Kozhikode, nicknamed as City of Spices are in the pages of history from 7th century itself for its trade relations with the Arabs. Later, Portuguese took the trade in to the next level, as the spice business grew during this era. The peoples acceptance to varied cultures has played an important role in its development as a business hub, a tourist spot and a lovable place.
Its rich heritage in spices itself can attract ones attention to the spice loving-food craving crowd. The city hosts different varieties of foods from simple pickle items to the trendy-lavish lobsters. The local foods from the thattukadas(street vendors) are awesome if you know the exact place to get them. The evening snacks at ZAINS, BOMBAY Hotel, CALICUT KITCHEN, the street vendors at the beach serve the best snakcs in the city. The Biriyani at Rahmath Hotel is world famous. It doesn’t mean the glitter of the biriyani at SAGAR, PARAGON or M_Grill is less. Now as as the city grew, multi national food outlets such as KFC, DOMINOS, Mc Donalds etc flourished for the need of the young generations.
The local tastes like kulukki sarbath and chilli sodas are also one among the top and trendy drinks of the city. For the local sweet halwas, take a stroll through the famous SM Street adjacent to the mananchira. Before taking the deviation, Kalanthans juice shop will quench you with the best shakes and juices which are very famous from the very past. The tender coconut juice at kallayi is also very famous for its taste and the crowd to have it there.
In short, from all you can eat Barbecues to tasty momos and pizzas, you can find everything in this city of Spices…