Books Galore, Udipi, Koolar & Co.

So as decided, N & I went shopping for books to our fav place. Well favorite not coz of the cheap books that you get but for the amazing south indian restaurants around and the coffee smell that wafts and keeps haunting you, wherever you go. Yes, am talking of the king circle. You have many south-indians staying in and around this place so that explains the typical restaurants and the coffee bean smell. Yum!

The books are set out on the pavements. Initially I was not allowed to photograph the stuff but I managed to convinve the guys that I was harmless. You get good books, mostly bestsellers/classics/comics/educational stuff for real cheap, of'course you needta have excellent, well polished bargaining skills.

Books. I assume this must be the man;s regular reading-place after his afternoon siesta and some kaapi..I dared not disturb him..

More books..

And more books..

After having shopped - since I had already spent huge bucks on buying books I bought myself a coupla unread Archie comics and N bought some novels - we thought of heading some place to eat. It's not that we were hungry, but visiting king circle and not having some south-indian delicacies woulda been a crime. There is a variety of restaurants you can pick from - you have madras cafe, mysore cafe and udipi. Udipi is MY favorite!



Udipi

An interesting menu..

From the usual dosas, idlis, medu wada to their special rice plate, rice with sambhar/rasam and the typical south indian pickles and papads, you get it all. Authentic south indian food - no adulteration - no chinese dosa, no thai dosa no mish-mash of cuisines.
Review time :
food : 5.0/5.0 - ambience : 4.0/5.0 - budget : 120 bucks for two people.

Personal fav: The rasam and the filter coffee they serve here is to die for!

I had my college in this very area and so we visited our college too. No college pictures will be posted, I dont wish to be stalked. (Assuming that you are interested in stalking me)

Review time yet again : Koolar And Co.

This is an Iranian cafe that's been there ever since my parents and I remember. My parents - both of 'em- had their colleges in this area too :) Forgive the picture quality, I was in a cab when I took it. Oh wait, the cab was at a signal when I took it! My photopgraphy has to improve, got a long way to go!

Basically a nice place to hang out at. What I enjoy the most about this place is it;s tea. Normal teas as well as the iced teas. They supposedly serve excellent kheema-pav (red meat+bread) but since I don't eat red meat I don't really have a say. The ambience is perfect for hanging out with friends over some tea and biscuits.

So that was my day - a perfect day with a not-so-perfect and a special man (oh I added the special considering that he might read the post ;)