The day I had a Chiranjeevi’s Dosa at Chutney’s in Hyderabad

Had to visit Hyderabad this month for a job call. Since I was on the company office and guest house for most of the time and I knew few people in the city, I did not get much time out to go out and see the city. But I did find that the traffic in the Hyderabad city is pretty much similar to Delhi with autos and buses over crowding the roads. You will find big (in fact huge) banners of Hindi and Telugu film posters focused on heroes with lot of facial hair (for Telugu films of course)! The office was located in Jubilee Hills which was supposed to be one of the few better areas of the city with Hi-tech city nearby. The view of the city from the office at the top of the hills was breathtaking with the Golconda Fort clearly visible. I seriously hate missing watching a movie at the iMax (have already checked out the iMax at Mumbai) coz I came to know about it only in the train back home from another guy who had visited Hyderabad for the first time.

The best memory of the city remains the Chiranjeev Dosa at a restaurant called Chutney. A pretty popular place and this particular dosa is a must try. Heard the story about its nomenclature. The mega star of the city loved this particular dosa (normally called Steamed Dosa) and wanted the recipe of it. the restaurant obviously refused the favor. The actor still very intrigued, went back and spent one day at his home trying to get the recipe of the dosa all by himself. And he actually managed to get a pretty close sample. He brought back the recipe to the restaurant, where the chef bowed down by a near perfect replica of his famous dosa and named it after the superstar. How true this story is, I do not know. But the fact is that the dosa was one of the finest I ever had!

Just one precaution. Have all the biryanis you want from the famous Charminar city in the city itself. If your train people serve Biryani in the train itself, avoid it. coz it did not do any good to me!