Suddenly remembered G saying that there is an Andhra Mess in Velacherry , just opposite Latta stores. We thought we will give it a try. We landed up there, looked around Latta stores, actually all around. But we could not find a board with the wordings “Andhra Mess”. Perplexed we checked with a near by shop keeper, who then showed a small gully just opposite Latta store. There we found a flip flop board kept in front of the gully.
We walked in the gully for 20 meters & found out a rather big hall with lots of bachelors having a great time. We had to wait for some time, before we could get a seat. A lady in mid thirties was managing the show. Her kids were playing around her. Probably it is a typical family managed business. All the employees of the mess were conversing in Telugu. The owner mistook me for an Andhra-ite & started asking me something in fast in Telugu. Reading my face she understood & rephrased in Tamil.
The food was good & was typical Andhra style. It had pappu, ladies finger-potato fry, subjis & all the usual stuff. It was a big hall that could seat 50 at one shot & it was jam packed. 99% were bachelors. Even non veg is available. Coming to the price, unlimited meals at Rs 30 & omlette at Rs 7 was real value for money.
We came out wondering why we didn’t try this earlier! If you are an Andhraite & if you are in Velacherry , you know where to go to satisfy your appetite.
