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(Veekshanam Rd; dishes ?75-120; noon-3.30pm & 7-10.30pm)
This brightly decorated and breezy
place with an arched ceiling is a great family restaurant with authentic Keralan food, espe-
cially seafood like
pollichathu
or crab roast. Fish/veg thalis are available for lunch.
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Subhiksha
(DH Road, Gandhi Sq; dishes ?40-120; 7.30am-3.30pm & 7-11pm)
At Bharat Hotel, this popular pure-
veg restaurant is a smart place to dig into tasty thalis.
Kochin Food Mall
(
www.cochinfoodmall.com
; Park Avenue Rd, Ernakulam; ?70-170; 10.30am-11pm)
Opposite the boat jetty,
this super-modern new food mall gives you the choice of 10 food outlets, including North
and South Indian, Chinese, pizza and, most interesting of all, Ooru, specialising in tribal
foods from Wayanad district.
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Chillies
(meals ?100-210; 11.30am-3.30pm & 7.30-10pm)
A dark, buzzing 1st-floor place, serving spicy
Andhra cuisine on banana leaves. Try a thali, for all-you-can-eat joy.
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Grand Pavilion
(MG Rd; meals ?180-500)
The restaurant at the Grand Hotel is as elegant and retro-stylish as the
hotel itself, with cream-coloured furniture and stiff tablecloths. It serves a tome of a menu
that covers dishes from the West, North India, South India and most of the rest of the Asi-
an continent.
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Entertainment
There are several places in Kochi where you can view Kathakali. The performances are
certainly made for tourists, but they're a good introduction to this intriguing art form. The
standard program starts with the intricate make-up application and costume-fitting, fol-
lowed by a demonstration and commentary on the dance and then the performance - usu-
