Staying in Kotturpuram, I have to go to Adyar, T Nagar or Mylapore to get to a decent restaurant with air-conditioning to have breakfast. I decided to go to Sangeetha in Adyar the other day. I have trashed a couple of other Sangeetha outlets in this blog and I knew I was taking a big risk. This is a vegetarian restaurant.
There is a non air-conditioned section that can seat around 50 but ends up seating around 75. There is also a self service section with around 6-8 tables where seating is not available. The air-conditioned section seats around 75 pax - it was dimly lit but the interiors were typically gaudy, quite old with wet patches and peeling paint in some corners.
We ordered idly(steamed wet rice flour), pongal (a rice preparation), rava masala dosai (thin pancakes made with semolina batter and served with spicy mashed potato) and aapam (rice pancake made with fermented wet rice flour).
All the dishes, save the aapam, were served with at least two different chutnies (sauces) and sambar (a typical South Indian preparation made with pulses and vegetables) and were tasty. This is one of the few restaurants that serves hoppers (aapam) with sweetened coconut milk - an awesome combination.
The service was quite good and I was quite pleased that I found a Sangeetha that lived upto its reputation. Only on receiving the bill did I realize that this outlet was a franchisee of Sangeetha - no wonder it was striving to maintain some standards.
This chain does not serve liquor and the bill came to INR 285/- (2 plates each of idly& pongal and 2 orange juices thrown in).
Reco - certainly not a bad choice for South Indian tiffin varieties.
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