Family-run Guru Biryani is the
toast of the town, and with good reason
Every dish in this restaurant is
made from wood-fire cooking. The cooks start the day at 6 am and by noon, they
have prepared close to 30 items on the menu. A complete Chettinad thali awaits
you, with side dishes that include country chicken, liver fry and prawn thokku.
“We do not serve anything deep
fried; it’s all pan fried” says Pandiyan. The required masala for
each dish is carefully combined and powdered by his wife, which makes each
dish, served with love.
Today, along with their son
Ramamoorthy, they also manage a second hotel on the ECR Main Road, three kms
from Mamallapuram: a swanky, well-designed vision of Ram. Ram, an MBA graduate
from London unlike the many Indians who settle down in the countries they go
for education, decided to come back to where his heart belongs, Mahabs.
Besides his parents’ dreams that
he would study in a reputed institute in the UK, for Ram, it was also an
opportunity to understand the service industry and to better his business back
home. His hospitality is proof of this knowledge he gained during the two years
in London.
“When my father has given me such
a great opportunity here, all I wanted to do was to bring the know-how and some
skills that we lack, back into his business. Besides, Mahabs is my home and
this is where my heart belongs,” Ram smiles away with joy.
Today, at the rate of Rs. 130 a
plate, Guru sells close to 300 plates of biryani on weekends, and at Rs. 100,
close to 200 meals on a daily basis.
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