Inspired by the N.R. Colony's Thindi walk, Kanishka decided to plan her own walk - this time in Malleshwaram. But with two people, it was a challenge since sharing is limited. So, we decided to cover only three places and also focus on the walk. Places were identified from Thindi Capital - a Whatsapp group of Thindi lovers.
Car park point - Near C.T.R Malleshwaram
By design this place was skipped since it was tried and tested. Also, limited apetite:)
Stop 1 - Shri Raghvendra Stores, Malleshwaram
Located right outside the Malleshwaram train station, this was decently crowded. Its a small hole in the wall setup but amazingly soft Idlis. Chutney was not too chlli but had a nice thick consistency to it. Dosa and vada were ok. Its Idlis are worth to get down at Malleshwaram train station, have breakfast and then take auto/cab to home.
Known for its Davangere style Benne (butter) dose, this was a decent walk from first stop. This walk gave us good opportunity to digest the food. The Davangere style dosa was crispy. Chutney was watery, less chilli than the benne dose at NR colony. We decided to Skip the palya (potato) and savored the dosa. Dosa was good.
Not very crowded though. It had a nice token system. The place is also very prescriptive though - they had a poster saying - "Dear Citizen, If you are living here and do not know Kannada, please learn and be one among us. Do not be a stranger."
This was amusing :)
No Thindi walk is possible in Malleshwaram without a stop at Veena stores. Having been there, we decided to only do parcel from this place. Not just for us but for family as well. Even when we had the food at home, it was very tasty.
Kanishka decided to satisfy her Mysore Pak carving here. Shri Krishna sweets perhaps makes the best Mysore Pak. It is dipped in Ghee and sweet, but not very sweet. The Mysore Pak melts in mouth and it is irresistible to have just one.
By this time, our stomachs were full. But hotel Janatha is an iconic shop, having been around for more than 50 years. It has that old place feeling - high walls airy, wooden tables. This is also not a self-serve place, someone comes to take your order. Dosa and Idli were decent. Either we were full or tired, it did not gave us the Aha moment but still pretty decent. Like most of the yesteryear place, it can be made into much better space.
Our intention behind this walk was to try out new places. That is why CTR and Veena were skipped. CTR had a long queue outside it. Walking in Malleshwaram is comfy - enough bylanes to avoid traffic, nice trees to have shade. Overall, a delightful breakfast Thindi walk. Took us three hours in total.
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