Karavalli

This indoor-outdoor restaurant has been wowing guests and winning awards for more than a decade now. Sit in the open-air courtyard under the huge canopy of a rain tree on wrought-iron garden chairs, or inside, in what resembles a Mangalorean home, with high ceilings, antique furniture, and walls adorned with old seafarer maps and a grandfather clock. For seafood lovers, Karavalli is a godsend, with Goan baby lobster, Mangalorean black pomfret, and pearlspot caught off the shores of Cochin in Kerala. The west coast also provides fresh bekti, shrimp, prawns, scampi, squid, sear, sole, and ladyfish, while the varying cuisines of India's southern coastal regions provide inspiration for dishes originally found in home kitchens. Chef Narain Thimmiah drums up sensational starters like the Chevod Balchao and Coorg fried chicken; if you've any room left for the main course, try the Alleppey fish curry or the Karavalli mutton curry with appams (savory rice-batter pancakes) and wash it all down with plenty of rasam (excellent drink for digestion, flavored with tamarind and pepper).

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