

The aroma of beef being cooked in masala and fish curry spread all over the place. There are coconut trees as well as plantain ( vazha) nearby. From the exterior, Vazhathoppu presents the image of an ancient local toddy shop. From the Kavalam side, it is on the right side after the Kainady junction.

The shop is on the left side of the bridge situated about 150 m before the Kainady junction. It can be reached from M C Road taking the deviation at Kurichi.

The Vazhathoppu Shaap is situated along the Kurichi–Kainady-Kavalam road. They prepare dishes having the real local taste. Visitors to Vazhathoppu can enjoy the warm hospitality offered by Saneesh and the staff Baiju, Shaji, Girish, Kochumon and others. Local food is prepared in the boat kitchen. There are two packages – a day trip and a day and night trip. For travellers eager for a cruise along the backwaters, Saneesh offers his houseboat. There is just one boat service – to Alappuzha – from the boat landing opposite the shop now. Water hyacinth, plastic and other garbage piled up in the canal. There were frequent boat services from the area.īut all the boats ceased operations after roads were built between Kainady, Kavalam, Changanassery and Kottayam. He also has much to say about the water transport that was active along the canal in front of the shop in the past. (TS is Toddy Shop) Saneesh Mohan, the owner of the toddy shop, waxes eloquent on the patrons who come in search of the sumptuous fare. It ends at the Vazhathoppu Shaap ( shaap is a corruption of shop), a structure with wooden planks for walls and a roof covered with plastic sheet. Towards the left is another narrow path which has paddy fields on one side and a wide canal on the other. No information is available for this page.Learn why. A narrow walkway flanked by shrubs extends through the middle of a wide expanse of paddy fields. ( Mappas is a dish cooked in creamy coconut milk.) One feels it is a scene from a Sathyan Anthikkad movie. A breeze that wafted in through the kitchen window took the sweet smell of the mappas to the customers waiting in the toddy shop. Narayanettan sprinkled a pinch of pepper powder over prawns getting cooked in coconut milk. Take the FileFortune now for more detailed information! We now have 154,836 downloads in the member section. This is a limited offer and will soon expire and revert back to the normal member price. To celebrate our launch we are offering unlimited full download access for $3.99/mo! is a new file sharing web service which gives you access to literally hundreds of thousands of direct downloads including software, games, movies, tv shows, mp3 albums, ebooks and more! Our downloads database is updated daily to provide the latest download releases on offer.
