14
Oct
Bangalore serves succulent (though heavily salted) fish at brilliant prices. Each of these dishes cost roughly $2. The first, the fish pepper at a popular restaurant on Cunningham Road, tasted perfectly moist and spicy after several squirts of lime and a plea to rinse off the salt.
Paramount Hotel’s fish thali required no adjustment except to one’s waistband. Clockwise, starting at 7 o’clock: buttery Kerala parota, masala cabbage slaw, fresh onion and cucumber, fried fish fillet, an Indian chip, three curries (fish, prawn and vegetable), prawn onion stir-fry, yogurt and, at the center, rice topped by caramelized onions. The price included a golf-ball scoop of ice cream topped by bits of fresh pineapple. And a finger bowl.
