Re: [silk] Bangalore and Chennai food/restaurant recommendations

2019-09-18 Thread Thejaswi Udupa
On Wed, Sep 18, 2019, 11:02 Geetanjali Chitnis wrote: > Bangalore: > >- Sunheri restaurant in Woodlands Hotel (Richmond Road) for lunchtime >south Indian banana leaf meal (absolutely must do) >- CTR (Malleshwaram) for dosa >- Raghavendra Stores (Malleshwaram opp Manipal Northside

Re: [silk] Bangalore and Chennai food/restaurant recommendations

2019-09-18 Thread Anil Kumar
> On 18-Sep-2019, at 10:45, Biju Chacko wrote: > >> On Wed, 18 Sep 2019 at 07:52, Anil Kumar wrote: >> >> There is a long time running debate/fight on North Blr vs South Blr (CTR >> better than MTR; Malleswaram better than Jayanagar) among some >> Bangaloreans. I (West Bangalorean; staying

Re: [silk] Bangalore and Chennai food/restaurant recommendations

2019-09-18 Thread Narayanan Hariharan
Hahaha! Would you believe me if I said that the food in National Lodge isn’t spicy anymore? Atho isn’t Indian, so not in the consideration set :P --  Narayanan Hariharan On 18 September 2019 at 11:37:08, Suresh Ramasubramanian (sur...@hserus.net) wrote: You need north Chennai for truly

Re: [silk] Bangalore and Chennai food/restaurant recommendations

2019-09-18 Thread Gautam John
On Wed, 18 Sep 2019 at 11:35, Biju Chacko wrote: > +1 to Oota. Karavalli used to be my goto for coastal cuisine, but I > haven't been there for several years so I don't know if it's still > good. Oota. Bengaluru Oota Company. Karavalli. All still good.

Re: [silk] Bangalore and Chennai food/restaurant recommendations

2019-09-18 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
You need north Chennai for truly oily and spicy food :) Like the Burmese influenced atho/ mohinga in no name stalls around George Town --srs On Wed, Sep 18, 2019 at 11:12 AM +0530, "Narayanan Hariharan" wrote: Here goes the Chennai

Re: [silk] Bangalore and Chennai food/restaurant recommendations

2019-09-18 Thread Biju Chacko
On Wed, 18 Sep 2019 at 10:01, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: > > Oota Bangalore has my 100% reco. MTR's quality is way down these days, riding > on a past reputation even more than Koshy's is. +1 to Oota. Karavalli used to be my goto for coastal cuisine, but I haven't been there for several

Re: [silk] Bangalore and Chennai food/restaurant recommendations

2019-09-17 Thread Narayanan Hariharan
Here goes the Chennai list. Spice Klub in Nungambakkam for Indian food with a twist. Sangeetha for South Indian breakfast Mahamudra in Mylapore for South Indian cuisine of the healthy kind (millets, more veggies etc etc). Prems Grama Bhojanam falls under this category too, but isn’t as fancy.

Re: [silk] Bangalore and Chennai food/restaurant recommendations

2019-09-17 Thread Geetanjali Chitnis
Bangalore: - Sunheri restaurant in Woodlands Hotel (Richmond Road) for lunchtime south Indian banana leaf meal (absolutely must do) - CTR (Malleshwaram) for dosa - Raghavendra Stores (Malleshwaram opp Manipal Northside Hospital) for idli - Taaza Thindi (Jayanagar) for dosa, idli

Re: [silk] Bangalore and Chennai food/restaurant recommendations

2019-09-17 Thread Biju Chacko
On Wed, 18 Sep 2019 at 07:52, Anil Kumar wrote: > > There is a long time running debate/fight on North Blr vs South Blr (CTR > better than MTR; Malleswaram better than Jayanagar) among some > Bangaloreans. I (West Bangalorean; staying at similar distances to both > places) have my popcorn ready.

Re: [silk] Bangalore and Chennai food/restaurant recommendations

2019-09-17 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Exactly. On 18/09/19, 10:03 AM, "silklist on behalf of Udhay Shankar N" wrote: On Wed, Sep 18, 2019 at 9:49 AM Pooja Sastry wrote: Try Oota Bangalore in Whitefield? A wide range of things to try + local-ish > (from across Karnataka). Pricey, so west-friendly hygiene

Re: [silk] Bangalore and Chennai food/restaurant recommendations

2019-09-17 Thread Udhay Shankar N
On Wed, Sep 18, 2019 at 9:49 AM Pooja Sastry wrote: Try Oota Bangalore in Whitefield? A wide range of things to try + local-ish > (from across Karnataka). Pricey, so west-friendly hygiene standards. > This is Manjit's restaurant, right? Above Windmills? Udhay -- ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay

Re: [silk] Bangalore and Chennai food/restaurant recommendations

2019-09-17 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Oota Bangalore has my 100% reco. MTR's quality is way down these days, riding on a past reputation even more than Koshy's is. On 18/09/19, 9:49 AM, "silklist on behalf of Pooja Sastry" wrote: > > There are a dozen places I would go to in Bangalore for authentic, tasty > food over

