This led to the creation of the second food festival called “Nasrani” and “Kadapuram” food fest, which also met its own success story.īoth the food festivals became a ‘talk of the town’ amongst the Keralite community and USTAD HOTEL’s gained its way to a highly visited restaurant in UAE. Salkaram became noted amongst the othe Keralites and the demand for a different food festiva

Me hugely popular across Kozhikode and other states nearby. The first food festival called “Thakkaram” -which catered to keralites who hail from the Malabar region, served special dishes such as Thakkara Kozhi, Puyyapla Kolu, etc. USTAD HOTEL also went a step further to make the nostalgic Keralites feel closer to their homes during special occasions while in the UAE, by creating specific food festivals catering to Keralites from a specific region in Kerala.

Having seen the demand for a similar concept amongst Keralites, in the residential areas of Al Nadha, Dubai and Mussafah, Abu Dhabi – USTAD HOTEL successfully opened their second and third restaurant at these locations respectively. The popularity of this concept led us to open the very first restaurant on 01.01.14 at Al-Karama UAE by serving life food in UNTHUVANDI style for the nostalgic food lovers.įrom serving the fond keralites their version of either a strong/light chai to choosing the many varieties of tasty tidbits such as payampuri, ella’ada, paripu’vada, cutlets and much more – USTAD HOTEL’s very own UNTHUVANDI became an instant hit amongst all who paid a visit to the Karama restaurant. Ustad Hotel decided to bring this concept to UAE and was initially offered in multiple house parties across UAE. Origin of the Ustad Hotel concept draws its inspiration from the “UNTHUVANDI/THATTUKADA” (a traditional street eating concept found across various parts of Kerala ). Ustad Hotel an exemplary south Indian food concept catering to the style of typical malabar food.

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