2 Days in BA. Where would you eat like a local?

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@bbulkow

The places I am excited about eating in are Fremont ( under covered and rapidly on the rise ) and greater sunnyvale / saratoga. However, due to traffic around dinner time, it’s hard to get to those areas before about 8pm.

What are you eating in those places?

@bbulkow

A new chettinad place opened just north of 85 on ECR, but it’s not recommended, so I haven’t even remembered the name.

Annachikadai? I liked that place enough. What don’t you like about it?

[Mountain View, CA] AnnachiKadai, Tamil Nadu eats

AnnachiKadai is a newish thali place serving Tamil Nadu specialties on El Camino near Grant/ 237. They serve the thalis on a banana leaf. The server said that sometimes this is done back home during ceremonial occasions and its an honor to be served food on a banana leaf. The banana leaf is supposed to give out an aroma to the hot food like rice and add good antioxidants for the skin. I ordered the Ilai Virunthu- non vegetarian thali, which came with 3 meat curries. There was the fried tila…