Alleppey is the place to be, if you are in love with typical South Indian food. The staple diet of the people of Alappuzha includes Rice, spicy curry with a local specialty of steamed rice cake served with coconut topping. The town has something or the else to serve to both vegetarians and non-vegetarians. To gorge on typical South Indian delicacies such as like Dosa, Sambar, Vada, there is no dearth of restaurants as well as small eating joints. Seafood is the main highlight of the cuisine of Alappuzha. kari¬meen pollichathu, pearl spot fish baked over coals, karimeen curry and viral fry are some of the main seafood dishes of Alleppey.
Once in Alleppey, do not miss put on tasting Toddy, which is a special drink of this region. This drink is an energy booster too. If you love eating sweets, there is an option for you too. There are a few bakeries close the jetty serve lip-smacking fruit cakes. Leaving everything apart, fresh coconut water is available in abundance; quench your thirst with it when you wish to. An interest snacking item is fried banana chips. Please take note that most of the dishes are quite spicy with a lot of use of coconut in most of the preparations.
There are several restaurants and eating joints to cater to the food needs of tourists, according to their liking and budget. For are a vegetarian, you can visit Hot Kitchen, located on Mullackal road and Sree Durga Bhavan Udipi Hotel on the Cullan road. Without thinking much, you can place an order for mouth-watering Masala Dosa. If you wish to eat Chinese, Indian or any other world cuisine, there are options for you too. Arun hotel, Annapoorna Restaurant, hotel Raja are some of such names.
