Kerala Day 2 - Cochin Club

I woke up bright and early in the morning - went exploring the premises where we stayed the night. The Cochin Club is over a century old. The rooms are beautiful with colonial furniture and the complimentary breakfast was served in style in their dining room. The yellow walls with the tiled roofs bathed by the morning sun, the birds singing their morning songs, the salty breeze from the ocean outside the window, made it one of the most beautiful mornings I had seen in a long long time.
We highly recommend that you book yourself into this charming piece of history on your trip to Fort Kochi - you'll love it!

My only regret was we barely stayed in here for 12 hours as we started our drive to Munnar at 9 am on Day 2.


The Cochin Club
St. Francis Church Road,
Fort Cochin,
Cochin - 682 001. Kerala, INDIA.
Ph:91-484-2215140
Ph:91-484-6598994
Ph:91-484-2216211
Email:cochinclub@sify.com

Kerala Day 1 - Dinner at Fort Kochi

We left Hyderabad late afternoon on the 30th, and airports in both Hyderabad as well as Kochi are located quite a distance from the main residential areas - so we reached Fort Kochi around 8 pm - checked ourselves into the Cochin Club and headed out to Malabar House for dinner at their fine dining restaurant, Malabar Junction. The eco friendly decor and the old world ambience coupled with the small lamps hanging from the frangipani trees more than made up for the humidity.

Their menu was made up of Kerala fusion cuisine, which was a new taste for us.

The Malabar House
Malabar Junction - The restaurant
Fort Cochin
1/268 – 1/269 Parade Road
Fort Cochin 682001
Kerala
India
Tel: 0091 484 2216666 / Fax: 0091 484 2217777

Cuddles

Lots of them...before leaving him with the baby sitter for a Sunday evening out with the hubby and the visiting bro in law :)

[Self photograph, inspired by Sig]

3 Foodies

the 3 foodies in question are Arundati, Siri and yours truly
Siri is in her home-city to get married and she took time off her busy schedule to meet her fellow Hyderabad food bloggers!

Landmark

One of the best places to shop for books, music, movie, gifts, toys, stationary and yes, they even have a lot of kitchen stuff and gadgets!
Only that my kid gets all hyper looking at the colours and stuff around, wanting to jump off from my arms and do his 'demolition man' act - so unless I come here by myself, it's a 'get in-pick up what i want - get out' thing!
Hoping to do one long browsing session across the three floors soon.

Streaming sunlight

With the fragrance of the ready frankincense cones in the air, the sunlight came streaming in this morning - although the heat was more than what we could handle, it paints a cozy picture of a weekday morning at home.

Polished...

...the little silver glasses to drink chilled Panakam on Sri Rama Navami