I was taking the night volvo while returning back from chennai after a client presentation. Chennai was in its hot and humid self and I was terribly hungry and since I had some time on my hands, I went about looking for a place to eat and to cool off. Looking at the state of the Bus Stand I had little hope though. Luck, however, smiled at me in the shape of a small AC chettinad restaurant.
I was surprised and shocked at the use of technology in this small restaurant. The waiters here were taking orders using PDAs. The entire restaurant was networked via a wireless LAN. Kitchen had a system to remotely update the stock and the waiters could, using their PDAs, find out which dishes were available real time. The waiters could even print the bills remotely, thus avoiding long queues at the counter.
This was an amazing use of wireless technology at unlikeliest of the places. A small restaurant adopting wireless technology, something that even five star hotels have failed to do.
"A little effort and an innovative mind is all that takes to make it big"
PS - The prawn biriyani was good too
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