Good Eateries in Madras

This time in Madras, I spent most of my time relaxing and eating delicious home cooked food. Even when we ate outside we ensured we eat at the best place possible.

From such experiences I found that the "Murugan Idli Kadai" in T.Nagar was immensely pleasing. Its a small place but always crowded. The menu consists of simple south indian foods at a very very reasonable price, served just the right way on a banana leaf. They of course sought their name from their Idlies but then everything i tried was very tasty. Varieties of chutneys and sambars are served to complement the dosas and idlis. They even had the typical south indian drink - Gigarthanda - south Indian Falooda (supposedly very famous in and around Madurai), but unfortunately ran out of it when i was there. But overall this place rocks. The best south indian food in town.

With vastly expanding culinary interest of Indians, several Chinese and pizza joints have opened up too. Noodle place is supposedly good but didnt try it. The "Subway" has opened up in several places in the city, though the cost of Rs 100 for a 6 inch sub may not be affordable to most of us. They have indian varieties such as Aloo tikki sub, Chicken tikka sub and even mediterranean varities such as Hummus and Falafel sub. Still its highly unpopular as the sandwich culture could never catch up against stiff competition from the Indian fast food varieties i.e., dosas and chats.