Idlis of Arsekere

Arsekere is a railway station when you go from Bombay to Karnataka. From there two lines branch out - one to Bangalore and one towards Hassan and thereafter towards Mysore. Now, last week, I was travelling in this 2AC coach and with me was this jerk (who I had tolerated all this while right from Bombay). He had kept harping about how delicious and great the idlis were at Arsekere station. No wonder, that as soon as the train halted at Arsekere, Jerk rushed out to get his idlis. He yelled out to me to come along too. Since I had nothing better to do, I too went. Jerk got himself two plates (bowls made out of folded leaves) of idlis, i.e. 8 in all. With chutney and all. I got a plate for myself too. I agree they were indeed good. Then when he had cleaned his plate, he started telling me that this time the idli's were not that "hot" and the chutney could have been better. Anyway by looking at the way people were rushing upto the stall to get their idlis, I could tell that it was something to look forward too. In any case old Jerk at least introduced me to the "Idlis of Arsekere" and so next time if I happen to pass the place, Ill get myself a plate without fail. (It also depends on where your coach lands up on the station - with trains having more than 15 coaches these days, you can be far off from this stall. And with a stoppage time of just under 5 mins. it can be touch and go.)

So next time if you too happen to pass by Arsekere, look out for the idlis, and have a plate. they have medu-wadas too, though.

(4 idlis for Rs. 10, or 2 idlis and 2 medu-wadas for the same price)