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Chettinad Lunch With 25 Veg & Non-Veg Items At Chidambara Vilas - Heritage Resort - Karaikudi
Google Maps Location;
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Chidambara+Vilas+-+A+Luxury+Heritage+Resort/@10.2369742,78.7818179,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m8!3m7!1s0x3b0064d70000001f:0x46d9c48d0337b5c1!5m2!4m1!1i2!8m2!3d10.2369551!4d78.784006
An authentic Chettinad Lunch with 25 veg and non-veg items, that’s the lunch that’s being served in Chidambara Vila’s - Heritage Resort in Karaikudi.
Lunch is served to people staying in the resort and also there are people coming specifically for the lunch here. The cost of per lunch is 700 to 800 rs INR.
Breakfast and dinner are served in a separate hall as a buffet. You can watch the breakfast and dinner videos with the link below -:
Breakfast:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYqsbYhaTIk
Blog'
http://i--taste.blogspot.com/2021/08/complimentary-buffet-breakfast-at.html
Dinner;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGldU1CUsrQ
Blog;
http://i--taste.blogspot.com/2021/08/a-chettinad-buffet-dinner-at-chidambara.html
Also the resort room tour video;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBzh3Pha-ZM
Blog;
As the chef said, the lunch in Chidambara Vilas begins with a sweet and ends with a sweet, the reason he said was that the customer should begin the meal happily and end it happily so today the sweet was kowni rice halwa. Kowni rice is traditional rice. The halwa tasted like sweet Pongal and was excellent.
Then few vegetable items like the Keerti kootu, banana stem kootu. Beetroot poriyal, pappad, dal vada, yam fry were served which tasted as usual.
The okra Mandi was excellent which should be mentioned specifically. The chef in the video has explained how they make the okra Mandi. He said Mandi can be made with any kind of vegetable and today it was okra and channa. The base is the tamarind water and for thinking they have used the water with which rice was soaked. The taste of the okra Mandi was excellent. I could taste the tamarind and I can say the okra Mandi was the best in the vegetable subji’s .
The fish fry was kattla fish and they served it with onion and a piece of lemon. The masala was so rich and flavourful. The fish itself was soft and fresh. The combination of these qualities was just wow. Lovely fish fry.
The chicken chukka was excellent too. A different taste than the chukka that I usually have. The masala was excellent and it was so delicious to mix it with rice and eat.
The mutton kulambu, with mutton pieces in them, tasted homemade. My mom used to cook the same mutton kulambu. A good one.
Then there was dhal with ghee which I like and it tasted the same way I eat at home.
The kaara kulambu is one of the best I could say. Usually, the Kara kulambu would be loaded with tamarind. But here they have used small onions and the taste of tamarind was perfectly balanced, giving a rich taste when mixed with rice. The best I could say.
Finally ending the meal with a sweet which was milk payasam. They have used flattened rice in the payasam. The taste was excellent.
Altogether a lovely meal that gave an immense satisfaction!!
