Kathmandu, June 15 -- Capitalising on the loosened lockdown allowing restaurants to offer takeout, the Restaurant and Bar Association of Nepal is launching an platform for hungry customers to order food from participating establishments.

Restaurants are still closed for sit-down dining under the new guidelines issued on Thursday.

"From next week, customers can go to reban.ordersathi.com and place orders for food from 60 listed restaurants," said Araniko Rajbhandari, president of the association. After the order has been made, communication will be made through WhatsApp for the final confirmation.

The association and ordersathi.com signed a memorandum of understanding on Monday to provide the service. So far, 60 restaurants have signed ...