'Culture curry' serves up authentic South Indian food in a decidedly 'south' ambience complete withTamilNadu's 'Tanjore Paintings', Andhra's shadow puppetry 'Tholu Bommalata' and Kerala's plantains and coconuts as decor elements.
Love the tiled roof edged with wooden carvings & the identity created using primary colours which is typical of South India.
This made me smile. When you traverse Kerala by road what will instantly strike you is the detailed realistic illustrations on shop shutters. This kathakali head is a worthy tribute to that.
Ornate antique carved wooden doors take you into the restobar.
A beautiful detail from the pillar.
A Balaji in Tanjore style welcomes you.
A plantain replica stands next to a pillar with niches that hold pretty south indian lamps.
I looked up to see a plantain leaf umbrella :)
...set against a beautiful wooden roof.
Coconuts strung on the pillar & the famous Andhra shadow puppet
More Andhra shadow puppetry. I thought I will leave you with this beautiful image of a dancing girl.
Culture curry has many things going for it, the decor, the food, the friendliest staff in town & a host who always stops by your table to see that you are having a good time.
Will shortly cover 2 other ventures by them- Goa Portuguesa & Diva Maharashtracha. Stay tuned :)
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Beautiful decor..which can also be incorporated in our homes. Loved the idea of lighting indian oil lamps in small niches, the umbrella which is totally indian a replica of chinese paper umbrella and the puppets add a child like touch to the whole kerela theme. I am sure the food is equally good.
Vinita
Vinita, I loved the lamps too :) they've really done an interesting job of putting together various south Indian elements. The food is amazing as well - here i speak of the food in his other restaurants which i will feature. ironically I havent eaten at culture curry as yet :)
This is fanastic...following your dreams really paid off!
I absolutely love the logo...looks like it's done in the typical fire crackers packaging:-)
Can't wait for the other two ventures:-)
sorry abt the spell-o s
This is what happens when your thoughts run faster than your fingers;-)
Very interesting...
thanks for posting this...
u r welcome prashant- the next time u come to bombay & want to sample some authentic cuisine in an interesting ambience you have a new option :)
Archana, The logo is one of the main reasons this post happened. I knew you will love it :) I love your diwali decor ideas- the series is SUPERB.
for sure yes :)
very interesting... Your blog is just fantastic..
Just landed here on one of my blog surfs, and had to drop a comment. I read this post and a few others, really nice work here, the 'kathakali' was what got me stop and read, thanks for sharing.
Claude, thanx :) Im grinning ear to ear :)
ul, thanx much for the compliment :) I love that I can do this- my camera and rusty writing get excercised thus :)
yum! the post and also the fact that you are talking about one of my favorite cuisines! I know where to hop to when I next visit Mumbai in Dec :)
Bhavna u r back! loved your posts as well. & yes, this is truly an amazing place that serves up yum stuff- its a must do. And u are coming to mumbai in dec? do check with me if u need any info on where to go- what to do & who knows if time & circumstance permit- we could actually meet :)!
http://www.vatanny.com/photogallery.htm - reminds me of this restaurant.
anrosh, I checked it- and in deed it does- cause both the restaurants capture what is clearly the Indian Design ethos. Thanx for the link :)
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