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Express Avenue Garden
(Express Avenue Shopping Centre, White's Rd, Royapettah; dishes ?100-300; 10am-11pm)
This food court
on the top floor of Chennai's newest shopping mall has about 30 Indian and international
outlets. With picture windows and trees in pots it's quite a pleasant place for a bite.
MULTICUISINE
$$
TOP OF CHAPTER
5
Nungambakkam & Around
Kumarakom
(
www.kumarakomrestaurant.com
; 9 Kodambakkam High Rd; mains ?75-300; noon-4pm & 6.30-11pm)
You
may have to queue for a table at this popular Keralan restaurant with dark-wood furniture,
cool AC and busy waiters. The seafood is the standout - try the prawns masala or
karimeen pollichatthu
(pearl-spot fish marinated and steamed in a banana leaf) - but
everything's fresh and tasty.
KERALAN
$$
Tuscana Pizzeria
MAP
ITALIAN
$$$
GOOGLE MAP
( 45038008;
www.tuscana.in
; 19, 3rd St, Wallace Garden; pizzas & pasta ?315-690; noon-11.30pm)
This,
my pizza-loving friends, is the real deal, and Chennai has embraced it enthusiastically.
Tuscana serves authentic thin-crust pizzas with toppings such as prosciutto, as well as in-
teresting takes such as hoison chicken pizza. Pasta and desserts are also top-notch. There's
another branch,
Tuscana on Chamiers
45000008;
www.tuscanaonchamiers.in
;
89
MAP
12.30-3.15pm & 6.30-11.15pm)
, in Alwarpet. Reservations are a good idea
Chamiers Rd, Alwarpet;
at both.
Kryptos by Willi
MAP
GREEK
$$$
GOOGLE MAP
( 45038001;
www.kryptosbywilli.com
; Basement, Yafa Tower, Khader Nawaz Khan Rd; mains ?380-690;
12.30-3.30pm & 6.30-11.30pm)
From the same stable as the nearby Tuscana Pizzeria comes an-
other successfully authentic Mediterranean restaurant. There's good seafood as well as
Greek favourites such as
spanakopita
(spinach and cheese pastries), souvlaki and baklava.