It’s been ages –– almost four-years –– since I dropped in at a restaurant specialising in Kerala food. In a mood to feast on some fluffy parottas (a South Indian bread), we decided to try out the new Kerala restaurant in town – Ananthapuri. It is located a couple of buildings before Khimji’s Mart in Darsait, but the main entrance is from the backside, the road behind Khimji’s.

In keeping with its Trivandrum aka Thiruvananthapuram roots, the restaurant is nicely done with multi-hued artifacts giving a feel of traditional Kerala. We ordered chicken 65, king fish curry (I forgot the name), parottas and chicken biriyani. The chicken 65 was good except for dripping oil, while the soft and fluffy parottas went very well with the fish curry. I was so impressed that I ordered an extra parotta for myself. The chicken biriyani was not so great, and usual stuff. Again, the biriyani was soaking in oil (BTW, I hate oily/greasy food).

I love the biriyani cooked in the northern part of Kerala in Kannur (though Kozhikode biryani is more famous). It is full of aroma and tastes yum. For deserts, we didn’t have any space left, but decided to go for a sulaimani (black tea). The damages for the meal was very less – RO 6 only. The staff are friendly and service efficient. They don’t give finger bowl after meals, and you have to walk all the way to the wash basin (I was not too happy with it). I checked the menu and the prices are very, very reasonable. I assume a good meal for two should not exceed RO 10 by any standards. I guess, unless they promise me that they will go easy on oil, I will not visit them anytime soon.

(Above photo is for indicative purpose only. Checkout more food pics of Ananthapuri here)