Here are two restaurants that made my day this time around in Mysore, James and I kept on going back for more!
The OTHER Sri Durga, or "stand up caffe", which was recommended by Deborah (from the blog Bird in the Tree) has been an enormous revelation. No, it is not the one on the main Gokulam road, it is the one next door to the Nilgris on the side street.
The food comes out very quickly, everything is clean. The water (which I still do not drink) runs through a purifier. Things are not as spicey. The menu has quite a bit of variety and the chai... oh my goodness, the chai... seriously I've never had anything more tasty! One thing I will say though is that a cup of that chai (the large one) is almost worth a meal, I ended up not being hungry at all later on.
If you are walking from the shala, once you get to the Nilgris supermarket look left and you will see them, they are just steps away. A full meal like the one shown below can cost as much as 2 dollars with bottled water included.
The OTHER Sri Durga, or "stand up caffe", which was recommended by Deborah (from the blog Bird in the Tree) has been an enormous revelation. No, it is not the one on the main Gokulam road, it is the one next door to the Nilgris on the side street.
The food comes out very quickly, everything is clean. The water (which I still do not drink) runs through a purifier. Things are not as spicey. The menu has quite a bit of variety and the chai... oh my goodness, the chai... seriously I've never had anything more tasty! One thing I will say though is that a cup of that chai (the large one) is almost worth a meal, I ended up not being hungry at all later on.
If you are walking from the shala, once you get to the Nilgris supermarket look left and you will see them, they are just steps away. A full meal like the one shown below can cost as much as 2 dollars with bottled water included.
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| Savige Bath, Chapatis and Rice Curd... delicious and filling for the hungry yogi! |
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| The menu in full... |
The other surprise this trip has been the Austrian Cafe. I blogged about them last year but did not get a chance to try them, this year we did. The food is just perfect for when you feel like a western treat.
They wash everything with purified water and their salad was delicious, a great blend of finely cut vegetables. James had the Austrian pasta with eggs and loved it.
They also have things like burgers, fried chicken and fries with ketchup if you need some comfort food.
They are a bit of a walk away from Gokulam, near Loyal world, walk one more block away from gokulam, then turn right (the first right) and walk about two blocks. The road forks so bear right.
They wash everything with purified water and their salad was delicious, a great blend of finely cut vegetables. James had the Austrian pasta with eggs and loved it.
They also have things like burgers, fried chicken and fries with ketchup if you need some comfort food.
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| You can see some pictures of chicken and burgers in their store front |
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| I coul not get enough of their salads, they chop everything so finely, I will try this at home too. |
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| Egg Spaetzle, James' favorite, is a pasta with eggs |
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| The little version of the salad, I am obsessed with it need to go back to find out what is the very simple dressing they use probably just a bit of olive oil and salt... |
The Austrian place has the MOST AMAZING 'cold coffee' too. Possibly the most delicious thing I've ever drunk!!!
ReplyDeleteHm, I did not know that... not much of a coffee drinker, but James is... so I will keep that in mind, thanks Susananda!
DeleteWow... its nice to see interest in good food and i have tried the place that you have mentioned n liked it.. and while exploring, I randomly discovered a place called Elements Bistro in Jayalakshmipuram which serves some very good pasta, salads, soups, sizzlers and believe it or not some delicious creamy cold coffee and great sandwiches.Surprisingly its a hidden gem and they have a beautiful outside seating area with a small boutique which sells handmade candles and incense. Its very unique to mysore.Im putting the owners' contact if you guys would like to visit: 9845558060.
DeleteThat salad looks good, if you find out the dressing let us know please.
ReplyDeleteIn fact looking at that salad makes me remember having the same salad in Vietnam, never could communicate well enough to find out more about the dressing but yes, I hear you, it's delicious.
ReplyDeleteHm, Vietnam ha? I wonder... yes I will ask next time, hope to find out, then will let you know Priscilla
DeleteDear Claudia, you would not know how I could get a statue of Patanjali and one of Ganesh? Do you know any good websites or anything? I live in Sweden and would love to have Ganesh and Patanjali with me when I practice. All the best and thank you for your blog. anna
ReplyDeleteHi Yoogamalasweden, there are so many places here, and they ship, and they have beautiful stuff, check mysorepedia.com... the place run by the government of India... other than that I think I would just research and try to find exactly what you are looking for, there are tons of places online.... sorry I am not more specific...
DeleteGlad you found Sri Durga! Enjoy a kali dosa for me. :)
ReplyDeleteYes Bird in the Tree, kali dosa is in the cards too, I think is the only one we have not tried... they are sooooo good... by the way, last night while walking we thought we saw a bird but it was flying funny, it was dark already, on close notice we realize it was not a bird at all, it was a bat... we had to walk around that block... scary stuff!
DeleteYes! The trees are full of bats. I think they are harmless to people plus they echolocate really well and probably won't run into you.
DeleteThat is a relief to know! we got so scared we walked around the block to avoid them...
Deleteoh, and also, I had a kali dosa in your honor today :-) loved it.
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