Sri Priya Mess

  
What to eat: Authentic Chettinad Cuisine

Where: Sri Priya Mess, Kallukatti, Karaikudi

Verdict: Have you ever wondered how an authentic chettinad Meal would be? You should visit Priya mess in the town of Karaikudi to taste spicy non veg Chettinad style meal.

After completing multiple Temple visits, we were starving hungry and want to have some spicy nonveg food. Parked our car in the parking space available next to the mess and then entered the food heaven. There were several women waiters busy serving varieties of meat, poultry, fish and sea food ranging from quail, country chicken, mutton(chops, thalai(head) curry, moolai(brain), liver, suvarotti(spleen)), fish, prawns, crab, etc.

Ordered for meals alongwith fish fry, mutton chops, country chicken fry, prawns fry. Meals is just boiled rice, raw banana fry, Veg koothu. Our lady waiter served a spoon of country chicken thokku on the rice....it was absolutely divine. Next had mutton thokku, crab thokku, elumbu (bone) Kolambu, rasam and butter milk.

At the end it was a slap-up meal for 5 NV and 1 Veg eaters at the cost of just ₹1320. They even gave a bottle of hot water to mix cerelac for my kid. And showed around the delicacies kept inside and told me to take snaps if required. Had a pleasant gulkand beeda for 30₹ whilst paying the bill. Never miss out this place if you visit the capital of Chettinad.