Our team had been planning an outing for several weeks. It finally happened this week. Though several weeks seems like a long time to plan for an outing, we were awarded for it by 100% attendance. Although two of us celebrated the evening in a different way. I debated a lot in my mind if this is something which should be blogged about or not, but then decided to at least summarize how this evening turned out to be very special for all of us. And it would be even more special when we come back to this post after 5 years or so.
It's less than a year that this team has started working together. 15 of us planned to the visit Escape rooms in Hauz Khas village. Initially we didn't have a consensus about the place as every person lives in different parts of the National Capital region, such as Faridabad, Gaziabad, Noida & Delhi. Interests also varied, but a team is called 'team' when everyone comes together and take an informed call/decision by as a group. And then everyone respect those decisions.
All of us had a lot of fun at Escape rooms, which is tiny yet beautiful place in one of the streets of Hauz Khas Village. Escape rooms is a place like Mystery rooms in Rajouri Garden but I found Escape Rooms better than Mystery rooms. Location is certainly a factor and also the professionalism of the staff at these two places.
Above photograph shows the briefing session when everybody is listening intently. Everybody was excited to find clues, apply their own logic, and crack the problems. We used almost all the hints to solve these problems. I think it's intentional to make these puzzles very hard and then help the players with hints.
Finally we solved the puzzle and opened the door at very last moment :). Above photograph shows one of the teams. We had 2 teams playing 2 games at Escape rooms and both the teams solved the puzzles.
After some fun at Escape rooms, some of us very hungry so we headed towards Auro Kitchen & Bar which is not actually in Hauz Khas Village but at a 10 minutes walk.
Vivek did all the planning and made sure that we have places booked and their are sufficient arrangements within the budget :). We had a good deal with unlimited snacks, mocktails, and the main meal. As we entered the place, we were bombarded with various kinds of snacks. By looking at the pace of the service, many of us were curious why these guys are serving us so fast :). Do they want us to be done early and vacate the place or they want to save on the main meal :). We can say anything but service was pretty good at Auro Kitchen & Bar. I found the quality of snacks pretty good except few non-veg options in which meat was very dry.
We had brilliant time chatting about random stuff. Some of the folks wanted to leave early but others ensured that they remain engaged in conversations and manage expectations of their families :). At the same time, everybody was concerned about the safety of each person on the table. It's hard for me to summarize the kind of discussions we had :) , probably folks can comment on the post and share what they remember.
After a good time at Escape rooms and Auro Kitchen & Bar, we headed back towards the car-parking at around 12am. Gourav and Alok chose to buy these balloons with colorful lights. Overall it was a brilliant evening and all of us had a lot of fun together.
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