By Radisson Blu Hotel
Copyright thehindu
To mark Madras Month and to showcase the timeless charm of old Madras, a food festival titled Triplicane Tiffin Club recreates the flavour, spirit, and nostalgia of the city’s Triplicane and Mylapore neighbourhoods. A unique aspect of this locality is its multi-cultural and multi-religious fabric — from the Big Mosque to Jain shrines and ancient Hindu temples — and its well-evolved street food culture.
Hosted by Radisson Blu Hotel and Suites, the festival is held at its signature restaurant, Kari Theory, which is themed on Chennai city. The decor and vignettes capture the city vividly. At the launch on August 29, commemorative postal stamps were released, and guests wrote postcards to loved ones and dropped them into a vintage post box stationed at the lobby.
At this festival, meals are served in traditional tiffin dabbas, with four rotating set menus named after iconic Triplicane streets — Victoria Hospital Millath Road, Millath Road, Begum Street and Chennai 600005. The menus celebrate authentic Madras street food, from the sweet richness of akkaravadisal to the hearty comfort of attukal paya. Tiffin time denotes 3pm to 6pm, and in that spirit a light snack is served along with tea or coffee. Diners can enjoy staples such as keera vadai, paniyaram, moru kali and bajji as starters, followed by mains including idiyappam with paya or vegetable gravy, puliyodarai, kothu parotta (vegetarian and non-vegetarian), idli with gravies, adai and kichadi. Desserts feature akkaravadisal, mutta mittai and rava kesari.
Triplicane Tiffin Club runs till September 30. The set menu is priced at ₹1,250 for vegetarian and ₹1,550 for non-vegetarian, 11am to 11pm. For reservations, call 80622 10100.
