Painkiller in Delhi prescribes Dolo cocktails, tequila ‘injections’ and Thai flavours
The Hindu
In Hauz Khas, Painkiller’s bartenders serve inventive cocktails like Pearacetamol and the Sedative alongside Thai-inspired bar food, in a laidback space that shifts from sandwich shop to bar each evening
It is Friday night and I need a Dolo 650.
Shashwat Prasad quickly assembles my prescription and slides it across the counter. It is a Dolo 651, he reminds me with a grin. “Stronger?” I ask. “No, trademarks!”
Still, it quickly softens the stress of the week. Especially when teamed with a chilli basil dirty fried rice, even if the cutlery arrives in a stainless steel kidney tray that reminds you of your last anesthesia.
Dolo 651 | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
But then, that is the whole point of Painkiller: a blissful suspension of reality.
An hour earlier, this was Savage, a sandwich shop popular for its dirty fries with hot sauce, and a ‘Hot mess express’ with fried chicken, hot honey glaze, pickles and ranch set tucked into fluffy milk bread.
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