Fish Fry at Mahabalipuram

I am a true blue Chennaite, I look at interruptions as a welcome break, I look forward to the northwest monsoons which turn my hot and torrid city into a water theme park and I love the muggy weather caused due to the salty seas which surrounds my beautiful city.    

However my parents and I moved to the suburbs of Chennai about 3 years back after spending a little over two decades in the city. Its not that we don’t love the city but its just that we need to miss something for a bit to love it even more:P so yes moving on ..Since all three of us go to work if you step into our tiny suburban home in the morning hours you will see  - Alien Vs Predator Vs Godzilla kinda action :P i.e. our mad rush to work so when 2 weeks back Wednesday was declared a holiday for all 3 of us by our respective organizations,  we got up late had a leisure brunch and hopped on to our car and drove far away and spent the noon at Mahabalipuram.

An ancient town built during the Pallavas circa 7^th century A.D. I remember reading so much about the Pallavas Dynasty while preparing for a popular competitive exam I’d rather not talk about here :D  because I do not want to be digressing again. The history buff I am, I am REALLY tempted to write down about the Pallava kings who consolidated power at in the south and established good governance with their seat of power at Mamallapuram.. I am also tempted to write about My mum who loves the historic epic ‘Sivakamiyin Sapatham’ which centers around the power struggle between the Pallava Kings and Pulikesin but I wont bore you with those details :) 

Somewhere around late noon I got hungry & I needed a quick snack and I was overcome by the smell of fried fish which was way too tempting to resist. So I gave in.. My mom is a doctor so she generally does  NOT approve eating anything other than home made food (impossible probability in my case).. But I managed to convince her I would be just fine... And now the highlight of the afternoon..

Crisp Fried Red Snapper

I chose one of those tiny shacks along the way to the beach which give you a choice of different fish to pick from - My choice ~ a nice red snapper marinated with Madras Masala powder and shallow fried till crisp. It was so delicious YOU WILL WANT MORE! I was full with just one slice :) 


What a perfect way to cool off a long day than a slice of water melon :)


Over all it was a perfect day and I am thankful for life's little blessing.. 

Zha/ ழா Cafe

Sometime last month I had gone to ழா Cafe . Zha Cafe  located at adyar (I don't remember exactly where but its on the same street as swingers ) coming back to  Zha Cafe. What an amusing experience :) made me feel like I went back in time without a time machine ~ the food, the music, the ambiance everything makes you  feel as if you are in the 90s :D now isn't that cool!

A few friends from work decided to go tot Zha for a cup of coffee and a quick bit after work since its soooo close to work I was on board in no time ..Needless to say we had a great time!

All the rooms in the cafe had a theme I personally LOVE the room shown above its MOVIE theme~ so you can see a director chair, hero's chair, heroine chair and villain chair :D isn't that funny.. The one below is for the more serious types (not me)..

I have to mention about the music they played at the cafe , it was a assortment of HIT songs from 90s this again was very amusing cos clearly the last thing you'd expect to listen to while going to a cafe is Ramki hits and Karthick songs :P

We ordered the TEA KADAI menu along with our beverages :) Like the name suggests the Tea Kadai Menu is complete assortment of all the snacks that you would find in a Indian Tea Shop ~ it was funny and cute :)

Sanke gourd vadai~ Podalangai vadai was kinda unusual yet tasty and filling..

Cheesy dips ..Yummmmmmm

So someone in the cafe was celebrating his birthday with his family he was just too sweet to distribute cakes to everyone at the cafe :) just like in school dayz hahaha

What a delightful evening :) i m definitely going back for more :)

Ok i usually love to fill out feed back forms at the restaurants but we had to rush out but i just love the look and feel of the feed back form too :) may b next time I'd give them a good review and come but as for now I gottu run!

Two words~ I love!! :)