"With 101 restaurants in 19 countries, Saravanaa Bhavan is the Cheesecake Factory of southern India. The menu is fully vegetarian and offers a predictable list of dosas and idlis in a modern restaurant setting. In addition, it pulls rice dishes and less-familiar flatbreads from several locales in South India. Examples include adai aviyal (a pair of delightful red pancakes made with pulses, served with a coconut vegetable curry, from Kerala), and bagalabath (a nut-studded yogurt rice common to several South Indian states)." - Robert Sietsema