Dhabas are popular local restaurants located on highways. Local food is usually served at the dhabas and mainly truck drivers or traveling people stop here to dine. Most of the dhabas are now installed next to petrol pumps, which are often open 24 hours a day. Since most Indian and Pakistani truck drivers are of Punjabi descent, Punjabi food is served at these dhabas and Punjabi music is played.Food served at a dhaba in PunjabThe word dhaba represents local Indian food all over the world, so many Indian restaurants in Europe and America have added the name to their restaurant name.The dhaba is often made of clay-stone buildings and a cot or cot is laid to sit here, a wooden crate is placed in the width of the cot and food utensils are kept on it. Nowadays, plastik table chairs have taken the place of cots on dhabas, but the food is still comparatively cheaper and like home-made food.