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Mangaluru, Jun 13: Long gone are the days when Mangaluru’s culinary scene was limited to the local population only. It is now home to many famous and impressive restaurants catering to all tastes and budgets. Among the numerous restaurants there is one place, to which city dwellers as well as visitors pay visit at least once. It is Shetty Lunch Home, Mangaluru's only ISO 22000 certified restaurant.
A tiled roof, bamboo blinds, and the warmth of the coastal air add to the experience of sinking one's teeth into the juicy chunks of roasted chicken glistening with ghee. Not for nothing does their Facebook tagline read, “Think of ghee roast, Think of Shetty Lunch Home”. Even as many a player has tried to replicate this lip-smacking dish, very few get even close.
Mouth-watering menu
Shetty Lunch Home's menu is smartly set. The ratio of hearty to lighter fare and vegetarian to non-vegetarian dishes is just perfect. Begin with chicken delicacies like ghee roast, sukka, urval, pepper fry, chicken lollipop, chilly, manchuri, 65, oil fry kebab, Andhra chilly, ginger dry. The presence the perfect combination of spicy flavours and presentation continues through in mutton dishes like sukka, chilly, pepper fry and manchuri. Even eggs are presented in addictive and popular flavours in dishes like chilly, ghee roast, boiled egg, omelt/burgi, masla fry and pakoda. And then there is a robust array of fish delicacies like masala fry, tawa fry, deep fry, naked fry, rawa fry and ghee roast are the served on the platter for all sea-food lovers.
Listed by NDTV as one of the top 6 places to eat at while in Mangaluru, this place is a combination of the past and the present, serving a host of traditional coastal cuisine with all its authentic flavours intact, while also innovating with a whole lot of seafood specialities. While the neer dosa and prawn ghee roast is the simplest desi combination, the exclusive green tandoori mackerel is a unique add on. Chicken curry, buttermilk, squid ghee roast and prawn fry are also the most preferred dishes.
Healthy food for the health conscious
While many restaurants in the city also offer some of the coastal delicacies, what sets this place apart is, it keeps not just your taste-buds but also your tummy happy, as it is one of the very few places that serves food the way one would expect a coastal home to. No added colour, no tasting powder.
“For we care,” quips Harish Shetty, of Shetty Lunch Home, “and know that food is about both health and happiness” he adds, clearly stating that for them it’s more about happy customers than harried competition.The best catch of the day, sourced very carefully by the owner himself each day, listed on the board as you enter is a visual gastronomic delight. The range is vast from a simple veg thali, a regular fish thali to the elaborate exotic spread that is the seafood platter.
Great food in perfect ambiance
The table setting is excellent, the interiors are sophisticated and the ambiance are perfect. There is outdoor seating as well. The service is extremely well informed and courteous. The waiters are very good in terms of suggesting dishes, getting orders in time and taking care of repeat orders.
One can also ask for special customised combinations like a marwai sukka biryani which is a delicious combination of the local shell fish sukka engulfed in a serving of the most delicately flavoured biriyani rice. And if you aren't in the mood to get out of your house or office yet wish to treat yourself to this spread of coastal culinary delight, Shetty Lunch Home is just a call away, as they also cater for events and parties.
Not for nothing we guess, is it rated the highest on travel website companies like Tripadvisor and Just Dial among restaurants in Mangaluru.
So, the next time you crave for some coastal seafood splendour, you know where to head to.
Come home to Shetty Lunch Home.
Shetty Lunch Home,
Usha Building, Opposite Don Bosco Hall,
Balmatta, Mangaluru - 575001
Ph: +91 8244254647
Timings: 11:30 AM to 3:30 pm, 6:30 pm to 10:30 pm