I can still get a good saappaadu at Balaji Bhavan for Rs.50. The minute you start calling it "INR" the rate goes up steeply.mthen you have to go to an "authentic" restaurant to get the "real" experience...inverted commas push up prices.
Sorry for top-posting, but it is Rahu Kalam ot the moon is looking at Jupiter or something like that. On Wednesday, July 25, 2012, Srini RamaKrishnan wrote: > On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 11:57 AM, Aanjhan Ranganathan > <[email protected]<javascript:;>> > wrote: > > Haha. I was shocked as well. These days 200 INR per person is cheap > > food in Madras. 300-500 passes off as moderate. What shocked me was > > not the cost itself, but the sudden increase. I am pretty sure, 8 > > months back when I visited India, it was not so. > > As much as food inflation has been galloping that cannot alone account > for this steed going hell-bent for leather. > >