Re: [silk] Bangalore and Chennai food/restaurant recommendations

2019-09-17 Thread Pooja Sastry
> > There are a dozen places I would go to in Bangalore for authentic, tasty > food over MTR. From street corner benne dosa places, to North Karnataka > food to TamBram food to mudde idli places, But I would hesitate to take > a foreigner with no previous exposure to Indian restaurants to many

Re: [silk] Bangalore and Chennai food/restaurant recommendations

2019-09-17 Thread Udhay Shankar N
On Wed, Sep 18, 2019 at 5:42 AM Thaths wrote: I want to remind people that OP's question was about recommended places for > visiting European tourists who have had little exposure to Indian cuisine > to go to. The question was not what is the best place for some dish. > Implied in the OP's

Re: [silk] Bangalore and Chennai food/restaurant recommendations

2019-09-17 Thread Anil Kumar
There is a long time running debate/fight on North Blr vs South Blr (CTR better than MTR; Malleswaram better than Jayanagar) among some Bangaloreans. I (West Bangalorean; staying at similar distances to both places) have my popcorn ready. :-) Cheers! Anil On Tue, Sep 17, 2019 at 8:53 PM Kavita

Re: [silk] Bangalore and Chennai food/restaurant recommendations

2019-09-17 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
What you need is Edo at the ITC Gardenia. Eye wateringly expensive but even seriously foodie Japanese friends have raved over the sushi there. https://www.flickr.com/photos/themadman/sets/72157625504671826/ --srs On Wed, Sep 18,

Re: [silk] Bangalore and Chennai food/restaurant recommendations

2019-09-17 Thread Danese Cooper
My list to take US and EU colleagues in Chennai / Bangalore: -any of the restaurants at the Windsor (in Bangalore) or the Grand Chola (in Chennai)...because they are set up to cater to those populations. -Yauatcha in Bangalore...so good! Not Indian, but hey! My $.02 D On Tue, Sep 17, 2019 at

Re: [silk] Bangalore and Chennai food/restaurant recommendations

2019-09-17 Thread Thaths
On Tue, Sep 17, 2019 at 7:38 PM Venkat Mangudi - Silk < s...@venkatmangudi.com> wrote: > MTR is over-rated. :-) > > CTR (there are two of them near Malleswaram) is better for dosas. Shree > Sagar (Central tiffin room - CTR1) is near the Malleswaram ground. > Chikkanna Tiffin Room (CTR2) is near

Re: [silk] Bangalore and Chennai food/restaurant recommendations

2019-09-17 Thread Kavita ATD
Hearing this for the first time! (MTR trumps over CTR) Are you sure you got them right? K On Tue, Sep 17, 2019 at 8:01 PM Simmi Sareen wrote: > > > > On 17-Sep-2019, at 19:37, Venkat Mangudi - Silk > wrote: > > > > MTR is over-rated. :-) > > > > CTR (there are two of them near

Re: [silk] Bangalore and Chennai food/restaurant recommendations

2019-09-17 Thread Ashim D'Silva
Overrated Tiffin room battle! I support CTR; benne dosa from there is the one food I regularly miss with all my stomach. On Tue, Sep 17, 2019 at 4:31 PM, Simmi Sareen wrote: > > > > On 17-Sep-2019, at 19:37, Venkat Mangudi - Silk > wrote: > > > > MTR is over-rated. :-) > > > > CTR (there are

Re: [silk] Bangalore and Chennai food/restaurant recommendations

2019-09-17 Thread Simmi Sareen
> On 17-Sep-2019, at 19:37, Venkat Mangudi - Silk > wrote: > > MTR is over-rated. :-) > > CTR (there are two of them near Malleswaram) is better for dosas. Shree > Sagar (Central tiffin room - CTR1) is near the Malleswaram ground. > Chikkanna Tiffin Room (CTR2) is near the temple in Kumara

Re: [silk] Bangalore and Chennai food/restaurant recommendations

2019-09-17 Thread Venkat Mangudi - Silk
MTR is over-rated. :-) CTR (there are two of them near Malleswaram) is better for dosas. Shree Sagar (Central tiffin room - CTR1) is near the Malleswaram ground. Chikkanna Tiffin Room (CTR2) is near the temple in Kumara Park. Both have lip-smacking dosas. Venkateshwara Sweets for Mysore Pak,

Re: [silk] Bangalore and Chennai food/restaurant recommendations

2019-09-16 Thread Thaths
On Mon, Sep 16, 2019 at 11:32 PM Devdas Bhagat wrote: > Friend of mine are probably (pending visa issues) visiting Bangalore and > Chennai. > > They are both European, so exposure to Indian food is limited. > > Recommendations for places to get local(ish) cuisine? In Chennai Grand Sweets and