KARUNA SHINSHO, INSIDE ASIA: Well, if you don't have the skills of a professional chef, you can always go out to a restaurant. We have one in mind. It's in Katmandu. INSIDE ASIA's Brian Usui (ph) explains what sets this one apart.</s>BRIAN USUI, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voiceover): If you were to drop into this restaurant in Katmandu, you'd quickly discover a distinctive difference from other dining experiences. You would place your order using sign language. The waiters can neither hear nor speak. Diners making their first visit may find things a bit awkward until they realize that a combination of gestures and pointing work just fine.</s>PREM KINARI, CUSTOMER RELATIONS (through translator): Initially when people had started coming here, they didn't know waiters out here were deaf and dumb. Now most people know it. When the customer comes, the waiter goes and asks about their order with his sign language. They take it down with a notebook and give it to the kitchen.</s>USUI: Kinari admits that the restaurant's managers were not sure at the beginning how the customers would respond to the handicapped waiters. But they need not have worried. The unusual hiring policy is working well.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I find them very nice. It's a very nice thing. They work very well. And they are very efficient. I think this is very, very good for society.</s>USUI: The restaurant now has more than 30 of the physically impaired waiters who get free training from the region's Deaf and Dumb Association. And the association is trying to encourage other restaurants to follow this example and employ more of its students. Brian Usui for INSIDE ASIA.
Katmandu Restaurant Exclusively Employs Waiters Who Can Neither Hear  Nor Speak