"Toddy Shop is named after southern Indian street stalls serving the palm wine known as toddy, but here you’re more likely to drink a mango margarita. There are just 20 seats, and the cramped kitchen punches well above its weight. Nearly everything on the homestyle Kerala menu is primed for a swipe through with flakey parota bread: kadala (brown chickpea) curry with the punchy pop of mustard seeds, prawn moilee fragrant with coconut and curry leaf, and mackerel fish fry bright with kashmiri chili and black pepper. Shelves bordering the dining room hold lager by local brewer Two Rupees, decorative knick knacks and rice sacks, but the best place to settle in is at one of a few new pews on the pavement outside." - Ellen Fraser
Gareth Sobey
