I ended up grabbing lunch today with my buddy @stesla, to chat over some personal stuff as well as to brainstorm some ideas for work.

He’d been talking up Udupi Palace, as have some other friends, so he suggested we go there.  I’ve been in The Mission helping out a friend this week, and was having coffee at Philz at the time, so it was nearby.

We were hungry and the food was compelling and it wasn’t until I was half way through that I though “Oh… I should have taken pics for a blog post”.  So no pictures… but I need a post and the place rocked.

From what I’ve been told, Udupi Palace is known for it’s dosa, but the menu was nicely varied, but not uncomfortably long.  We started with madras coffee, followed by samosas that were just perfect.

As I was looking through the menu for the main event, I commented on the curries (for example: Channa Batura!) and @stesla said “Dude, you can get curry anywhere… get a Dosa!”. And so I did, specifically: “Udupi special spring dosa (Mysore Masala Dosa stuffed with fresh vegetables)”. @stesla got the same, as it was his usual, he really likes it, and he’s a creature of culinary habit .

(ok.. so I ended up grabbing some pics off Udupi’s site so that this post won’t be completely lame. Our dosas weren’t served on banana leaves.)

They even have dosa serving dishes (I really should have taken a pic) with hollows for 4 different sauces. I point this out since @stesla’s serving dish had those 4 hollows filled with sauces. Mine however only had 1 hollow filled. WTF?! This was the one black mark on the meal. Thankfully he had more than enough of the sauces and promptly invited me to help myself to those on his plate.

Overall, lunch rocked. The food was excellent, and the service attentive.