THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER; For Bombay Club's Ashok Bajaj, a Special Reservation

From: The Washington Post | Date: November 1, 1993| Author: | Copyright information

While other Washingtonians were frolicking outside under a sunny autumn sky one Saturday last month, Ashok Bajaj was heavily involved in his favorite form of recreation: work. Seated in the office of his restaurant at 701 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, the 34-year-old New Delhi native was reviewing his finances, planning his upcoming week and basking in a rare moment of self-satisfaction.

In the five years since he had arrived in Washington from London, knowing neither the city nor anyone in it, he had founded two $1 million-plus restaurants in a recession economy: The Bombay Club, with a setting ...

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