Living in a tiffin world

It's 1 pm on a yet another weekday afternoon. As your colleagues start munching on their tuna salads, sushi, or gourmet sandwhiches, your mind drifts off to another world. A world of fresh baked naan, creamy saag paneer, spicy chicken tikka. If you were in India right now, you surely would have called up the dabbawalla and ordered all of your faves.

“It’s not fair!” you cry out. But alas, perhaps you spoke too soon.

Munish Arula, the creator, of Tiffin Store, is here to save you from your lunch doldrums. That’s right, we said tiffin. The tiffin box of yesteryear, this is not. On their online store, you select the day, time, and location of delivery, place your order, and voila, the tiffin is delivered hot and fresh to your door. The online delivery service inspired by the tiffinwhallas of Mumbai, allows the lucky denizens of Philadelphia to choose from box meals (including 2 entrees, rice, pickles, dal and raita), to appetizers, breads, and biryanis.

And the meals are trans-fat free to boot. To say this is genius, might be an understatement.

Now if we could only get gulab jamun with that.

Tiffin Store, 710 Girard Street, Philadelphia, PA, 215.922.1297. www.tiffinstore.com