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SATURDAY STREET FOOD IN TAJ COIMBATORE

BY P S SUNDAR

Tomorrow is Saturday and for discerning guests who would like to taste India’s street foods in the safe comforts, the Saturday Street Food of India at Taj hotel in Coimbatore has an answer.  

“This is a weekly buffet interactive dinner beginning at 7.30 pm.  Food items which make Indian streets live are offered.  The spread covers food of different states of India”, B C Kumar, General Manager, Vivanta Surya Coimbatore by Taj, said.

“Pots, display of food ingredients, tea and coffee stalls – all make our ‘Latitude restaurant’ a live street”, he noted.

“We have five live counters tomorrow.  One offers variety kara dosa with chinna vengayam (onion) sambar accompanied with thee thovaials – beetroot, karam and pudhina.  At Erode special muttai Kalaki live counter, three Thokkus will be offered – mushroom, thakkali pudhina and onion cheese.  Another live counter offers Juhu Beach special – vad pav and pah bhaja.  Kesar Jilabi with Rabdi and Jil Jil Jgarthanda are the other two live counters”, Executive Chef H N Vijayan said.

“Rasa vadai, Thayir Semiya, idli, Nungu payasam and Pal Paniyaram are among the street food tomorrow.  There will be a wide assortment of vegetarian and non-vegetarians main course, besides salads and sprouts”, he detailed.

“Our Saturday Street Food of India presentations have become popular with our non-resident guests as well.   After a busy week, they enjoy a family food of their ethnic choice in a hygienic ambience”, added P S Venugopal, Associate Director of Sales (phone: 8807009999).

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