Archive for July, 2006
Murugan Idly
Murugan Idly has been a recent discovery and what a discovery. I saw one at Besant Nagar beach at Chennai during one of my earlier visits and decided to try them out. Now its been twice and time for review. They serve on banana leaves: idly, sambar and 4 types of chutneys. Each one of [...]
Sarvana Bhavan
I spent cumulatively over a week in Chennai the last month. Explored some new places but could not resist visiting Sarvana Bhavan a number of times. I tried the one at Peter’s road and the one at Radhakrishna sallai. The bhavan at peter’s road has a cake shop, one buffet hall and one ala carte [...]
Nandini vs Bheemas
I am a Nandini’s fan. Every time I’m in Bangalore I make it a point to visit Nandini and have their Andhra Biryani. Andhra biryani (at nandini) is very different from its more famous Hyderabadi cousin. Its dry and meat is very well done. On the whole very light compared to the Hyderabadi biryani. And [...]