{"id":13158,"date":"2016-04-21T13:36:42","date_gmt":"2016-04-21T13:36:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogbox.indianeagle.com\/?p=13158"},"modified":"2016-04-21T14:24:09","modified_gmt":"2016-04-21T14:24:09","slug":"indian-fusion-restaurant-in-edmonton-canada-serves-free-food-to-the-poor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/indian-fusion-restaurant-in-edmonton-canada-serves-free-food-to-the-poor\/","title":{"rendered":"Edmonton\u2019s Indian Fusion Restaurant Owner & Chef from Delhi Feeds the Poor for Free"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cLife is the best teacher.\u201d This maxim is true about Parkash Chhibber, the owner and chef of Indian Fusion restaurant in Edmonton which treats penniless, hungry people to free meals every day<\/strong>. Among the restaurants in Edmonton, Canada, Indian Fusion displays an invitation note on the backdoor drawing attention of those in need of free food. The same door has another note offering three options \u2013 vegetarian meal, non-vegetarian meal and milk \/ coffee \/ pop \u2013 on the free menu for the needy.<\/p>\n

\"Indian<\/a><\/p>\n

It seems that Indian Fusion\u2019s owner Parkash Chhibber is motivated by such inspirational words as \u201cIf you can\u2019t feed a hundred people, then feed just one.\u201d But, it is a bitter slice of his own life in India that inspired him to serve the starved and the needy passionately. \u201cI have seen enough hunger in the past. I know the pain of not having food.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

The story of Parkash Chhibber\u2019s journey from a chef to an entrepreneur to a philanthropist<\/a><\/span> dates back to the year 1992 in India.<\/strong> He met with a road accident in New Delhi just after three months of his marriage and suffered severe injuries including multiple bone fractures. Nice steel rods were inserted in his body to support the fractured bones, which tied him to bed for two and a half years. Consequently, he lost his job at a restaurant in New Delhi<\/a><\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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One particular evening my wife and I had no money and nothing to eat. I was always shy to ask for help in terms of money. So, my wife and I on crutches would visit some of our friends by dinner time, he said to Huffington Post.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\"NRIs,<\/a><\/p>\n

Parkash Chhibber and his wife were received with honor by some of their friends and relatives for supper or dinner. It was their overwhelming response and warm hospitality that India Fusion\u2019s owner still remembers as well as feels inspired by. Dark clouds had no silver lining in his life until he decided to relocate to Canada<\/a> in 2005.<\/strong> His family joined him in Canada four years later.<\/p>\n

Parkash Chhibber opened Indian Fusion restaurant in Edmonton in 2009. After two years, he started serving free meals to the needy in the neighborhood<\/strong> though he put up the invitation note on the backdoor just 6 months back. He found it a feasible way to reach out to those having no penny to douse their hunger.<\/p>\n

He says that the number of people who knock at the door on seeing the message varies from day to day. Some days it is 3 to 10 people who stop by for free meals, while some other days no one rings the bell. He adds that serving free meals to a handful of hungry and penniless people is not hurting his business financially.<\/strong> He has lots of free food to offer at Indian Fusion restaurant in Edmonton.<\/p>\n

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Travel Beats<\/span> by IndianEagle, a leading international travel organization, is a digital portal publishing inspirational stories, interesting features and latest news from different walks of life in India and the US.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Have you got an inspirational story to share? Write to us at share@blogbox.indianeagle.com. Connect with us on\u00a0Facebook<\/a> and Twitter<\/a>. \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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