If any of you take the road from Kumily to Kottayam you could try the Farm Fest restaurant at Mundakayam. It has a nice homely ambience, and food that is as good as home-made. Stopping for tea on our way to Kerala, we realised this was the same place we had had some refreshment 3 years back en route to Wagamon.
We had banana fritters (ethakka appam) and beef cutlets with our tea - they were so good we kept asking for more. The two elderly gentlemen running the place told us apologetically that we would have to wait 10 minutes for each order as it had to be prepared afresh. The waiters were mostly migrants from Jharkhand, so they had trouble understanding our demands at times.
Among the illustrious visitors were cricketer Anil Kumble and an Afghan minister, whose autographed feedback has been framed for all to see.
After the lousy breakfast and lunch in some Tamil Nadu hotels, it was good to be in a small neat place with a tidy loo.
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On the return route too we found a great place to dine - Hotel Ambadi on the Thekkady route near Kumily, which served excellent meals. The Laurie Baker-designed resort has a very soothing ambience, and we have vowed to stay there next time we took the road to Kerala.
7 comments:
i remember Farm Fest from our Wagamon trip. The food was good! Great to hear that it is running well still.
K
We were told that it had stopped running for a year in between.
The day we reached Mundakayam, there was a hartal (protesting the road-widening issue) and all the shops & hotels were closed. This was the only one open as they said they were not part of the shopkeepers' union.
nice place and pics..
today staying in hotel, b picking car.
ust
Isn't that so great to be served fresh food?! There's nothing like it :) Thanks for the name, I'll keep it in store for next time. And congratulations on the baptism. :) Love Jennifer
you know what..ambadi is owned by my cousin from kottayam :)
glad you liked it...
That is interesting. Very tastefully done place. The Kerala meals very heavenly.
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