At Karaikudi Restaurant each customer is presented with the best of North and South Indian cuisine in a brilliant blend of flavours, seasonings, nutritional balance, fragrance, taste and visual appeal. Deep in the south of India's southernmost state, Tamil Nadu, is Chettinad -- the land of the Nattukottai Chettiars. Karaikudi is its chief town and lies about 425 km from Madras, the capital of Tamil Nadu and the gateway to South India. Chettinad's parched terrain may be some of the most inhospitable land in India, but man is at his most hospitable here and this is the ethos of Karaikudi Restaurant. Karaikudi's chef's signature dishes include the mutton chukka varuval (mutton cooked with onions, spices and curry leaves), Prawn malai curry (prawns with cashew nuts and cream) and the vegetarian meal set. They also do a great masala thosai -- a tender crispy crepe stuffed with diced, spicy tomatoes