Bangalore - Article Two: 3 places one must eat at

Vidyarthi Bhavan: If there’s one thing that you had to eat when you were in Bangalore and that’s the last thing you did on earth, then order a masala dosa at this place. Nestled in Gandhi Bazaar, right in the heart of Basavanagudi, is this awesome restaurant. They make a host of other stuff, but the masala dosa is the outstanding item. They had a generous helping of butter on the dosa to add to the taste. And they have survived for decades under the onslaught of several wannabees.

MTR: What’s the one thing that young South Indian housewives and fresh Indian graduates turn to, when they can’t cook – MTR ready mixes which make preparation of sambar, rasam, etc a walk, not to forget the outstanding range of pickles they make. To get to the heart of this establishment, one must get to the place at 9 am in the morning (not earlier or later) and order Rava Idli – the USP of the place. They built their business on the item. By the way, MTR expands to a rather modest sounding Mavalli Tiffin Rooms. This is located within a stone’s throw of Lalbagh, where thousands of people complete their morning walk and then walk across to reclaim their body fat to MTR!

Dwaraka: Yet another Basavangudi establishment. This is located on Bull Temple Road and makes the best ‘khaali’ dosas I have ever eaten. These are the normal, puffed dosas which are non oily and hence ‘plain’ or khaali, and are distinguished from plain dosas in that - these are neither long, nor folded or roasted. They are soft, and delicious.

If you didn’t have much time to visit the above 3, then you must drink the filter coffee my mom makes. I keep telling her that amongst the several reasons she must go to heaven, this one is her bullet point number one!