MOTOFOODIE

The urge to ride a motorcycle on an empty highway at dawn in search of a breakfast place is incredible, yet some mornings are meant to be spent in a warm blanket than in a riding jacket on-board a motorcycle!!

Well that’s when you outta go-back to the bed and wake up for biryani-lunch ride 😀

Presenting the best biryani ride getaways from my beloved Bengaluru:

Chinnaswamy Naidu Biryani, Hosur:

Started in the 1920s in Dindigul, Chinnaswamy Naidu, originally a chicken-dealer moved to Hosur after independence perfected the Dindigul biryani.

• Location: Rajmahal Complex, Bypass Road (Opposite to the new Hosur Bus Stand) Google Maps Link
• Timings: 11:30 am to 3:30 pm (Open all days of the week)
• Cash and cards are accepted
• Type of Biryani: Dindigul Biryani (Chicken, Mutton & Biryani Rice)

Hotel Hanumanthu, Mysore:

Easily the most famous and replicated biryani place in Mysore. The folks who run the original hotel on Akbar Road in Mandi Mohalla, Mysore call it ‘Pulav’ due to the nature of the preparation and not biryani. Hotel Hanumanthu has been serving gastronomical pulav and mutton chops since the 1930s.

Based on my friend’s recommendation – the mutton chops are extremely delicious and a must-eat.

• Location: Akbar Road Mandi Mohalla, Mysore Google Maps Link
• Timings: The timings vary on a day-basis – as provided below:
  • Monday Holiday
  • Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday & Sunday : 7 am to 10:30 am & 12 pm to 4:30 pm & 6 pm to 10 pm
  • Thursday: 2 pm to 4:30 pm & 6 pm to 10 pm
  • Saturday: 12 pm to 4 pm only
• Cash only
• Type of Biryani: Pulav (Mutton & Biryani Rice)
• Chicken pulav is served only on Sundays

Jai Bhuvaneshwari Military Hotel near Srirangapatna on Blore-Mysore Highway:

If you are a fan of Donne Biryani, this place serves a similar one except the Donne – locally known as Gowdru-style biryani.

• Location: Baburayankoppal, Near Srirangaptna on the Bangalore-Mysore Highway
• Timings: 11:30 am to 4 pm (open all days) – Monday holiday
• Cash only
• Type of Biryani: Gowdru-style biryani (Chicken, Mutton and Biryani Rice)
• Chicken pulav is served only on Sundays
• The place usually packed with partially-drunk borderline-violent men 😀 – so visit this place with discretion 😛

Rahamaniya Hotel, Ambur:

The original hotel that kick-started the popularity of ‘Ambur Biryani’. In fact Star Biryani. Managed by one of the brothers is an offshoot of Rahamaniya Hotel.

• Location: O V Road Mootukollai, Ambur Google Maps Link
• Timings:
  • 11:30 am to 5 pm & 6 pm to 9 pm (open all days – except Saturday)
  • 11:30 am to 3 pm (on Saturdays only)
• Cash only
• Type of Biryani: Ambur Biryani or Vanyambadi Biryani (Chicken, Egg & Kuska rice aka biryani rice)