Hi to all! Hope I didn’t keep you waiting too long. Well here is my next review. Kalavara is a family restaurant located @ Kowdiar next to FabIndia and the Tennis Club. The restaurant is a small one but its well set up with beautifully arranged cabins which gives one their private space. The place is perfectly lighted and the walls are decorated with beautiful paintings.

The service is nice and doesn’t keep you waiting for your order and yet you needn’t hurry. I do agree the menu card looks pretty boring but like the old saying goes don’t judge a restaurant by its menu The food is amazing! DONT  forget to try out the KFC….dont get led on …its not the KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN  but the KALAVARA FRIED CHCICKEN  but its definitely finger lickin good!

The price on the menu card looks pretty high but so does the quantity.Yup, its definitely stomach filling and tasty and the bill then seems reasonable so be sure when you order.

Oh how could i forget the fried rice is also yummm………(a personal fav)

So get going…..try the menu and let me know your experience here.

Adios until I come up with my next review…..

Happy eating!!

Location:
Kalavara Family Resturant
Near Fab India, Tennis Club, Kowdiar
Trivandrum.

I am a new contributor to Triviandrum Buzz and I wanted to begin my posts with something which is useful to everyone. After much pondering, I decided I would write about everyone’s favourite topic – Food!

As someone who regularly goes out to have food, this series aims to cover some of my favourite places to eat in Trivandrum city.

First up in the series is Oasis hotel, which is located in Kedaram, one of the oldest shopping complexes (mall?) in Kesavadasapuram, Trivandrum. If you are on the lookout for a silent place to have lunch or dinner with your loved ones then you needn’t look further. Its known for its quiet ambience and ear soothing music. The cusine itself is wide ranged and the prices are pretty reasonable too. The one thing I personally like about this place is that you could do your shopping and when you are done(dead tired) you could just go and have a cup of coffee or even a nice spicy birayini (as per ur stomach’s grumbles). But I would also not recommend this place if you are really hungry as their serving times for some food items are slow.

The specialities at  Oasis are their speciality food festivals and their cutlets which is a MUST try out.

So, Happy eating foodies, until I return with yet another resturant review.

P.S: Sorry for the single dim photo. Will really appreciate if you guys can contribute a few pics after you make a trip to Oasis Food Court

TEN India, the loosely tied non-profit organization which aims to promote the usage of technology in daily life is organizing a one day seminar at Innovation Lab, Kathrikadavu, Cochin for students. The event – “Campus Blogging Meetup” is conducted by the CampusBlogs team of TEN India, which aims to promote the unique concept of college blogs for students. The event is scheduled on the 26th of January from 10.30 am.

The various sessions planned at the event include:

• Campus Blogging by Kevin Babu
• The New Media by Kenney Jacob
• How to write a good blog post by Arun Basil Lal
• My Experience with VOSREE by Sujith T John
• Effective Blogging in Different Sectors by Jibin Samuel
• Wordpress Backend and Customization by Binny VA
• Baby steps to Search Engine Optimization(SEO) by Anand Subramanian

Open Discussions, Expert Sessions and hands-on training on various blogging platforms and internet marketing techniques are the unique features of this seminar. If you are a student of any educational institution from kochi or elsewhere and would like to jump into the exciting world of blogging, contact Mr. Kevin Babu, event co-ordinator at kevinbabu@gmail.com, +91 99953 93631 to attend this lifetime learning experience!

Innovation Lab
TEDEX TechPark, 3rd floor,
Kathrukadavu Jn, Kochi-20,
Kerala, India.

Ustad Dilshad Khan and Begum Parveen Sultana took the humble population of Trivandrum to another plane with their heavenly rendition of  hindustani classical music.  The audience was spell bound for over two hours. They palyed a total of five selections including tow bhajans.

The renditions were in raga Hamsadwani, Misrbhairavi among others. Well I am a novice as far as Hindustani Music is concerned but I do have a good ear. Begum Perveen Sultana was sheer magic.The way she captures the top saptak and sings a taan over it, God it was heavenly .

Those taranas and bhajans what more could I ask for……..

The nights of Trivandrum is going to be  filled with heavenly music and Dance. Nishagandhi Festival 2010 inaugurated at Nishagandhi auditorium at Kanakakunnu today evening. The entry to this grand festival organised by Kerala tourism department is free.The festival spans 7 days from 20th of january to the 26th of january.

Food fest, Adivasi kala Mela, Crafts fair, Kathakali mela are also arranged along with the festival. You can see the typical model of an adivaai village at the aadivaasi mela organised as part of the fest. Traditional aadivaasi Medicines, their equipments, crafts and art forms are arranged inside the village

Different Hotels are arranging stalls at the food fest arranged  as part of the fest. A crafts fair is also arranged along with the aadivaasi mela.

Kerala State Science and Technology museum orgainsed facilities for the common people to watch the annular solar eclipse at kanakunnu . Thousands gathered to watch the Solar eclipse.  CC TV were arranged to watch the solar eclipse conviniently. Special spectacles were also provided to watch the eclipse directly without causing any harm to eyes. A large number of students from different parts of the state were also present at the venue. they were brought to trivandrum as part of the “Galileo Young Scientist” programme

A few months down the line Trivandrumites will open their eyes to a whole new world of shopping experience.  The credit crunch, real estate collapse and the R-word are becoming icky old tales and the market has started looking upwards. So has the many Mall projects lined up to commence construction, many of which were in the cold storage because of the global financial meltdown.

As many as half a dozen mall projects are all set to begin on various pockets of Trivandrum.  The Malls remain a topic of huge interest especially among the youth and it has been discussed and detailed on many forums and blogs before. Lets get ourselves updated on where we stand with these much awaited lifestyle projects.

Big I Mall

1.5 lakh sq ft

Opposite Technopark, NH Bypass

Kazhakkuttam

Status: Under Construction

http://www.biginfra.com/

Alfa Mall

2.5 lakh sq ft

NH Bypass

Enchakkal

Status: To commence soon

http://www.attitudesasia.com/

Plaza Center

1 million sq ft

NH Bypass

Akkulam

Status:  Approved

http://www.plazacenters.com/

Varkeys Mall

1.25 lakh sq ft

Statue

Status: Approved

http://www.iyermahesh.com/

Nikunjam Mall

1.75 lakh sq ft

MG Road

Paramount Junction

Status: Under Construction

http://www.nikunjambuilders.com/

Condor Mall

2 lakh sq ft

Pattom

Status: To commence soon

http://www.thecondorgroup.com/

The list is in no-way complete and we hope to put up an updated post once we get to see the shape and size of all these beauties..

Private bus owners in the state will stop services for an indefinite period from January 5. The bus operators called for the strike in protest against the government’s inaction in solving the problems facing the industry.

I saw this interesting poster at the back of a KSRTC bus in the city today.

The first one calling for a strike of ksrtc employees by AITUC and the adjacent one stating that KSRTC employees wont strike on january 5th by CITU