Coimbatore Food Guide

23/01/2024

CFG Awards 2023 - Winners

I strongly believe that Winners of any award should be chosen by the people who have really experienced it.

That's why, we just don't want to award any brand by ourselves, but to have a process by getting nominees from the members and getting their votes to choose the winners.

This is a very transparent process and we have been doing this year over year with different categories getting added to it. This time approximately 60,000+ votes were polled across categories and below are the winners you have chosen.

This time we have split South Indian Veg into 2 Categories, where Big Brands contested in one category and other brands contested in another category for them to get an opportunity over big brands, so 2 winners.

Congratulations to all the winners and all the nominees who received lots of love from their customers. Wishing them better luck next time.

Thanks to all the members who wait for this every year and support the brands by voting ❤️.

Hope to see many new brands next year winning CFG's Prestigious Customer Awards.

Hope we do this as an Award Event with a get together next year 🎊

04/01/2024

CFG AWARDS - Totally 25 categories, all polls are live now in Coimbatore Food Guide - The Group

All the polls are in featured section. Pls cast your votes.

The poll will be open until next weekend and followed by results.

Vote for your favorite in all categories 👍

09/12/2023

Dear Members,

CFG Awards 2023

Thanks for nominating your favorite restaurants under different categories. We are finalizing the nominations based on your input for the eligible categories.

Voting will start from tomorrow evening and will go on until 24th December in Coimbatore Food Guide - The Group . Results will be announced before 31st of December.

All the voting categories will be pinned in the featured section of the group. Please make sure you vote for all the categories.

Let's vote the best 👍 and select the deserving real winner for the CFG Award.

Get ready 🎉

19/03/2023

Job Opportunity

A Cafe in Coimbatore is looking for Chefs - Experienced/Fresher who has exposure with basic continental cuisine.

Helpers/Waiters - Experienced/Freshers required. Salary 12 to 14K, Food and Accommodation will be provided.

Please refer this opportunity to anyone who is looking for a job opportunity with a reliable group.

Pls contact - +91 9688209209.

04/01/2023

Coimbatore Food Guide's Best Of 2022 - Winners.

The winners are not selected by an individual nor an organization, it comes directly from the customers, who personally experienced the service and quality of each organization.

Nominations were collected from the members and post which nominees were finalized and voting was done. Adding new members were put on hold to avoid friendly voting.

The below is a clear example of how customers are clear in their voting; Anandhaas got almost 80% of Votes under Best Sweet Shop category and Annapoorna didn't gain much votes there, but on the other end on Best South Indian Veg Restaurant category, Annapoorna has won it, the 80% of the votes which went to Anandhaas didn't get converted in here, this clearly shows, the voting was done with a clear thought process from the customers.

Congratulations to all the Winners and the nominees. We wish all the best for 2023 and wish to see new Winners coming up in this year 🎉🎉🎉

Thanks to all the members who participated in this poll.

04/12/2022

Whenever a brand from Coimbatore even take a small step forward, it gives immense pleasure to all fellow Coimbatorians.

This Coimbatore brand has achieved a milestone - Boomerang is celebrating it's 25th Anniversary today.

When ice creams were eaten out of Joy Balls and Royal Pepsi and the best known flavors used to be vanilla, pista, and butterscotch.... One man wanted to create a brand which can offer variety and flavors in ice cream and the year was 1997 Dec 4th, Boomerang was born.

Softies got introduced, city never had that experience widely. They brought in different flavors, innovated it with different combinations, made sure the quality is monitored perfectly, the brand gained it's own name by just serving ice creams. Even on this 25th year, they are still the favorite ice cream parlor of our city.

It's not easy to hold a brand successfully for 25 years, that too just by serving Ice Creams. They have expanded it to many cities across Tamilnadu, not just carrying the brand but also carrying Coimbatore along with the brand.

Happy Anniversary Boomerang..... Definitely we will come back for more. Keep innovating, keep growing, make Coimbatore proud.

CFG along with it's members wishing you more and more successful years.

23/10/2022

Wishing all our CFG Members and their families a Happy and Prosperous Deepavali.

Enjoy this awesome day with friends, families, Sweets, and crackers 🎉.

Use this thread for all the wishes and Diwali Special food posts 🎉

10/10/2022

Food On the road, review. USA with Karthikeyan Mohan

Ammas kitchen in New Jersey, such a surprise to see Jayalalitha's picture in USA, it's basically our food, parotta, Salna, chukka, seeraga samba biryani. Awesome it was, pleasantly surprised with the quantity and quality of food.

Run by a person named Dinesh from Orathanaadu. Definitely gonna be in my must visit list frequently.

05/10/2022

அனைவருக்கும் இனிய ஆயுத பூஜை மற்றும் சரஸ்வதி பூஜை நல்வாழ்த்துகள்.

02/10/2022

You must be the change you wish to see in the world, is my favorite quote from Mahatma and trying hard to live by it.

