Gian Di Hatti back with its famous lassi, but Covid fear casts shadow over sales

Neeraj Bagga

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Tribune News Service

Amritsar, May 23

Gian Di Hatti, famous for its refreshing lassi, is back to serve its customers after over two months, though with additional safety measures this time.

The shop is en route the Golden Temple and there is hardly any tourist or pilgrim who does not make a halt here to savour mouth-watering lassi, which is being sold here for the past 93 years.

Many well-known personalities, including Bollywood actors Amisha Patel, Shah Rukh Khan and Govinda, famous dancer Remo D’Souza, Union minister Rajnath Singh and former state Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal have fond memories of this place.

Prabhpreet Singh, the fourth generation owner of the shop, says it was established by his great grandfather Lala Gurditta Mal in 1927. He said after remaining shut for almost two months, he is happy to return to the business. He said they had called just three workers as of now.

He said to their surprise, they witnessed good sale in the first few days, but now again the business was low.

The shop owner said most of their customers were tourists. However, due to the Covid threat and people still scared of venturing out freely, their business would continue to remain affected for some more time.

To a query, he said it was not possible to calculate the loss of sale in terms of total litre of milk procured. “The quantity of milk being procured varies depending upon the response of customers,” he said.

Besides lassi, Gian Di Hatti is also famous for ‘khoya burfi’, ‘pedda’ and milk cake.

Prabhpreet said his father Gurinder Singh and elder brother Charanjit Singh also sit in the shop to serve the customers.

They say maintaining quality was of paramount importance for them. All workers wear masks and gloves and keep their head covered. They are adopting all safety measures in the wake of the corona outbreak.