — I will try their Al fungi again. postscriptum: If you like sourdough bread, then you should go for them because I saw cafes, restaurants, and shops that outsource their bread from Dharamshala without maintaining any hygiene; every morning, a van delivers their bread to those shops, cafes, and restaurants without proper packaging —driving and then giving bakery without wearing gloves, and one friend of mine saw a guy sitting inside the van and their shoes are touching the open backery, so buying backery through hygienic place —who make onsite like nicks italian and barako.
Vibe: Less but better: starting from the wall glass[fig.1]: I felt the grey Art exhibition of Dieter Rams, couches and furniture[fig.2] with a mid-1960s picture— of early settlement of Tibetans in McLeodganj[fig.3]. Then, through the next glass wall, inside the cafe, the view: inclined hillside through the building to darker deodar forest; then we can see the Dauladar ranges that look like a light shade of dark forest —and above it the blue sky with clouds —sometimes; clouds come too close, making it look as if the curtains are closed[fig.4]. And turning back to the glass wall, next to the working area, there is a 1959 picture of the Dalai lama from home to exile[fig.5]
Hygiene: They are one of the food places in Meclo that are not hiding their kitchen. I’ve never seen chefs smoking or using phones in their kitchens, nor had a chance to view a mountain of dirty dishes — till now. I once saw a chef using black gloves to cut bread, and their Chef Headwrap was always on—what! No germs and hairs on food?. If I talk about their food washroom than male washroom were clean —only I heard from a lady that the women's washroom latch is not working, but the men's was working fine.
Work: Fast internet, backup, working area with: 3 Switch Panels and 2 Pop-Up boards in conference table —that contain: HDMI; VGA; Audio; LAN; 2 Universal sockets; and USB Port. I worked with 3 friends for a long time; one of them took online classes without any lag for 5 hours, and only once a day the owner interrupted and told us to work on their working area so others can also enjoy the view through the outer seating, and that day we got to know their laptop policy [Laptop policy: https://www.instagram.com/p/Da5WSFvPj6j/ ] to work. even if you wanna work outside sitting with view then ready to tackle the smoke.