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Annachikadai
Chettinad
Almost everything lands on a banana leaf, and most people eat with their hands. This Chettinad Indian restaurant in Mountain View specializes in the cooking of Tamil Nadu, which means bold spice, rice noodle cakes soaking up mutton curry, and chicken 65 in a shade of red that means business. The kitchen opens for breakfast daily and runs unlimited thalis on weekends, when the room fills fast with people who already know exactly what they're ordering.
Two honors, in evidence:
The record strongest first
- San Francisco Chronicle Best Indian, Pakistani, and South Asian restaurants in the Bay Area
- San Francisco Chronicle Best restaurants in Palo Alto, San Jose, the Peninsula and South Bay
One number, weighted & current 66
How we scoreThe dishes from the writeups
- Cheese-stuffed dosas San Francisco Chronicle
- Chicken 65 San Francisco Chronicle
- Half-fried eggs San Francisco Chronicle
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