Eat to live... Live to Eat....

Inspired by Gils post ... naanum ennaku therinja saapadu item pathi eluthren...

Ok here we go..... konjooondu thaan... padichikongo :D padichitu pasikuthu... apdinu solla koodathu...

Let me go by Cuisines so that it is easy to classify and list down

South Indian

Dakshin - Park Sheraton –.. this will be first in my list when it comes to south indian… Chettinad la I like melagu naatu kozhi kolumbu, mutton sukka, vanjiram fry, mutton leg paya....
aprom starters nu sollitu veg la vaazhapoo vadai, banana dosa aiyoo me drooling now :P

Malgudi - Savera,– the food is really good and not too costly like five star… and this hotel means so much to me :D (something very special about this restaurant is they will have magician coming to your table and they have kili josiyam, kai regai josiyam all that in the restaurant)

Kumarakom - Kerala, - Kerala food… I just love them :D Kerala dishna.. that karimeen moli, coconut oil pottu deep fry panna fish (red colourla irukkum) aprom adai prathaman (payasam)

Nagarjuna - Andhra, T.Nagar – Andhra even though it is spicy… its is also one of my favourites… Andhara - Koli vepudu, I generally like that andhra mess full meals.. pappu, podimaas, curries, gongura chutney, ladies finger fry, hot rasam and finally curd with sugar :D yummmy ithu kooda soooda oru omlette

Crown - Residency Towers –this is one of the romantic place… especially for candle light dinners… ncie food and nice ambience

GRT Grand Days – very nice menu spread… decent place to arrange wedding reception and family functions…. One of my favorite place… murungaka soup and ladies finger deep fry is awesome here..

Southern Spice - Taj Coramendal – too expensive but not as good as Dakshin .. you must try the prawns varuval…aiyoooo sooooberaa irukkkum

North Indian

Dhaba - Punjabi, Cenatoph Road –..myself and rajesh go here every weekend and full kattu kattuvom.. very nice place… you will like the ambience … athuvum lunch time la that 55 Rs buffet… soober… suda suda jilebi kedaikum… and lot of healthy salads…

Kabul - North West frontier, TTK Road – not a very good one…but once in a while inge pogalam .. Kabul biriyani is my favourite here and also that hariyaali kabab…. We will order atleast 2 plates.. atleast

Peshawri - Chola Sheraton – worst… not at all worth for the money.. too much of hype… just because it is sheraton group . just mentioned it here so that people don’t go here and waste their money…

Thai
Benjorang - TTK Road – need I have to say anything about this hotel ;) hmmmmm inge food rumba nalla irukum… all people who are so particular about Thai food definitely should visit here… kung pung ching apdinu oru menu card irukkum ;) I have tried almost all of them… pad thai.. red curry and that ground nut + mango salad are my favorites

Malaysian
Nasi Kandar Pelita – aiyo aiyo I love this place.. very nice menu for the decent price rate… all sambal varieties are nice here.. you get good karuvaadu.. here.. not many restaurants serve you karuvadu :D and nasigori and meegori… are also different from the normal fried rice and biriyani stuff


Italian
Little Italy – Nungambakkam - if you like Italian food… immediately this hotel comes to my mind… they have got very nice food here.. but I think it is a vegetarian ..not sure…. Rumba naal aachu inge poyi… very costly though.. pasta … spaghetti.. broccoli all bland food.. not my kinda food

Mexican
Don Pepe - Cathedral Road –… it may not be authentic Mexican… but definitely worth trying once here…

Newyorker - UG Road – ithu chumma.. added to list.. oru naal lunchku ingaepogalam.. they have got only vegetarian .. jains comes to this hotel.. cos they have jain speacilities here..

Chinese

Golden Dragon - Taj Coramandel – good one :D but very expensive…. Rendu peru sapdrathuku epdiyum 4-5K aagum but aiyo those steamy dimsum… those manchow soups…that ball fried ice cream.. I haven’t tasted such a lovely Chinese food anywhere

Mainland China - Sterling Road – sooooper restauretn .... buffet is definitely good here.. ideal for team lunch or treats

Wangs Kitchen - Velachery – this one is very close to our house.. walkable distance.. so ennaku epo ellam Chinese food sapdanumnu thonutho.. inge poyiduven…

Continental

Fisherman's Cove been here lot of times… paandi naatu paravai soup… deep fried fish satay… karimeen mozhi aprom those kutti potato fry ellame soooper…we used to have a very relaxed lunch here… I mean it will stretch for alteast 3 to 4 hours…

Matchpoint - Taj Coramandel – only for vella karans.. I didn’t like this hotel… rendu idly oru plate sambar kodkrathuku ennamo avan appan veetu sotha eluthi veikra mathiri bill opdraan J

Cornucopia – intha hotel oru range a irukkum.. I don’t know.. you might lilke the food they serve here….. I did all experimentation.. the food was bland.. didn’t like it somehow..

