Had some amaz­ing fish last week at Chen­nai, when I was there for a one day trip. Caught up with Kiruba, who as always was nice enough to take out some time from his busy schedule.

Look­ing for a place to grab a bite, he spot­ted a sign­board say­ing Coconut Lagoon with the illus­tra­tion of a karimeen fish. That was enough to get me enthused and we spied the restau­rant, a few metres away. It promised the ‘Del­i­ca­cies of Man­ga­lore, Goa and Ker­ala’ and we weren’t disappointed.

I, of course, went straight for karimeen, since the last time I had it was dur­ing my 2004 Ker­ala visit. It came steamed and packed in banana leaf and tasted really delight­ful. Since Kribs is not much of a fish per­son (as per his own admis­sion), I landed up pol­ish­ing most of it. The place is on Rad­hakr­ishna Road, just beside Amra­vathi — worth try­ing if you’re in that part of the town!