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"Avartana transforms South Indian comfort into theatrical tasting menus where a Ratatouille-like revelation turns skeptics into believers: bottle gourd spirals with plum chutney and rice crisps, compressed parotta with coconut chicken and butter toffee, fennel panna cotta with mango-ginger coulis, and a double-distilled rasam soup, all arranged as rhythmically named multi-course menus (Maya, Bela, Jiaa, Anika, Tara) that reimagine tradition without betraying it." - Karina Acharya