On Residency Road, in the Cariappa Bhavan building, Wild Spice is an unpretentious eatery serving Coorgi food. It was with some misgivings that we looked upon the single room gloomy interior of which we were the only patrons. Also, there's no parking available anywhere near the restaurant which makes it even more inaccessible, though were able to wrangle a spot for our car right next to the establishment.

Okay, now for the food. We ordered the dry pandi fry, which is deep fried pork cubes. Undoubtedly, one of the best pork fry I have had and the succulence and juicy meat traversed down from my tongue and mouth rapidly. Despite being fried, there was hardly any oil or grease on the meat and though the pork fat was…well…fattening…the taste was delectable. With a few curry leaves for the garnish and chillies used for the masala, the starter was as good as any homespun Coorgi pork fry. You get the idea! I loved the pork!!

We then ordered the chapatti mutton thaali and a chicken curry. The chapatti mutton thaali comes with thin rice chapattis,a dry potato sabji and mutton curry. Four chapattis adorned the plate and the mutton curry, with a hint of coconut combined with aromatic spices I knew not of made for delightful eating. Again, the theme of very less oil and homemade flavors percolated through every aspect of the food. The mutton was tender and fresh and went very well with rice and chapattis.

The chicken curry was a bit more spicy but as tasty as everything else and made an able foil to the wonderfully prepared ghee rice. Mouth watering doesn’t quite cut it.

The two of us who went were too stuffed to go for the desserts but we will try those the next time.

Service was surly but very quick. We got all our orders in less than 10 minutes and the entire meal cost us just over Rs 200, which is amazing value for the money!

A highly recommended place to eat in Bangalore especially if you are looking for something very ethnic and are sick of the plethora of the mundane multi-cuisine fare that are dime a dozen in Bangalore.Go with a healthy appetite though!