Go and eat at Kari Apla and give this lovely young Maharashtrian/Malayalee couple the support they deserve!
Kari Apla is a tiny restaurant serving Kerala and Maharashtra inspired dishes by the husband and wife pairing of Mathew and Ebani. I know Mathew from his days at Comorin where he always showed great promise and his wife was part of the initial team at Bastian with Kelvin Cheung and Boo Kim. The name isn’t just a play on the Malayalee Kari and the Maharashtrian Apla (our) but also on the idea of “our curry”, the home curries that inspired this couple when they were growing up. Angamally prawn pepper roast Kari Apla is a tiny, self funded restaurant with just 20 covers. Some table seating in the outdoor area and really cool Japanese style counter seating at the kitchen counter. The menu is also small by Indian standards which is always a good sign for me because it means that it’s a kitchen that focuses on doing things well rather than try and please everyone with a wide number of generic dishes. Sharpness and focus are always positives in my book. Avocado thecha and batata papad The
