Friday, November 20, 2009

Floating in it

The vada is supposed to be one of the oldest dishes from this part of the world, but it must have been a truly inspired moment when a foodie decided to soak, rather than just dip, her vada in the sambar.

There are few places better than Rathna Cafe in Triplicane where the sambar vada can be enjoyed in all its glory. They even leave behind a long-handled sambar pan (design patent pending, I'm sure) so that one isn't embarassed by having to ask for repeat servings of the sambar.

Enough said. The tongue drools!

4 comments:

Leif Hagen said...

Delicious photo! Can I join you?!

Shantaram said...

@ Leif: Be my guest - dive right in!

LVISS said...

I THOUGHT THE PRIDE OF PLACE GOES TO VADAS COUSIN BONDA WHICH ALSO REVELS IN A POOL OF SAMBAR.

Shantaram said...

@ Lviss: Thambi, oru sambar bonda!
No, that doesn't sound quite right, yet!