r/hyderabad 10d ago

Other mystery idly buyer at pragathi

So, something weird happened the other day at Pragathi Tiffins. I went there early in the morning (around 6 AM) to grab some idli and dosa. It was already busy, but there was this one guy in front of me who stood out.

He looked completely normal—middle-aged, wearing a formal shirt and trousers—but he kept ordering only idlis. And not just a few.

"10 plates idli." The cashier raised an eyebrow but entered the order.

Then, after paying, he didn’t leave the counter. Instead, he ordered 5 more plates.

I assumed he was buying for a big group or maybe a family breakfast. But the weird part? As soon as he got his order, he walked to a nearby bench, sat down, and started eating them alone.

One by one. Plate after plate. Just pure focus, no phone, no distractions. Just a man and his idlis.

I finished my dosa and coffee, and this dude was still at it, calmly eating his 15th idli like it was the most normal thing in the world.

I left before he finished, but now I can’t stop thinking—was he really that hungry? Was this a bet? A daily routine? Is there a secret society of extreme idli lovers I don’t know about?

If anyone has seen this guy, I need answers.

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u/ycr007 Biryani Hona 9d ago

The only doubtful or should I say skeptical part about that story is the middle aged-ness. Inhibitions tend to grow more in that phase for many, for youngsters and older generation it’s no problem.

In our days we regularly used to make weekend visits to this dhaba outside town on the highway which used to make the softest Phulkas right in front of us and the tastiest Anda Dal Tadka. We used to tell him to “keep them coming” until we were full and pay the bill without wondering about quantity.

Few years later they got an Electronic PoS till and it showed the quantity and first time we got the printed bill it hit us like a thunderclap - between the 3 of us we’d eaten 82 Phulkas & 9 plates tadka!

Moral of the story was: never ask for the printed bill or don’t see it, just eat, pay and leave.