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 8:12 PM Thaths <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Sep 17, 2019 at 7:38 PM Venkat Mangudi - Silk < > [email protected]> 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 Park. Both have > > lip-smacking dosas. > > > > 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 question was, IMO, a requirement that the place be > easily accessible to foreign tourists without freaking them out with > language barrier or perceived hygiene issues. > > 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 of > these. I.e., don't throw them in the deep end of the pool. > > Thaths > > > > -- > Homer: Hey, what does this job pay? > Carl: Nuthin'. > Homer: D'oh! > Carl: Unless you're crooked. > Homer: Woo-hoo! >
