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Samosa from Annapoorna sweets

Back in the school days, quite near our school, we had one Annapoorna sweets shop. It was a kind of bakery cum sweet shop. They mainly sold sweets. And they sold some of the best samosas during those days. There was no seating space there. We had to stand and order. They would give one samosa in a plate alongwith chutney and sauce mixed together. Evening 4pm onwards, they'd make these samosas. Dad used to get these samosas sometimes while…
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The best samosa in Mysore – Dhanalakshmi Sweets

Ask me where we can get the best samosas in Mysore. I'll guide you towards - Dhanalakshmi Sweets in Saraswathipuram. The location on Google map is wrong. However it's approximately around the same locality. Just ask someone like olden times and they'll guide you. Here's the Google map location:  Dhanalakshmi Sweets What's so special about the samosas in this place? They add nice green leaves to the samosa (sabsige soppu) and the inner filling is juicy. They give nice chutney…
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Why there are no chairs and tables in Rameswaram Cafe?

I just watched a clip where the husband-wife owners of Rameswaram Cafe (Bangalore) are asked by a shameless anchor, "was it a conscious decision not to put chairs and tables in Rameswaram cafe?" I wonder how the anchor has no common sense. Or these people lose their common sense when paid well! It's basic: the owners didn't want to spend on tables and chairs. They even wanted to save on the real estate cost incurred for the space needed for…
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Rajdhani mango thali – waste of money

So I tried this Rajdhani mango thali at the Mantri mall. It costs Rs. 700 per plate. After paying Rs. 700 for this thali, they offer some mango drinks and say that it is charged extra! Wonderful! They gave mostly sweet items and a lot of not so worthy items like some vada sambar which was either extremely salty or the curry was turning sour (getting spoiled). They offered some paneer sabji, but the sabji hardly had any paneer. They…
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Phalamrutha – remembering the cool joint of Mysoreans

For Mysoreans, city means the places around KR Circle like - City bus stand, Devaraja Market, Sayyaji Rao Road and D Devaraj Urs road. Whenever Mysoreans went to the city area and were tired doing the shopping in the hot sun or during summers, we would usually hit this place called "Phalamrutha" (phala - fruit. Amrutha - nectar). Before you start searching for this place, let me tell you, this is a thing of the past! This place was located…
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Sai Sogadu – a good Uttara Karnataka food place in Bangalore

Ever since I had seen appreciation for this place almost 8 months ago, I had planned to visit this place in Rajajinagar. Last week, me and my friend had to visit, but we turned to OG Variar Bakery. Today, I went to this place and wrongly went to their "North Indian and Chinese" division. This is why here we say: to get food one must have a connection and be deserving. As we get down from the Rajajinagar metro, we…
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Food at Bangalore ISKCON

I visited the Bangalore ISKCON temple that is near Mahalakshmi metro station. The main temple looked vibrant, but the people were so mad clicking photos, despite strict instructions. After spending almost an hour in the main temple sitting silently, I moved to the food section. Food section had cakes, pastries, samosa, sweets, savouries etc. I tried their laddu - which was the best. Their Rasmalai was not at all good. I even tried Badam milk and that too was not…
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OG Variar and Sons Bakery Rajajinagar – experience

Me and my friend visited OG Variar and Sons Bakery in Rajajinagar, Bengaluru last evening. According to my colleague's brother, butter biscuits, cashew biscuits and rusks had to be tried. My friend's cousin said that the place is "walkable distance" from Rajajinagar metro. But then, the place is NOT so walkable distance from the Rajajinagar metro station. But that's the nearest metro station to reach this place. I guess we took around 15-20 minutes to walk from the metro station…