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Mongolian Restaurant Feasibilty Study

Introduction and History

Centuries ago, in the province of Mongolia, the mighty Khan's hunting parties and warriors would prepare slivers of meat cut with the sword edge. Together with a special combination of vegetables, incense, spices and sauces they would grill their meats on upturned shields over a roaring fire.
Kublai Khan and his fiercest warriors would sit high above the hordes and enjoy the same style food prepared for him on a large, roaring hot griddle. It is with these ancient traditions in mind that we bring you one of the world's least known but most original dining experiences.
Mongolian Restaurant
 
Julia Terlinchamp
On a recent Friday eve-ning, my excursion to the newly-opened "Mongolian Restaurant" turned out to be quite an adventure, though not quite the kind I had expected.

Though the restaurant is only a five-minute walk from the National Palace of Culture, I spent at least 15 minutes searching Vitosha Boulevard for the small, hidden restaurant. The unique interior design was surprising: a wide corridor, able to accommodate about 20 people, enclosed two walls of a central, approximated 80 sq m square room which housed the bar and several more tables. The decor was pleasant, the khaki clothed chairs and matching tablecloths perfectly complimented the fall-colored scheme of the restaurant.

A couple minutes after we had arrived, a server approached us, motioning for us to sit down. When I attempted, in my rudimentary Bulgarian, to ask for an English menu, a look of fear crossed her face. There was no translated menu, and her own English was minimal, though she offered to send another waitress who knew some English. Fortunately, one of my dinner companions was Bulgarian and offered to help us comprehend the menu. We decided to sit in the outer room in order to get away from the blaring music in the bar. Fortunately, the server was able to close the door to the inner room, softening the volume of the Punjabi-Hindi remixes and Brittney...