Over the few years I’ve grown extremely fond of the south Indian cuisine (apart from Idli, Dosa). So, when we came to Manali and my brother saw that there was a restaurant by the name Southern Souls which had the best rating, he insisted that...we visited the place. To have the highest rating or recommendation, one would think of a cafe to be high end and flamboyant, so did I, but to my surprise the place was just the opposite, as close to roots and nature as it can be. After few minutes of waiting, we were told that they were sold out but the owner, who is so humble to call himself a waiter, told us that he’ll not let us go empty stomach. We took whatever he could provide us and just kept on craving for more, Kranthi ji and his wife fed us more than we could eat but we were still left craving for more so we decided to come back pretty soon. Every South Indian dish on the menu is a must try. The hotel has beaten good five star hotels in not only Manali, not only Kullu or Shimla, but the whole state of Himachal to be a top rated restaurant, mind you not a top rated south Indian restaurant but a #1 restaurant across all cuisines.
P.S.: If you have some time on hand, please spend some time sitting with Kranthi Ji and you’ll probably end up having one of the most meaningful conversations of your life.More