Chef’s table with Revathi returns to Alwarpet this month — twelve seats.
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Chef specials

Dishes Chef Revathi cooks herself on the nights she’s in. Limited each service.
A tasting thali of small curries, rice and fries

Hearth tasting menu

Seven courses that travel the southern coast: a fry, two curries, a dosa course, fish from the morning boats, rice, and payasam. Per guest; whole table only.
Chef’s pick · Dinner only · Medium spice · Chennai, Mumbai, Kochi
₹4,500
Mutton sukka with coriander in a steel kadai

Wood-fired mutton sukka

Goat shoulder slow-cooked in its own fat, then dry-fried in the pan with roasted coconut, black pepper and fresh coriander until the masala clings.
Chef’s pick · Medium spice · Gluten-free
₹1,195
Fish moilee in yellow coconut curry with tomato and green chilli

Meen moilee

Fish poached in a light coconut milk curry with turmeric, ginger, tomato and green chilli, the way it’s made for Syrian Christian Sunday lunches in Kochi.
Market fish · Mild · Gluten-free · Dairy-free · Chennai, Mumbai, Kochi · ₹1,395 at Bandra West
₹1,250

Starters

Small plates from the grill and the kadai. Order two or three for the table.
Ghee-roast prawns tossed with onions and red masala

Ghee-roast prawns

Tiger prawns tossed hard in the wok with Mangalorean ghee-roast masala of Byadgi chilli and tamarind, finished with crisp curry leaves.
Medium spice · Gluten-free
₹845
Nalam 65: crisp red chicken on dark slate

Nalam 65

Our Chennai classic: buttermilk-brined chicken in a Kashmiri chilli batter, fried twice until deep red and crackling, finished with curry leaves and green chilli.
Medium spice
₹595
A medu vada on a banana leaf with sambar and chutneys behind

Medu vada

Crisp, fluffy urad dal vadas with a hole through the middle, served with hot sambar and fresh coconut chutney.
Mild · Vegan · Gluten-free · Dairy-free
₹345
Golden kuzhi paniyaram in a white bowl

Kuzhi paniyaram

Crisp-edged rice and urad dumplings from a cast-iron pan, with a heap of gunpowder podi and sesame oil on the side.
Mild · Vegan · Gluten-free · Jain option
₹395

Main course

Curries and roasts with their traditional rice or bread.
Chettinad mutton curry in a kadai with a red chilli and coriander

Chettinad mutton curry

Bone-in goat cooked slowly in a Chettinad masala of kalpasi, marathi mokku and black pepper, with a little coconut to round it out.
Chef’s pick · Hot · Gluten-free · Dairy-free
₹1,095
Kerala chicken curry in a clay pot with dried red chillies

Nadan kozhi curry

Kerala country chicken in a gravy of slow-roasted coconut and whole spices, cooked and served in a clay chatti.
Medium spice · Gluten-free · Dairy-free
₹895
Biryani lifted from the pot in low light

Chicken dum biryani

Marinated chicken and aged basmati sealed in a handi and cooked over charcoal. Opened at the table, with mirchi ka salan and raita.
Medium spice · ₹795 at Jubilee Hills
₹895
A South Indian meals plate with rice, curries and sides around it

Nalam chicken meals

The full lunch plate: rice, chicken curry, sambar, rasam, two poriyals, appalam, pickle and curd, served in steel.
Lunch only · Medium spice
₹645

Seafood

Bought each morning from Kasimedu, Malpe, Sassoon Dock and Thoppumpady.
Masala fish fry with rice, curries and thoran on a banana leaf

Fish fry meals on banana leaf

Masala-fried fish of the day with matta rice, fish curry, thoran, pickle and papadam, served on a banana leaf.
Medium spice · Gluten-free · Dairy-free · Chennai, Kochi
₹895
Crab roast with claws and a halved egg in a dark bowl

Tuticorin crab roast

Mud crab roasted in a thick black-pepper and shallot masala until it clings to the shell, served with a halved egg roast. Bibs provided.
Serves two · Medium spice · Gluten-free · Dairy-free
₹1,650
Fish curry in a steel bowl with curry leaves

Kudampuli fish curry

Fish simmered in a red curry soured with kudampuli and finished with curry leaves, the way it’s made along the Kerala coast. Served in steel with rice.
Medium spice · Gluten-free · Dairy-free
₹1,050
Prawn curry in a brass pot surrounded by leaves

Malabar prawn curry

Prawns in a thick masala of tomato, shallots and roasted spices, finished with coconut oil and curry leaves.
Not available today
₹995

Vegetarian

Not an afterthought: half of what we cook at home is vegetarian.
A long ghee roast dosa with sambar and five chutneys

Ghee roast dosa

A long, crackling dosa roasted in ghee until golden, with sambar and five chutneys: coconut, tomato, coriander, peanut and onion.
Mild · Gluten-free
₹395
Soft idlis on a banana leaf with chutney and red chillies

Idli, sambar & chutneys

Four soft, steamed rice idlis on a banana leaf with fresh coconut chutney, drumstick sambar and gunpowder podi.
Mild · Vegan · Gluten-free · Dairy-free · Jain option
₹295
Puttu with kadala curry and banana on a leaf

Puttu & kadala curry

Steamed cylinders of rice and fresh coconut with black chickpea curry, pappadam and a ripe banana — Kerala’s breakfast.
Mild · Vegan · Gluten-free · Dairy-free · Chennai, Bengaluru, Kochi
₹375
Paneer tikka skewers hanging over the coals

Charcoal paneer tikka

House-pressed paneer and peppers marinated in yoghurt and Kashmiri chilli, charred on skewers over coals, with mint chutney.
Mild · Gluten-free
₹625
A vegetarian meals thali with dosa, papad and small bowls of curries

Vegetarian meals

A small ghee dosa, rice, sambar, rasam, kootu, two poriyals, curd, pickle, appalam and the sweet of the day, served on a steel thali.
Lunch only · Mild · Gluten-free
₹545

Desserts

Jaggery, coconut and coffee, in more or less traditional forms.
Payasam with cashews and raisins in a ceramic bowl

Paal payasam

Rice slow-cooked in milk until it turns pale gold, with cardamom, ghee-fried cashews and raisins.
Gluten-free
₹295
Rava kesari on a banana leaf in a steel plate

Rava kesari

Semolina roasted in ghee and cooked with saffron, sugar and cardamom, served warm on a banana leaf.
₹245
Ellu urundai — sesame and jaggery balls — in a carved wooden box

Ellu urundai

Toasted sesame bound with dark palm jaggery and rolled by hand — the Tamil festival sweet, served three to a plate.
Vegan · Gluten-free · Dairy-free
₹195
Squares of palkova barfi with pistachio on a dark plate

Palkova barfi

Milk slow-reduced for hours in the Srivilliputhur style, set into squares and finished with slivered pistachio.
Gluten-free
₹225

Beverages

Coolers, coffee, and a short cocktail list built on Indian spirits.
Filter coffee being pulled between brass and steel tumblers

Nalam filter coffee

Peaberry and chicory decoction with hot milk, pulled between dabara and tumbler at the table.
Gluten-free
₹145
A tender coconut with a straw on a garden table

Tender coconut

A green coconut opened to order. Drink the water, then ask for a spoon for the soft flesh.
Vegan · Gluten-free · Dairy-free
₹145
Spiced buttermilk served in steel tumblers

Neer mor

Spiced buttermilk churned with ginger, green chilli, curry leaves and a pinch of asafoetida. Served cold in steel.
Gluten-free
₹125
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