Happy Gandhi Jayanti.

30/09/2022

New Restaurant Alert & CFG 25% Exclusive Offer.

"Cahyo" is a new restaurant launched at R.S. Puram. Cahyo is offering some of the best continental food delicacies - scrumptious burgers, our classic wood fired pizzas straight outta the oven, pastas, corn dogs, soups and more. They also have thick shakes, mocktails and coffees. Restaurant has outdoor and indoor dining option.

They have added a limited Indian and Chinese menu to cater to all groups.

To celebrate their launch, CFG Members get 25% discount as an exclusive offer. Offer valid for this weekend 1st and 2nd October only. You can show this post to avail the offer.

Coimbatore Food Guide along with it's members wishing them all success with this new venture.

Location: White Castle Guest House, 117, BHASHYAKARALU ROAD WEST, R.S. Puram, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu 641002, India.

31/05/2022

Know what you eat 😋

Recently seeing this in many restaurants in the name of Crab Lollypop. Targeted primarily on kids.

Many does not know that this does not contain much real crab meat in it. This is imitation crab meat, done with Surimi. Surimi is a paste made out of multiple fishes, which can be molded into any shape.

It's a frozen food, comes under many brands, contains stabilizers, preservatives, not a healthy option for anyone especially kids.

Remember it's not crab nor it's fresh, it's frozen.

19/03/2022

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Palani - A famous pilgrimage center, but not a favorite place for a good stay.

We found a business class hotel The Amethyst at Palani, which offers comfortable stay for a nominal price, thought of introducing it to all.

The Amethyst @ Palani is a business class hotel at this famous pilgrimage center. This is located very close to the temple. One of a kind hotel in Palani wit...

04/03/2022

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Valley view, good food, outdoor seating, bar...... What else you need after a drive.

28/02/2022

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We did this video after our extraordinary experience with Celeste, a beautiful premium fine dine restaurant located in Nilgiris.

If you love a drive and a fine dine food with a view, this should be the place. Experience it.

Celeste by Mindscapes

06/02/2022

Celeste @ Mindescapes, Ooty.

When i want to dine in at Ooty, that too a fine dine place, it's always couple of restaurants, that too not consistent with what they serve. Everytime i try to find a different place and the Fine Dine Restaurant space at Ooty is still left open.

Found this new restaurant located bit off from Coonoor-Ooty Main Road after Yelanalli. Celeste, which is part of Mindescapes Club is a fine dine multicusine restaurant.

The location of this restaurant is set beautifully facing the Ketti Valley with some stunning views. The property has enough parking space, an outdoor seating, a nice cozy laid back interior space, and a bar (yet to get operational for alcohol)

It was a sunny day, we decided to dine in at the restaurant, the menu comprises of Continental and Pan Asian. Very wide menu.

Order for the day - Mushroom Cappuccino, Prawn Cocktail, Greek Chicken Salad, Pork Ribs, Bread and Hummus, Egg fried rice and roasted chicken (Not in pic)

When we were waiting for our order, they served Kimchi and an assorted bread basket to kill some tasteful time until the order gets prepared.

Kimchi - Nice crunchy Napa cabbage seasoned with Gochu garu and spices, dressed with spring onions and sesame seeds. It just lived up to a proper Korean Kimchi.

Bread basket - Butter toasted Garlic Bread and Grissinos, nice munch. Added pita bread and hummus, lavishly dressed with olive oil, the creamy hummus just melted in, pita bread and the hummus was a deadly combo.

Mushroom Cappuccino - Their signature soup, so ordered it. It came like a Cloud in a Bowl, awesome presentation of a soup. Nicely minced mushroom blended with shallots and garlic flavored creamy soup with added spices and a froth dressing, can't get better than this. Tasted yum, this thick, creamy soup is a must try here.

Prawn Cocktail - Usually i have had this dish with Shelled Prawn put in a shot glass with a Marie Rose sauce or Cocktail Sauce. Here it was completely different, it came in a Martini glass, the prawns are chopped, blended with the sauce, and dressed with finally chopped parsley. It was like eating an ice cream, that was the consistency. Tasted so different and the each bite of the prawn just burst flavors in mouth. Never miss.

Greek Chicken Salad - Slices of grilled chicken breast, lettuce, Olives, Feta Cheese, cucumbers, cherry tomatoes, and salad dressing made itself a meal. Nice fresh salad bowl after a long time, it can only be better at Ooty.

Hot Sauce Pork Ribs - A melt in mouth pork, star of the lunch. It will get your hands messy with the sauce, but trust me it's really finger licking. It was cooked at its best.

Egg fried rice and chicken - It's tough to get it wrong, pretty good egg rice, the chicken could have sliced bit small, it would have been even better.

Overall excellent lunch, this place is going to stand for long for its food. Spoke with Chef. Vikram who used to run the famous Sky Room and Blue Fox restaurants in Kolkata and Bangalore. Good he has joined this place to give this awesome culinary experience.

