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An elaborate buffet for Rs. 99! That's Krishna Sweets' latest offering
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It's an accepted fact that you can't have it all. Gorgeous food comes with either grungy interiors or gasp-worthy pricing. Swish restaurants swarm with supercilious waiters or very average food. The bottom line: you either pay through your nose or be prepared to slum it.
And then comes a restaurant like Sri Krishna Sweets that breaks all these rules.
Set in a stunning more-than-a-century old house in Purasawalkam, Sri Krishna Sweets is a delicious mix of fairy tale architecture, with its turret and triangles, and traditional India, with its gleaming woodwork and antique furniture. The interiors are suitably subdued, giving the place a comfortable, lived-in feel.
But the best part is the fact that you can wallow in this classy old-world ambience with the same amount of money you would normally spend on an ordinary screech-and-serve clang-and-crash dosa joint. And regardless of whether you ooze in behind the wheel of a Merc, or charge in on a scooter, you're treated the same way by their cheerfully courteous staff.
Their latest offer is an elaborate buffet, aimed at Chennai-ites who want a healthy, hot meal at lunch or dinner time without actually having to tie on an apron. At an introductory price of Rs. 99, the buffet is great value-for-money, as it includes everything from a soup, to juice, to coffee and ice-cream.
The menu changes everyday. We began with chilled, sweet watermelon juice and a steaming bowl of soup, which arrived in a rather disconcerting plastic bowl: never a great receptacle for piping hot liquids.
The buffet included deliciously spongy uthappams, some regulation idiappam-kurma and an interesting collection of rice preparations, including sambar rice, green peas pulao and good old thayir sadham, served with spicy potato chips. In a brave attempt to be multi-cuisine, it also had bowls of rather over-embellished salad and some Chinese wannabes.
While nothing on the buffet is really disappointing — with the possible exception of their chewy paneer pakodas — the Sri Krishna forte is, not surprisingly, the traditional food.
Their kozhakattais are delicious and the coffee here is so fragrant it practically wraps itself around you. But the best part of the meal is the famed Sri Krishna poli. A perfect ending, it's sizzling golden and satisfyingly sweet.
The buffet is on for lunch at the Purasawalkam (Ph: 26616667) and Ashok Nagar (24850808) branches.
SHONALI MUTHALALY
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