CEDARS – this has got nice lebanese food… but a beautiful ambience… the pizza that they server there are quite different from the ones you normally get outside… and yummy too

Okay.. itha thaviara.. there are lot of hotels which are not very famous.. called the local hotels.. but definitely nice ones to give a try…

Chettinad

Velu military hotel.. – inge saapdu soopera irukkum… shouldn’t expect ambience and all..

Ponnusaammy.. this is one nice hotel in royapettah.. bezant nagar.. inge non veg dish ella soopera irukkum.. ponnusaamy biriyani is also famous... but it is famous for rabitt/turkey/pigeon dishes..which you wont get outside...

Karaikudi.. way too expensive for the chettinad food they serve here … but definitely anjappar.. ponnusaamy.. and velu military hotel are far better than karaikudi..

Vegetarianla there are some specaility restaurants.. like Mathsya… Palimar… Aiyo… mount roadla oru restaurent irukku peru maranthu pochu.. athuvum soopera irukkum.. veratham irukura timela.. anga poyi oru kattu kattiduven

Biriyani

Aprom biriyanikunueee. There are some hotels.. biryani bistro …. Nawaz durbar biriyani.. aprom ambur biriyani.. pudupettai biriyani.. thalapa kattu biriyani… murahaba biriyani buhari biriyani ..this is very famous.. for biriyani..

Kaiyenthi bavan

Then there are some kaiyendhi bavan near bus stand.. which serves nice food.. kaiyenthi bavanla kedaikra parotta kurma… chance illa… athu tastee thani.. and that beef curry… aiyoo athuvum soopera irukkum…

See I told you it is a small list … :P

P.S Also check my previous article if you havent read that one.

Surprise

Aiyoooo it was an awesome drive...... last weekend... it was my sister birthday... and she was all alone in pudukottai (It is in between Trichy and karaikudi). Me and my akka purusan decided to go there and give her a sweet surprise.... She was actually expecting us to come there... but we said... we have some work that weekend and we cannot make it. :D

So Saturday September 8th Early morning we decided to take my chellam (Swift) and drive to pudukottai..... never been on a long drive before.... plus akka purusan... dont know driving... aiyoo ennakum innum jolly..... We finally started at around 6 o clock.. and slowly driving to pudukottai... the onward journey was not very interesting because... we were talking talking all the time.. and driving very slowly... and by the time... we were nearing trichy... we wanted to make sure.. that nobody breaks our surprise.... so I started driving real faster... we didnt bother to stop for lunch... all we wanted to do is... go and stand in front of her and give a big surprise...

so finally by 2 o clock we reached home... and it was as expected a big surprise for the entire family.... ofcourse we were tired....

but what i really enjoyed was the return journey... a feast to my driving skills .. it was sunday afternoon... we had packed lunch from home.. meen kozhambu.. meen varuval.. and some water and pepsi... while returning back the climate was sooober.. it was all cloudy and raining in between... at one point of time .. the rain went so heavy.. that we couldnt see the road at all... we slowed down.. and again.. after driving for quite some distance.. i could see sunlight all over again... marupudiyum... it went cloudy... and raininig and sunshine again... it was nice.. we stopped at a place near thozhudoor.. ... near a shaddy tree.... the place was tooo good it was breazy... shady... and quite.... car a niruthitu... had a nice lunch.. and a talked for some 30 minutes and then we started to gear up again.... now comes the full throttle.. we had a tough chase with a green tavera... i didnt give him a chance to over take me for atleast 45 minutes.. and finally there was a railway crossing and when i went to follow the queue.. the tavera went all right.. and over took us...

And when we reached the thindivanam toll free road.. the road was welcoming us for a full speed test... it was all empty on a sunday evening and asking us to go as speedy as we can... though we didnt want to take any risks.. we were maintainig a steady speed between 140... and 120. Finally reached Chennai...

We made this birthday a rememborable one for my sis... and ofcourse my first long drive which i would cherish for my life time...

K U M A R A K O M

Friend oda engagement..... so we went to thalayolaparambil..near kottayam ivar thaan Mr.Nair... konjam intelligentaana...loosu...kalyana paiyan

Came to know...kumarakom is very close to this place decided to go there

and stay in the boat house for one full day... sudden decision :-)

nice break from daily chores.... had sooober saapaadu...

full time enjoyement :-) watched movies... played anthakshri....put mokkai... side by side..roamingla kadalai ;-)

suddenly realised ..that we actually came for the wedding engagement.... so packed everything

Monum... molum... mana medaiyil.... aiyo

nair...kooda engagementuku munnadi oru photo..

finally oru group photo.....

end of the story ..