Coorg Cuisine — Restaurant in Karnataka

Nestled Amidst The Hills Of Kodagu, This Prudently Named Restaurant Serving Authentic Kodava Cuisine In The Middle Of The City, Is What Many Before Me Were Raving About. It Naturally Followed That We Arrived To Measure The Hype. Battling The Long Queue, & Bearing The Limited Menu.

Here’s What We Had:

1. Pandhi Barthad (Pork Dry Fry) - Rs 180
2. Pandhi Beev Barthad (Pork Chops) - Rs 180
3. Pandhi Curry (Pork Curry) - Rs 170
4. Chicken Wings - Rs 190
5. Kodava Koli Barthad (Chicken Fry) - Rs 200
6. Byne Ennekai (Baby Brinjal Fry) - Rs 140

Coorgi Pork Dry Fry Is A Slightly Spicy Dish With Dark Hues, Which Come From A Usage Of Kachampuli, A Souring Agent That’s Beat Described As A Jungle Cousin Of Kokum. The Meat Is Dry Fried/Roast With The Onion, Chillies And Other Spices Till Caramelisation. The Red Meat Which Holds Its Own Moisture, Is Nearly Dehydrated In This Process, While The Gelatinous Fat Contributes To The Texture And Ease Of Eating. This Is Best Paired With Kadambuttu (Round Rice Dumplings) And Overall, A Bomb To Enjoy In The Cool Altitudes.

Pandhi Beev Barthad Or Pork Chops Uses A Similar Browned Cooking Method, But With Meaty Ribs Rather Than Fatty-Muscular Chunks. The Juicy Pork Chops Are Laced With A Lining Of Fat That Assimilates Into The Delicate Red Meat, Rather Than Standing Out By Itself. Picking The Long Bones Clean Was Never More Welcome!

The Iconic Kodava Pork Curry Uses A Similar Spice List And Has A Flavour Profile Pretty Similar To Their Dry Fry That I Tried Earlier But Has A Generous Curry Dominated By The Deeply Tangy Kachampuli, The Whole Affair Of Eating This Ending Up Being Insidiously Spicy. Pair This With ANYTHING, Trust Me.

Chicken Wings Are A Popular Snack World-Wide, And These Guys Have Taken To It, With Their Own Twist. The Spice Level On This Left Us Sweltering And Yet Wanting More, So Much So That We Ended Up Ordering Another Round, Just To Get At That Spiced Meat In Between The Nooks And Crannies Of The Slender Bones. Parcel 2 Of This Home, And Enjoy Them With A Cold Budweiser. Heck, Even Put Your Feet Up On The Couch And Watch Some Hockey.

The Kodava Koli Barthad Uses The Same Ingredients Again, But The White Meat Of Poultry Takes Slightly Different To The Spice Mix. This Is A Perfect Sample Of Coorgi Culinary Culture To Those Who Don’t Go The Whole “Hog”.

Byne Ennekai Or Baby Brinjal Curry Wasn’t Really Something I Was Personally Looking Forward To, Because As You All Probably Know, I’m No Fan Of Dem Veggies😂. These Small Eggplants Though, Was Slit And Caramelised With The Spices So Well, That I Didn’t Begrudge The Time I Spent Chowing This...

So my experience starts this way….It was almost 10pm and I was looking out for some famous pork dishes as I was in Madikere. Google helped me find this restaurant with amazing reviews.

So on I go and the restaurant was almost closed yet the kind gentleman who referred himself to be the nephew of the owner was kind enough and respectfully accepted my order being Pork chilly, egg masala, Pandi curry, chapatis and rice. I was recommended pork chilly by the nephew.

Order was delivered quick and I reached back to my hotel all excited awaiting my dinner from the highly rated restaurant.

Shazam…⚡️⚡️⚡️the pork chilly was nothing but a few pork pieces floating in oil. Im writing this review after just eating a couple of pieces and I must mention the quality is disgusting. I can surely taste the oil in every bite and I must say the oil quality itself is super bad.

I noticed they have left the cooking entirely to a few north eastern guys and I can’t blame them cause they would cook the way they do back home.

This was a nice place some time ago, but now it’s no where close to what it was. I love coorg and its people and it’s amazing food. But if you want to operate a restaurant citing Coorg cuisine then why make some random north eastern boys cook your dishes.

Im dissatisfied and disappointed to the core. Dear Coorg cuisine plz listen and stop using old repeated and unhealthy oils and please have a in house coorg chef. I already have a bad tummy and my burps smell of the disgusting oil you made your dishes with. Im angry and disappointed. Hopefully you will take notice...

"Coorg Cuisine" came highly recommended on @googlemaps with people rating them highly for their home cooked food. They have a pretty small setup and you can expect to wait a while to be seated. Starved, we ordered a few things off their menu. For the main course, "Akki Otti" (Plain & Crisp Rice Roti) - ₹25 each, "Nool Puttu" (Plain Rice Noodles) - ₹50 per plate, "Pork & Bamboo Shoot Curry" (Seasonal) - ₹185, "Koli Curry" (Chicken Curry) - ₹160, "Meen Barthadh" (Fish Fry - Seasonal Prices) and "Chorange Rasa Soda" (Fresh Lime Soda) - ₹40. "The Pork & Bamboo Shoots Curry" was the highlight of the meal with its delicious tender cuts of belly pork sauteed with bamboo shoots in traditional Coorg spices that really brought out the flavour of the meat. The Nool Puttu was a great combination with the pork and it would have worked really well with some rice too. The "Koli Curry" was clearly a miss for being too watered down for my liking and bits of shredded coconut that I didn't quite like. The fish was really good and I could have easily eaten a few more slices. The Otti goes well with curries so no complaints there. I wholly recommend this joint for their pork dishes, but if you aren't a big fan of pork, then there is mutton and chicken too. Get here early if you want to eat on time. P.S. - They have Pork & Bamboo Shoots pickle for sale and I can tell you the "Pork Pickle" - ₹400 (500ml) was out of this world....