Coconut Grove is an experience. A green, quiet, traditional soothing world ... reminding you of grandmothers, coffee estates, mid-afternoon snoozes, and oil massages.
(what an image! grandmothers getting oil messages before mid-afternoon snoozes in coffee estates. ).
Hasn’t changed much in the last 10 years. The Kerala cuisine is pretty good, traditional, though other places have better fish to fry.
Your plate arrives with a square of banana leaf in it. The appams (like dosa) are fresh and spongy, the curries are fragrant and steaming in copper pots, the malabar paratha is supposed to have a 1000 layers, but I’m eating, not counting.
For the complete experience, begin with the coconut water with cooling mint and honey. Skip the starters, and go straight to the entrees. End with the ada pradhaman, the traditional dessert.
Tip the nice waiters generously. Go home, snuggle back into bed and watch a video or fall asleep. Your lazy sunday has begun.
Coconut Grove is on Church St, back of MG Rd.