Search and you will find ................this applies to so many things in life .. and of course applies to our basic need ---FOOD . Ok ... so this topic is not about how to search and find food for survival , but searching and finding South indian food in North india and North indian food in South India ... For the last four years i am travelling all over india and though i relish almost all the cuisines of my country , currently my favourite is South indian food . Call it homesickness or the back to square one feeling after tasting many of the cuisines , nowadays wherever i go i make it a point to eat South indian at least on one day . And that search landed me at Saravana Bhavan in Delhi . With some of my north indian friends calling us as Lungiwalas (i hope jokingly ) i expected a small collection of lungiwalas eating rice in this heart of Delhi , near Janpath . Boy ... i was in for a shock . The first day i went there i saw a crowd of around 30 people and the entrance was not visible . It was a very prominent hotel but the entrance was covered by this crowd of south indians ,north indians , westerners all waiting for their turn to enter this place . That day i and my friend had food from KFC as we were told we had to wait for an hour ...
Next time on my visit to delhi i went to the place this time not on a weekend , and we were able to get a seat . The ambience was nice ... clean and prompt service. All the South indian delicacies were there ---Dosa , Oothappam , Curd rice , south indian thaali ..... and lots more . True to its authenticity the taste was excellent and at par with the Annapoorna hotel of Coimbatore ( famous for their family dosa ) and hotels of Chennai . My colleague was insisting on ordering Rasam the south indian soup . That was addictive and we downed at least two glasses . prices are reasonable and a meal for two will cost approximately 300 -400 rs . (including drinks ---:) drinks means lassi , buttermilk ,rasam etc ) . Thaali is good too and they serve the thaali of tamil nadu cuisine . So all in all this restaurant is one of the best places to go in delhi if you want authentic south indian food .
What about the best north indian food in South india ? Im sorry that i havent found any till date .that serves the Roti like they give in north india ....except for Gangotree around 100 metres from US embassy of Chennai where they give awesome chaats . The pani poori or golgappa there was the best i have ever had ( they put around 8-9 powders in it ) in addition to sweet chutney and the paani .
We get the same meals with desert and drinks included for 50 rupess and let me tell you that is is one of the best food that you will ever taste. Come to chennai :)
ReplyDeletedear abhishek ,
ReplyDeletechennai and coimbatore food is awesome and cheaper . But this delhi saravana bhavan stands out in that it gives great food in a great ambience and one of the classy locations in delhi . And the price is for two people eating like mad the entire menu :)
Good North Indian food in South India? I'll show you plenty of places. Come to Bangalore. To name a few, Mast Kalander (a chain), More than Paranthas (classy), Chandni Chowk (Punjabi), plus so, so many others including road side stalls that serve proper North Indian food. I know one road side dhaba in Trivandrum too that serves Roti and Kabuli Channa which would qualify as North Indian -- its near Technopark. But you don't get variety there.
ReplyDeleteyep ... should start exploring north indian food... maybe im so much eating rotis in delhi these days and rush to south indian when i visit south india that i am overlooking these ... will come with you next time ... hey check out japanese in bangalore other than the edo which is outside my budget ...
ReplyDelete@Spices thank you ... a foodie by every means i cannot stop without expressing whenever i eat different food .. hope other people will also taste these when they visit these places . Your website of Spices look good
ReplyDeletethanks for reading and the comment .. glad that u found it useful
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