Home on every plate

CE EXPLORES HOW KAVLIR CANTEEN IS REDEFINING COMMUNITY DINING BY CROWDSOURCING RECIPES

- RAKSHITHA PRIYA G

In the city’s ever-evolving foodscape, where new cafés bloom each week and high-end restaurants stretch their menus across continents, one canteen-style restaurant in Mylapore quietly stands apart.

There are no tongue-twister dish names, no imported sauces or elaborate plating here; just the familiar aroma of freshly ground masalas wafting through the air, and the kind of food that feels like a conversation with home.

For its growing community, Kaylir Canteen is not merely a place to eat but a place to belong. It’s where recipes are exchanged like heirlooms, where a frequent customer’s beetroot vadai meets a business owner’s sorakka soup, and where stories simmer alongside sambar and vathakulambu. In a city chasing novelty, Kaylir brings people back to what they’ve always known — and perhaps always wanted deep down — the comfort of a shared meal and the joy of food made from memory.