Srinagar: Taking time out of his busy schedule, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi visited Kashmir’s famous hotel Ahdoo’s in Srinagar city to relish the traditional local cuisine, the ‘Wazwan’.

Taking his large security contingent by surprise, Rahul Gandhi decided to go to the busy and fashionable Residency Road area in the city.

“We had to quickly make deployments and clear roads for his arrival at the busy Residency Road. Traffic was partially diverted to the adjacent Maulana Azad Road to make security space for the VVIP visit,” said a senior security officer.

Gandhi drove straight to the Ahdoo’s hotel and sat in the hall among other guests present there at that time.

Abdul Hameed, manager of Ahdoo’s hotel told IANS, “Rahul Gandhi ordered a traditional Kashmiri Wazwan ‘Trami’. The Trami had traditional Wazwan dishes like ‘Meethi Maaz’, ‘Tabak Maaz’, ‘Kabab’ and ‘Chicken’. Then he was served the ‘Rishta’, ‘Rogan Josh’, and finally the ‘Gostaba’.

“Congress President, Mallikarjun Kharge was with him. He took vegetarian food”, the manager said