Cafés are type of restraunants, where coffee and tea are served along with baked food. In French, Cafe means coffee-coffee house, that once upon a time only coffee and tea were served. Another name of cafe is cafeteria where food items are displayed and you choose to pay and eat. In many countries cafés sell food along with beverages, while in many cases pub or bar kind of ambience plus food is seen. Years later cafés turned into hang out, dating and meet up place. Modern cafés are called as Internet cafe where on every order you place you are provided with Wi-Fi password to use. You can visit as a group or as solo too. Cafes have both professional and personal ambience, which is a blend of many under one roof.
Chennai known as Madras, capital city of Tamilnadu, surrounded by coromandel coast of Bay of Bengal, declared as one the metro city of India, there are some best cafés to visit, taste yum food and relax. Once such evening, I visited these cafés.
1) CHAMIERS CAFE
Located in RA Puram popular for its ambience this cafe is not only relaxing but very cosy too. On a rainy day, I am sure it is one of the best and must place to visit. There is a wide spread of salads, snacks and pastries. All day breakfast is the signature dish of this cafe. Low dim lit lights, cushion based chairs, huge tables, the unique part of this cafe is black and white photos are hung on the wall depicting Chennai during British era.
2) LES AMIS CAFE
Diagonally opposite to Chamiers cafe is Les Amis cafe. A room full of plants, bushes and bonsais welcome you. Crossing them you see a small room, dim lit filled with tables welcoming you to the cafe. First thing that falls in your eyes are the ice creams. There are two floors in this cafe. Below is full of ice creams while upper floor is for pastry lovers. Belgium waffles and icecreams are signature dishes of the cafe.
3) SUMMER HOUSE EATERY CAFE-
Located inside Alwarpet area, which comes under Mylapore, crossing an array of bending roads,houses, a lovely building covered with trees welcomed me. There is a car parking spot. As I entered the cafe, homely ambience took over my sense. Baked food, spices smell started dominating my nostrils. A room full of tables, made me sit and observe lovely yet simple ambience. It is a place for non veg lovers, being a strict vegetarian I ordered cauliflower sweet roast, peri peri fries and frost juice. Food was not only yummy, but was delivered in no time. Chicken broth soup, shrimp scampi flat bread, Mee Goreng mamak and fish fritters are signature dishes of this cafe. If you prefer silence and nature, dont miss visiting this cafe.
4) WRITERS CAFE
There are plenty of branches of Writers cafe in Chennai. If you want to taste some lovely pizza with unique toppings, this cafe is an ideal place to stop by. On taramani main road, opposite to fashion technology college, on the main road is writers cafe. The best part of this cafe is it is attached to famous Higginbothams library and lot of book releases, reading clubs and writing workshops. I tasted paneer skewers and mushroom toasties along with fries dipped in sauce. One of my all time favourite cafe.
5) ALLOHOMORA CAFE
The spell used to open a door in Harry potter series is Allohomora. Just at the brink of Indira nagar end, beginning of Sastri nagar, this cafe is full of Harry potter novel theme. Without mentioning the spell you could enter. On the right side is a room holding potter wand, broom and books. Outside the room are covers of four mains houses seen in the movie. The menu is full of Harry Potter novel cuisine, and the dish that has a black hat nearby are the signature dishes. A must visit cafe of Chennai if you are a potter fan. Suppose you are not a fan, you must visit for the food served in the cafe.
During my growing days cafés would be associated to Cafe Coffee Day. Over the years there are lots of cafés openend and each area has a cafe in Chennai. Visiting these five cafés has given me the cafe bug. I definitely want to try explore more of cafe world, taste their unique signature dishes, relax in the cosy atmosphere and start developing more of peace. So travellers if you are travelling to Chennai, here are a set of cafés to peep into.
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