Today is the biggest festival that is celebrated by the people of Kerala all over the world. They celebrate this festival with joviality and fervor. The festival is celebrated for ten days starting from the first day (<em>Atham</em>) and continuing till tenth and the biggest day called <em>Thiru Onam</em>.

<strong>Click on the pic to view slideshow</strong> Onam is the New Year of Keralites. As Onam falls on the 29 of this month (August), I felt it would be appropriate to take Mallu (for the uninitiated Mallu is slang for a Keralite) and my dear friend Suresh Menon, the funny radio jockey and laughter king of television and movies for the rest of you, for a gastronomic outing. The venue was fixed for lunch at Sankalp restaurant in Chembur.

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