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You could easily miss this quiet corner tucked away at the busy intersection of Brigade Road and Residency Road.

There’s no big board screaming at you or large hoardings, but ask around and everybody seems to know this place. That’s the kind of popularity ‘The Chariot’, a vegetarian restaurant, has.

‘The Chariot’ has its regulars who swear by its taste, hygiene and competitive pricing. This place has an enticing vegetarian menu and proves that vegetarian food can be made interesting and attractive with various combinations.

What grabs your attention at first is the variety they have to offer. You would find seven different items on seven days of the week. They are not repetitive and that’s what sets this place apart from the rest.
 
 For breakfast you could help yourself to anything from the idli, vada and sambhar combination to khara bath, ghee rice, pongal, chow chow bath, curd vada, rava idli.

There’s also a tempting list when it comes to the dosa. There’s the cheese plain dosa, onion dosa, and rava onion masala to mention a few.

“We open as early as eight in the morning and we have people come in for breakfast,
especially the foreigners, who come here exclusively for the dosas,” explains J Vasanth Kumar, the owner of the restaurant.

Vasanth and his father, S Jayapal, have travelled across the world and it was their dream to branch out into the food business. “My father is a disciplinarian and he doesn’t compromise on taste or quality. In fact, he picks up the vegetables himself to make sure it’s the best quality. He is the man behind the success of ‘The Chariot’,” says Vasanth, rather proudly.

The cooks are all from Udupi and North India. Vasanth says that all the masalas are made in-house and nothing artificial is added to enhance flavour.

Among their exclusive dishes is the paneer sathi, where the paneer is first fried and later mixed with a masala, cashew nuts and vegetables. The ‘stuffed capsicum’ is first stuffed with mashed vegetables and later fried. The vegetable handi is another fast-moving dish and is best eaten with naan.

‘The Chariot’ also has an exclusive section only for the Jain community. “Jains don’t eat garlic and have a lot of food restriction. Our exclusive menu caters to their taste and is free of garlic and other items that the community doesn’t consume. This is popular too,” adds Vasanth. The rasam and sambhar too have their variations. “We never repeat the thali and change it everyday,” says Vasanth.

The regulars vouch for the taste and hygiene of the place. M G Menon, an IAS officer, says he has been regularly coming here for the last two months. “The food is served fresh and hot. It’s simple and the prices are reasonable. It’s worth the money,” says Menon.  ‘The Chariot’ is open between 8 am and 11 pm. It is located at No. 30, Residency Road. For details, call 25587419.

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