If one wants to feel like a Goan in Bangalore – the nostalgic Bangalore and not Bengaluru of today – then Café Bangalore, the South Indian eateries on Menezes Braganza road and the other near Four Pillars, both in Panjim, are the places to be at, because owner Santosh KS believes, ‘he needs to justify brand Bangalore by equilibrating pricing with taste’. He has succeeded, the crowds at both are evidence of this. The first Café Bangalore recently completed a year in Goa but the clientele it has been attracting, with its top notch filter coffee – could be the best coffee served – and other South Indian snacks, at close-to-heart prices, could tilt the scale towards an entrepreneur, who is in it to make a mark without bruising his clients’ pockets.
A plain dosa at this restaurant, whose UPS is Quick Service Restaurant (QSR), sells at Rs 40 and a Mysore masala ghee dosa is priced at Rs 120. The menu has an array of South Indian dishes but at the end of a meal it is the taste and price that make a return mandatory. “Time is one of the essences.
I believe a customer should not be seen in my place after 15 minutes. The idea is to save time and two digits of money,” confesses Santosh, for whom service is as important as the quality of food. A Goan can best prepare food from Goa and Santosh thinks only a chef from Bangalore, best understands food from that place.
“I used to be a regular visitor to Goa from 2014 and whenever I entered a South Indian restaurant, I.
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