Jonah's goes to West Coast!

Jonah's has been one of the fastest rising restaurant's in recent times with each of it's outlets offering a varied cuisine. The Jonah's goes to West coast brings to the fore the best of coastal Malabar food.

Located in Anna Nagar in a suburb, this one has a nice feel to it. Creamy fabric colors engulf the surroundings and the nice big conicular lighting atop each table adds a lovely touch. The minimal space available has been put to good space. And the thing about this resto is that it feels so laidback more in the lines of a lounge bar. It feels very comforting like a cafe where you can just sit and laze around. It certainly doubles up as more than just a restaurant serving Malabar cuisine.

On the food front, we were here to visit a fellow foodie friend who was visiting the city after a long while. And it was certainly a good spot to choose. Not only did the food taste good, but it was also a place where we got to spend ample time discussing on all the good ol things of the past. Coming to what we had, started with a velvery Mushroom soup which was blended nicely and the aroma of the crushed mushroom flavor was invigorating. Thoroughly enjoyed it. For starter we got to have a specially made panneer dish which was deep fried and spruced up with onion, curry leaves and chillies and infused with a heavy dosage of pepper. It was lingering and brought out the true essence of Keralaish food. And for main course had the Kappa Puratiathu (Tempered Kappa). Don't remember having this anywhere. Was fairly good, however the jury is still out as I don't have a past history of having this before. We rounded it iff with the smoked rice which was absolutely marvellous. Have seldom tasted better rice which could be eaten stand alone without any accompaniment for company. I don't know what it was which made the rice taste so jaw dropping but it was amazingly esculent and was the star of the day. For desserts there was no second choice but to go for the Tender coconut mousse which scores high on all factors - look, feel and taste. Having to taste it directly from the coconut gives it a nice rustic sense and also wins the brownie points on the presentation front.

The service was exceptionally good. The servers adhered to all our requests and even helped us get stuff which were supposedly not available for lunch. They were also really helpful with suggestions. The rates are a little on the higher side but again not something to squirm about. There is good enough place for parking your vehicles.

In the end, turned out to be a great decision to meet up at Jonah's as both our end objective of having a nice time and tasting good food were both satisfied.