TRISHNA
This is the original Trishna, which gave rise to the (very different) London Trishna.
Mahesh & Trishna are 2 (now-) famous seafood places in “town” that are tourist magnets.
They started as office-goer lunch spots which transformed to after-office drinks-and-eats spots primarily frequented by everyday, office-going men. Nowadays they are more likely to be full of visitors than locals, thought they food is still good.
We had Bombil (Bombay duck) fry, King prawns lasooni (garlic) cooked in the tandoor (because the manager thought my friends would find the actual tandoori masala too spicy after their reaction to the gassi (curry) that he offered a taste of), Pomfret in Kerala curry (meen moilee), and crab butter pepper garlic. Accompaniments of rice, garlic naan, and neer dosa.
The meal was nice, but Trishna and Mahesh always leave me a bit wanting. I am especially picky about Bombay duck, which is my favorite thing to eat at these places (I could eat a plate of it for dinner and call it a day), and always falls short for me.
My friends loved the food because fresh catch seafood here prepared in any of the myriad local ways is hard not to love!
