well today at work I thought of that unforgettable restaurant in Mysore called Ilapur, 'The Taste of Andhra'. The taste came tumbling back to my taste buds as though it was yesterday.. probably 10 years ago.. Started a chain reaction in the office which is full of Indians, kind of a diverse group too.. Learned about the history of biriyani in this site called "Biryani Merchant(superscript TM)" Eventhough the review in google for the restaurant was like this : "I've never really had a good meal here. And from what I've heard, it's now closed. The meat was like re-tread rubber and the rice over-cooked. No better way ...".. well.. but I liked the history of biryani section in the website.
Thought of all the biryani I've had in my life, Amsavalli, Amravati, Ilapur, Anjappar, Ponnusamy, Thamizhagam, Amala Chettinad Mess .. oh my god! Then we had to order something in from that Gaylord Indian Restaurant in Chicago (funny name!).. Had a great lunch.. Then in the evening.. watched "A peck on the Cheek".. well "Kannathil Muthamittal" as its better known for the 26th time with my roomies (one from Madurai, and the other from Barcelona).. luckily it had subtitles.. Always had fun showing this movie to my international friends.. Once a Taiwanese friend saw the entire movie (good patience) and liked it.. Mani Rathnam is awesome.. Gotta get back to calculating the normals in my terrain during the night. Thought about Indra akka's biriyani, poori kothu karri, mammai's kari kuzhambu, meen varuval.. yummy..
Probably half you guys didn't understand this rambling.. well the document is mainly here for me to read.. hope it goes on everyday..
links:
history of biriyani
hyderabadi biriyani rap
And guys, don't believe that thing about Madurai in the map in the doc_strip for the day..
Madurai's best biryani atleast as far as I'm concerned is Amsavalli.. I don't know if there's a Amsavalli mess in Karaikudi!! Where the heck is Hotel Konark in Madurai!??? dude! who the heck prepared this map ?? Hotel Konark should be somewhere in Orissa not in Madurai!! Geez., ( I had to edit my post after I had a closer look at that biryani map)!! - !! not impressed at all!
Nov 9, 2007
Doc strip:-
1 comment:
De arun, You have made me reallly hungry in the middle of my shift talking about Biriyani!!!
My thoughts on the best biriyani...
I agree with you on Amsavalli being the best in Madurai. I think, the 'Hotel Konark' was a spelling mistake(for konar kadai) and also the Ambal mess (amma mess). In chennai, i think the best i have tasted was 'sugam biriyani kadai' in porur (near our college) .. ponnusamy doesnt even come close. Amala is ok. In London, i have tried a few Indian restaurants .. 'taste of india' in eastham has great biriyani. The best biriyani i have tasted outside india would be 'kashmir' in manila (sorry, didnt take you there!).
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