Sri RangaVilas Tea Shop

This is a small restaurant ( very basic, not very clean for clean freaks..:-) )in a very small village called Kanadukathan near Karaikkudi Town. This area is home to the Chettiars, one of the most influential communities in the state of Tamil Nadu. This village is full of huge mansions made by the Chettiars from the wealth they amassed by gem trade, money lending, salt trade in Far East and Europe .They built these huge mighty bungalows with teak from Burma, black marble from Italy, iron pillars from Birmingham, Mirrors from Sweden, Victorian tiles etc. Imagine bringing all these stuffs to a place which is around 120 kms from east cost about 150-200 years back....what a job...!!!!!!

This tea shop serves excellent Chettinadu cuisines, their specialty being Chettinadu chicken and Mutton curry. This is totally different from the dishes you get from the much talked about Chettinadu restaurants in our cities. They serve these with rice, curd and a veg dish. This is one of the tasty meals I have ever had in my life.