Dosas, vadas, or nachos?

Sulekha Nair
Posted: Sunday, Sep 07, 2008 at 2339 hrs IST
Updated: Sunday, Sep 07, 2008 at 2339 hrs IST

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: an option of a non vegetarian curry; or upma-vada-idli. There is bisi bele bhaat (hot lentil rice) with curries, set dosas with two uttapams and the sacrilege — dosa with a coke! The footfalls have increased since. “Combos are a hep term. The good old thali — with rotis/puris, rice, curries, condiments, sweets were just that. A healthy combination, in fact. But there are few takers for it,” he lamented.

The customer who walks into an Udupi is usually 40-plus. The youngsters would rather be seen in the new-age coffee shops, tea centres and fast food outlets. “Only people of a certain generation would enter a Udipi expecting a certain cuisine,” says Kamat. His voice gets an unmistakable hint of nostalgia as he shares his memoirs which include food for the gods such as pongal and kesar bhaat being given free on festivals....

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