Eating Out in Kerala..

For Malaysians, eating out in Kerala would not be a problem. The sizable number of Muslim population made it easy to find kosher/halal restuarants. And their cuisines are not too strange for our palate. In fact pakdokter feel that they are less spicy than many of the curries at Pelita Nasi Kandar or Lotus Restaurants in Kuala Lumpur. But pakdokter must admit that maybe we should demolish Bernas monopoly of rice imports to Malaysia. The Kerala basmathi rice was so light and sweet that you will only realise what you are missing out in Malaysia once you have been here!

The group had more than we should of idlis, dhosas, rotis, parathas( like roti chanai), biriyanis, masalas, curries, sambars, dhals, chutneys etc etc. The damage......well pakdokter came home with 4 kg of excess baggage at the tummy......(luckily Airasia never weigh the passenger before boarding and checking what weight we came in with)!

Now to go back to gym and the golf course for weight management.......!

halal restaurants....not difficult to find...

street food, anybody....?

typical breakfast of idlis, paratha ( roti chanai), dhosa ( thosai)

putu mayam (forgot the Keralan word for it)

dinner at Ramada...masalas, vindaloos and curries....

masala thosai for a light lunch at the

Spice Village....Thekkady.

wine tasting at the Divine Lounge of the Malabar House

some tapas can be selected to go with the tasting..

Kerala seafood thali for lunch at the Malalbar House...

the Malabar House also has a 'degustation' menu at dinner

which was quite a good deal actually

a light masala marinated fried calamari rings

at the Brunton Boatyard....