foodies are currently juggling with a major dilemma should i get food delivered or not if yes how often should i order and how often i should go out to pick up a take out and the most important question is it even safe to order in the lockdown 40 some markets have opened and several restaurants are allowing take outs or are delivering food we asked restaurants what are they doing to ensure that the food they are delivering is safe and hygienic mandatory covid19 tests for staff sanitisation tunnel at restaurantssome restaurants which are planning to open delivery in the next couple of days say that will ensure that all the staff members working in the kitchen have cleared the coronavirus testvarun duggal head alliances massive restaurants says our several restaurants including farzi cafe made in punjab will be operating from one kitchen in delhi and one kitchen in gurgaon employees who will be working in those kitchens will have to go for mandatory covid19 tests and after their tests are okay they we will be allowed to work in the kitchen we are also installing sanitisation tunnels outside our kitchens and the staff will have to go through the tunnel before entering and exiting the restaurantchefs are staying on the premises of the restaurant for safe food deliveryduring these fourth phase of lockdown are more customers ordering food now or are they scared gauri devidayal director food matters india pvt ltd says those who were scared to order are still scared and are not doing it we have received a great response at our restaurant in mumbai but the day a restaurant staff in delhi tested positive several of our customers cancelled the order while our regular customers are well aware that we take all the precautions but were still reassuring them besides our kitchen staff is staying on the premises to avoid outside contact biosanitisation solution to clean food items multilayered packagingsome restaurants have procured biosanitisation solution and are sanitising every item before cooking the restaurants also tell us that theyre focusing on multilayered and sealed packaging so that that the order doesnt come in contact with anyone during transitvarun tuli md yum yum cha and managing partner noshi delivery says our packaging keeps the food safe from contamination for instance our sushi is served on iced packs to keep it fresh while it reaches the customerswere delivering in delhi noida and gurgaondiy kits for those missing signature dishes and mixer drinks of restaurantssocial and smoke house deli are currently delivering diy kits in mumbai and bengaluru and they will be soon starting it in ncr for its signature drinks social is delivering premade mixers and staff say that these kits are also quite popular for virtual parties and birthday celebrations similarly smoke house deli is delivering diy deli which has a range of packages and they have ingredients that customers can use to prepare dishes in their own homesjaydeep mukherjee brand head smoke house