Monday 12 January 2015

FOOD -- 1 ::


NOW, FOREIGNERS CAN TASTE 10 VARIETIES OF IDLIS AT SAVOY OOTY


BY P S SUNDAR

                      
               Foreign tourists visiting Nilgiris this Pongal season and beyond can enjoy a variety of the south Indian crown-delicacy, idlis, thanks to ‘Idli corner’ added to regular breakfast at Taj Savoy Hotel Ooty.

“Now, foreigners can enjoy 10 varieties of idlis – plain, kambu, raagi, keerai, rava, wheat, Kanchipuram, pickle, green peas and carrot.   Five chutneys accompany – coconut, tomato, peanut, dhal and mint. Idli podi with gingely oil is also available”, Executive Chef Ravi Ekamburam told me.

“We experimented with this for some days and discovered high patronage among North Indian and foreign visitors.  So, we have added ‘idli corner’ to daily breakfast buffet”, he said.

“Five of us are visiting from Taiwan and Hogkong.  All of us are tasting such delicious idlis for the first time in our life.  We enjoyed all varieties during our three mornings at Savoy”, Shio Kuan from Taiwan said.


“Idli Corner adds value to buffet breakfast as it helps foreigners understand Tamil culinary culture”, Savoy General Manager P Vibhakar added.

Executive Chef Ravi Ekamburam explaining the idli varieties at 'Idli Corner' in Taj Savoy Ooty ::


Regular plain idli, pudhina idli and raagi idli seen at 'Idli Corner' :: 


Mint (pudhina) idli ::


Raagi idli ::


Some variety accompaniments to the varieties of idlis at 'idli corner' ::





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12 comments:

  1. P S SUNDAR12 January 2015 at 23:21

    Dear Sir,

    Superb and amazing, it is really mouth watering with the different varieties of idlies on the row.

    Thanks for highlighting once again the different varieties of dishes on the buffet spread at Savoy, Ooty.



    D Antony Gerald
    HR Manager,
    Taj Group of Hotels, Nilgiris.

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  2. P S SUNDAR12 January 2015 at 23:22

    Sir,

    A very lovely article.


    Regards
    R.Muralidharan
    Manager - Operations
    The Gateway Hotel Church Road Coonoor

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  3. P S SUNDAR12 January 2015 at 23:23

    Dear Sir
    Greeting from the Gateway Hotel-Coonoor
    Excellent information .




    Thanks & Regards
    D.Ramalingam
    Chef

    The Gateway Hotels & Resorts
    Church Road, Upper Coonoor

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  4. P S SUNDAR13 January 2015 at 03:40

    Jamuna Raju (Abu Dhabi), Reshma Sait, Indirani Radhakrishnan, Samantha Iyanna, Miet Blyen (Belgium) and Hariprakash Nair, Sheetal Gupta and Charles Corfield like this.

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  5. P S SUNDAR13 January 2015 at 03:41

    excellent article and photos .. many have said that they would like to have breakfast with us after seeing this.. thanks, Sir.

    Executive Chef Ravi Ekamburam

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  6. P S SUNDAR13 January 2015 at 03:41

    nice to see this, Ravi

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  7. P S SUNDAR13 January 2015 at 07:14

    Dear Mr Sundar

    Thank you once again for a lovely article on Savoy, which I am sure will benefit us immensely. Thank you for your support always



    Regards

    Vibhakar



    P.Vibhakar

    General Manager



    Savoy Hotel,

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