The Anna: MIT's favourite
The Anna...wait...does the name take you back to some petite south Indian dosa parlour or Sunil shetty’s signature crème de la crème eatery. No. Anna is neither. A small 4 by 4 tapri with a bonus 4 by 4 sprawl (thanks to the broad footpath) doesn’t have an well-bred fountain or limestone studded terrazzo floor to offer you the feel of the ceremonious conventional hangout, but yes this is that one cosy little place where you can actually meet your adda. How though? Depends entirely upon you.
Hungry, greedy, delayed, miserable, glad, dejected, worn out, broke or lamenting...wotever your mood be. Anna has something to offer to everyone.
Feel free to walk inside the 20 capacity wala anna with 25 friends and Anna will still has room to offer. How though still remains a mystery. Located on MIT road, Kothrud Anna is a product of personal pride for its consumers. And when we talk about customers here we are talking about the entire set. From sunrise to dark anna is huddled with the wealthy, deprived, student, instructor workers, boss, babus, sadhus, mantris, santris and every possible commodity on earth.
Strangest thing, you can’t expect a pleasant couple banquet here at peace. The seat in front of you might just be a welcoming the greatest threat in your life...your girlfriend’s ex crush. On the other hand in if you come alone at Anna, you never sense being left. There is always someone who comes and parks himself by as instructed by the personnel here (saving place for the next group to come :p). And if no one is there, who really cares, the staffs are always there to entertain. Oh by the way, every staff at the Anna is also an Anna (so if you call the bhaiya for placing the order be prepared to be ignored). Even the firangi guy who has spent 8 years now in the college frequently eating at anna doesn’t know what their real names are.
This omitarian food joint offers you nimbu paani as beer and veg biryani as chilly chicken lamb biryani. No crime to the vegetarians in the restaurant. We love serving that way. Sounds foolish. Isint it?? We really do not care.
Apart from everything that pulls you this place is the light hearted environment, the ambience of the katta, the cutting chai with medu wada sambhar and of course the love that is mixed in every anna dish.
And prices...they are negotiable to the invaluable moments spent their. Otherwise who in todays world gives you a fully fledged feast for 40 rupiye complete with the desi beer (the lime juice). Have 100 rupees and you can treat your friend to a sumptuous banquet. So whether or not you are broke, you always have the buoyancy to walk in.
And if you are at anna please do not miss the idli wada sambhar, the egg fried rice, the hakka , the nimbu sharbat (our regular beer served with ice), the hot senior MBA chick sitting next table wearing the chic skirt, a small little conversation with anna, sometimes getting served even while you haven’t discovered a place to sit and of course...the love, animated talks and the hilarity of the place. Can’t have it all at once. Please keep visiting!!
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Comment by Shreya Shekar on November 10, 2011 at 1:30 -
super like !!!!!
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Comment by Premanku Chakraborty on November 10, 2011 at 20:29 -
ta :))
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Comment by Rajsingh Nimbalkar on November 10, 2011 at 21:43 -
now this is one ANNA I will support blindly! :)
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