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| The Outside View |
I have
always felt like taking a trip to the Malabar area in Kerala to try out the
cuisine available there. But since I am an engineering student, I don’t get the
time travel there just to eat their food. But Thakkaram restaurant, opposite
Gold Souk, Vytilla, provided me with just what I wanted. Specialized with
Malabarian cuisine, this hotel provides every customer with an experience that
would not be easily forgotten. I visited this place with two of my friends, and
I am sure that they had as good a time as I did.
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| The Interior |
The
restaurant is open from 11 in the morning to 11 at night. The specialties here
being classic Malabar food, this place also offers other cuisines for the ones
who might not like Malabar food. Also, it has vegetarian as well as non-vegetarian
dishes. So no one steps outside this place with an unhappy mood.
The
service here was one of the best I have seen in restaurants. The waiters were
polite, attentive and very efficient. Most of all, they were patient, I can say
this because we took a while to order but our waiter was still as polite as he
was initially and didn’t show any form of uneasiness.
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| The Order |
I
cannot complete this article without talking about the interiors and exterior
appeal of the restaurant. Outside the place, the first thing that would be
noticed is a large bus parked in front. Awkward at first, but then I realized
that this was an outdoor dining area, which had a set of tables and proper
cooling. I was stunned by this sort of innovative designing and thought put
into it. Going into the restaurant, I felt marveled by the sight I saw. Though
the walls were plain white, they had various caricatures drawn on them,
caricatures of the scenes one would get to see if they were to travel to
Malabar area of Kerala. They were carefully planned out and drawn and were
totally awesome. The restaurant had a main dining room, while the rest of the
place was divided into many rooms. Each room had a name, which I later found
was named after places in the Malabar. The attention paid to such minor details
is awesome and deserves a great deal of appreciation. The ambience of the
restaurant was really very good and unforgettable.
Finally,
talking about the food, I would say that it was good. The food was not the best
of its kind, but it was well above average. We ordered a dish called “Kozhi
Varutharacha curry” and “Pothirachi(Beef) Kurumulakittu Vatichathu” with Biryani Rice. It
took about 10 minutes for the waiter to bring out our food and this made me
very happy. The dishes were presented pretty well and it looked very good.
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| Kozhi Varutharacha Curry |
The chicken dish was a type of chicken curry that used ground coconut as a base ingredient for its gravy while the beef used pepper as its base ingredient. The biryani rice was just a dish made with basmati rice with some biryani masala. The biryani rice was pretty awesome along with the two condiments, the usual salad and a type of beetroot pickle. The beef was pretty well flavoured, but it lacked proper seasoning. The dish was dry, gravy-less and the pieces were fried. But even then, the pieces of beef were a little bit chewy. But this was overlookable since the dish was hot. The chicken however, was very well flavoured and seasoned, and the gravy was thick and had a very good texture. The pieces too, were well cooked but a few portions were a little overcooked and chewy. This wasn’t very noticeable and didn’t affect the taste of the entire dish at all. Personally, I liked the beef more than the chicken but that might have been since it had been a long time since I had eaten beef. The pricing of the food was pretty affordable too. It was not at all overpriced and the money spent was totally worth it!
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| Pothirachi Kurumulakittu Vatichathu |
Finally,
as a conclusion, I would say that my experience here was totally nice and I
would never hesitate to revisit this restaurant again. I will visit this place
again because I really want to try out other dishes available here. This place
is very peaceful and it gives a kind of serenity while eating here.
