Seafood Sunday...

Crab, Fried fishes , Prawns, and more intrestingly Squid and Octopus, all these went in with a slow and steady phase. I did not expext my sunday lunch would be full and only of seafoods. The dishes were beyond expectations.


I, along with ten other food lovers, went on a long drive to hotel Riyas near Yakkara Bridge, Palakka, Kerala.We reached just in time for the lunch, with Riya's overwhelming happiness we were showered with great Hospitality.

Fourteen banana leaves covered the table with eleven of us surrounding.First came the prawns, four plates with two mildly spiced and two highly spiced, the jumbo king size prawns were huge with Riya's secret recipe, the taste was astounding. The flesh was firm and to the bite, what an appetizer to start with.

The second course consists of six varieties of fishes, all whole and all fried, all six with diffrent mouth feel, all our fingers and mouth worked without a break. The way the fish is presented is so good , even the Vegans will try the fish.

Three plates of crab with four crabs in each plate was our next course, The mouth watering river crabs took time to eat with bot our hands. A glass of sour buttermilk as sorbet inbetween the courses, truly refreshed our taste buds and increased our eagerness to the next seafood.

With Riya's suggestions and comments in between , with mouth full of fish and crab, the eating and enjoying seafood went on and on. Then came the real delicacy of our day, the squid, and Octopus, cut in to roundles and cooked with mild spice, The way the dishes were served is soo good, I strongly beleive that food is first eaten with eyes, then with nose and at last with mouth. We paid around forty five hundred which is less for Riya's food and hospitality. to end with , its worth travelling all the way to Riya's to taste the seafood delicacies.

Hotel Riyas,Near Yakkara Bridge, Wesy Yakkara, Palakkad. Phone: 0491 - 2529975, Mob: 09447604267.