FORT Kochi all throughout i kept thinking there would be some fort but to my surprise there was none. It is just a place filled with heritage house and huge properties bought by people from other parts of India and who have set up uber cool restaurants to please mostly foreign tourist.
Among the various properties that stand there the OLD Harbour stands out ---reason there is an old Mercedes car (Impala) parked outside the main entrance which raised quiet a bit of curiosity. As you enter into the huge porch your greeted with happy looking attendants. Either you can sit in the open veranda without fans or in the rooms. The place also has 14 rooms for lodging.
Mr Shafi the master chef is not the person to monitor his beauties being dolled out from inside the kitchen. He takes rounds of each table connecting with his guest on whether they are comfortable with the food they are eating. To a sardar he speaks in punjabi, to foreigners in English and to Mumbaikar's like us he says kaise ho.
As we sit outside to enjoy our candle night dinner a friend of ours who is a regular visitor to the place and who introduced us to Old Harbour said you must have tiger prawns. An averse to sea food, with a lot of hesitation i eat one and it simply melted, more important no smell. It goes well with red wine (call for rose` wine, its chilled). The bruscheta which is only three pieces of bread has a filling topping. As we move to the main course we as the chef to prepare for us the most authentic kerala mutton curry with appams and there it is lovely lovely curry. The mutton is juicy and soft as it has to be and the appams just slip down your throat with the curry. Add to it a bit of mint chutney and you have stomach full. For desserts don't miss the carrot cake with ice cream it will the one you have not had elsewhere.
The old harbour hotel is owned by Edgar Pinto an original of Kochi who studied in Fr Agnel school in Mumbai and has a passion for art is also a Salman Khan fan which immediately served as an ice-breaker between us.
PS: As is with all heritage hotels this place may be on the higher side but its surely better than its neighbouring competitors.
Among the various properties that stand there the OLD Harbour stands out ---reason there is an old Mercedes car (Impala) parked outside the main entrance which raised quiet a bit of curiosity. As you enter into the huge porch your greeted with happy looking attendants. Either you can sit in the open veranda without fans or in the rooms. The place also has 14 rooms for lodging.
Mr Shafi the master chef is not the person to monitor his beauties being dolled out from inside the kitchen. He takes rounds of each table connecting with his guest on whether they are comfortable with the food they are eating. To a sardar he speaks in punjabi, to foreigners in English and to Mumbaikar's like us he says kaise ho.
As we sit outside to enjoy our candle night dinner a friend of ours who is a regular visitor to the place and who introduced us to Old Harbour said you must have tiger prawns. An averse to sea food, with a lot of hesitation i eat one and it simply melted, more important no smell. It goes well with red wine (call for rose` wine, its chilled). The bruscheta which is only three pieces of bread has a filling topping. As we move to the main course we as the chef to prepare for us the most authentic kerala mutton curry with appams and there it is lovely lovely curry. The mutton is juicy and soft as it has to be and the appams just slip down your throat with the curry. Add to it a bit of mint chutney and you have stomach full. For desserts don't miss the carrot cake with ice cream it will the one you have not had elsewhere.
The old harbour hotel is owned by Edgar Pinto an original of Kochi who studied in Fr Agnel school in Mumbai and has a passion for art is also a Salman Khan fan which immediately served as an ice-breaker between us.
PS: As is with all heritage hotels this place may be on the higher side but its surely better than its neighbouring competitors.
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slurrrp... oh i miss the carrot cake. time to discover an alternative in mumbai?
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