Prices on par with any multicusine fine dine at Ooty, definitely cheaper than Cullinarium.

Avg cost for 2 would be anywhere between 1500 Rs to 2000 Rs.

You should be there for sunset, from this restaurant you can have a beautiful view of sunset in the Valley.

Location - After Yelanalli, drive further down a km where you will see a Yellow Colored Bus Shelter which states Mynalai, make an U Turn to see the road going uphill, you will find this Mindescapes Property in less than a km and Celeste is inside the property.

Don't miss this place if you are travelling to Ooty.

05/02/2022

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This week we covered Coimbatore's new drive-in restaurant Pillar - 129 on Avinashi Road.

You can dine in at the comfort of your car or use their fine dine restaurant space.

They have a wide Multicuisine menu, which goes from Mediterranean, Pan Asian, Continental, South & North Indian.... Goes on.

Menu and location in description.

Enjoy the video.

02/02/2022

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When we shot this, it was an emotional one and we continued to see lot of customers of MoMade who are alone and being supported by Momade with home cooked food on time.

This helping bridge is the motivation for us to shoot this video.

01/02/2022

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Another MoM Supporting the family through passion.

You can enroll if you love to cook and move into food business - 9843366779

30/01/2022

It's for people with passion for cooking and for those who want to earn from Home. If you are interested in joining Momade, please call 9843366779.

More details in the video

https://youtu.be/GkbgL_pN6lk

29/01/2022

CFG New Video

https://youtu.be/GkbgL_pN6lk

Momade - A channel which connects Home Cooks directly to customers in need of Home Cooked Food.

We started this video just because the concept was good, but when we started shooting, we understood how many people are supported through this channel as a customer and also as a Home Cook

Beautiful revenue stream for Home Cooks who wanted to get into food business and support the family, also for someone who need home cooked food gets benefitted.

Watch to know how it connects people.

30/12/2021

Another First Look series from CFG

One of the beautiful ice cream parlour of Coimbatore - Polar Bear launches its mega ice cream parlour.

Store launching on Dec 31, 2021 at Nehru Nagar.

https://youtu.be/G9zGIY52sQY

Polar Bear is launching its new ice cream parlour in Coimbatore, Nehru Nagar.It has a seating capacity of 40+ which can be your family's & friends spot to sp...

25/12/2021

Part 2 - Mr. Balachandar Raju, MD Haribhavanam speaks about Pest Control in restaurants and Food Testing through labs and details.

https://youtu.be/CV1qvoFGxbE

21/12/2021

Chocko Choza, Peelamedu & R.S. Puram

It's Christmas and i always wait for this season for my favourite Plum Cake. My choice of Plum Cake should be drunken enough with lot of soaken nuts and fruits.

When i came to know there is a plum cake in our city made with ingredients which was soaked for more than a year, i know how drunk and delicious this cake can be.

It didn't disappoint me.

Simple packing, loaded with exotic fruits and nuts, juicy, you get to enjoy every bite with a beautifully soaked fruit and nut. Really loaded.

Just loved it and can't stop eating. Also picked few plum pudding, which had enough raisins and an excellent cheese frosting over it.

If you are a Plum Cake lover, you should go for it, but go early and get your piece of happiness, they run out of this One Year Soaked beauty pretty soon.

Priced at 745 Rs and plum pudding at 895 Rs. Worthuu ❤️

18/12/2021

CFG's Next Video

Many have passion to start a food business, but they don't get any guidance on Licensing and regulations which they need to look out.

This video gives a detailed view about the license requirements for all sort of food business.

Mr. Balachandar Raju of Haribhavanam shares his decades of experience with CFG Members on the nuances of food business.

https://youtu.be/7Ji6ebRjQmE

06/12/2021

Coimbatore's Own Basmati Brand - Factory Visit and Unknown Facts about Basmati.

https://youtu.be/nugRlKCISmo

This knowledge series brings in lot of information about Basmati Rice. We speak with Mr. Mayank owner of Arcadia Basmati Rice, Coimbatore about its origin, p...

06/12/2021

How many of you know Coimbatore has its own Basmati Brand supplying all over Tamilanadu ??

In CFGs next video we wanted to bring back our knowledge series.

This time it's all about Basmati Rice. Known and unknown facts of Basmati Rice.

https://youtu.be/nugRlKCISmo

This knowledge series brings in lot of information about Basmati Rice. We speak with Mr. Mayank owner of Arcadia Basmati Rice, Coimbatore about its origin, p...

29/11/2021

Coimbatore's famous Dhonnai Biriyani's Special Afghan Chicken Leg Recipe is now on Air.

Cooked by its Owner Balaji Ramakrishnan for CFG Members.

https://youtu.be/xM3wA5tL4mQ

Dhonnai biryani is a famous Biriyani restaurant of Coimbatore, located in Hopes College. Their famous subtle flavor biryani is a huge hit among the residents...