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@Oliver Schick
For the benefit of RASA
obsessivesfans who may not have noticed yet, it's probably again necessary to book every time you want to go. I went to RASA N16 with a friend last night. Since RASA Travancore (the meat restaurant) opened diagonally opposite, it hadn't been necessary to book, as people went there instead of the old RASA, so I didn't, it being a Tuesday and all. I was therefore very surprised when we arrived and it was already very busy, and a little later the sort of queue formed inside and outside that you used to see 20 years ago. Not being very observant, I hadn't noticed yet that the appearance of Travancore has changed (despite probably cycling past it dozens of times since), and it turns out that it has been sold, with RASA, which used to have about eight restaurants (can't remember the exact number) having downsized to just W1 and N16. When we left and walked past the other place (now just named Travancore), it was completely empty at just after 8pm! Really odd. I can only assume that RASA is still such a strong brand that people gravitate towards it rather than the one that has now lost it.