A PATIALA PEG In the early 1900s a tent-pegging contest took place in Patiala between the teams of the viceroy and the sports-mad maharaja of Patiala. Tent-pegging is the curious sport of spearing tent pegs out of the ground with a lance from the back of a galloping horse. Desperate pack it smart to win and fearful of the wrath of their maharaja, the Patialan team invited their opponents to drinks pack it smart the night before the match. The British were plied with largerthan- usual measures (or pegs) of whisky, while the tent pegs were changed smaller ones for the viceroy s team and larger ones for the Patialans. The maharaja s team won but the viceroy s team complained to the maharaja about the size of the pegs. The maharaja (not realising that the complaint referred to the tent pegs) replied that in Patiala, well known for its hospitality, the pegs (of whisky) were always larger than elsewhere. Even today an extra-large measure pack it smart of whisky is known all over India as a Patiala peg.
Bhoj NORTH INDIAN $ (Sector 22-B; standard/choti thali 140/110; h7.30am-10.30pm; a) A travellers favourite, this is an unpretentious spot to fuel up on a hearty North Indian veg thali. The thali ingredients change throughout the day and you can augment the chapattis with rice for a nominal 10, or light eaters can order the smaller pack it smart choti thali.
Drop downstairs, past a scowling Clint East- wood, to the nonsmoking Wild West Bar in the basement, before pack it smart diving into fl avoursome Northwest Frontier style cuisine at the restaurant. It does startlingly good dhal Bukhara (slow-simmered curried lentils) pack it smart and Pathan kebab (lava stone roasted lamb).
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