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"The Octopus which specialises in sea food, boasts of excellent Indian and European cuisine."
"Lobster Crème de la Mer (cream of the ocean), a creamy sauce with lobster, delicately spiced, is one of the specialities of Octopus." Local dishes (vegetables and fish) too are prepared and can be savoured on plantain leaves. With the exception of jam, cream and pickles no preserved food is used in the resort. Fresh fish from the sea, vegetables and fruits grown in the resort garden are used to avoid pollution in food materials. "There's no doubt that food contributes towards completing the total ambience of Surya Samudra. Dishes are homemade with no tastemakers added. And more than the presentation of food, Surya Samudra focuses on its essence."
The restaurant is semi-circular in shape and can seat upto a 40 people. The sea-sand flooring and the Kerala roof offer an out-of-this-world ambience. Each table has a granite pepper crusher specially made to order from Mahaballipuram. A bronze bell is placed on each table, to call for the waiter. One can also call for sustenance by the pool or down on the beaches. "A teak shack on the beach, Italian cooking in the tropics and good karma- what more could any sensible human being want?" | |||||||||
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The Octopus, the resorts restaurant, specialises in and offers various sea-food ranging from lobsters and tiger prawns to octopus and shark; from barracuda puttu and sea urchins to baked crab and Japanese tuna salad.
Bread, cakes and ice creams are prepared here on a daily basis. Such is the taste of the preparations that a regular customer once made a long distance call just to ensure that she got banana cake and mango ice-cream when she would visit them shortly!