Cafe INXS Lets You Eat Guilt-Free Without Compromising On Taste

Focussing on health food, without compromising on taste and even choice, Café INXS is all about anti-aging and low calorie dishes.

Peri Peri Chicken Steak, Grilled Tofu With Black Pepper Sauce and Orange Pepper Salad

Carrot & Spicy Ginger, Mint Iced Tea

Located below INXS Clinique, an anti-aging and anti-obesity centre started by Dr Keerthi and his wife Dr Sangeetha, the café and salad bar is an extension of the health quest. So, it might be a bit odd at first, but when you enter the chic lounge, decked out in red lounge chairs and chaise sofas, you’ll forget all about its origins.

We kicked things off with Chicken Dim Sum {simple and straightforward} and Gratinated Mexican Tortilla Chips, which is baked and comes loaded with cilantro and tomato salsa and low-fat Parmesan cheese. Pick either the slow-cooked Tomato and Carrot soup with the delightful flavour of basil, or the Chicken, Celery & Chilli soup in a healthy veggie stock. Don’t think twice before ordering the Orange Pepper Salad though. Crisp lettuce, orange wedges, bell pepper, olives, capers and balsamic are obviously a match made in heaven.

Sticking to the health brigade, you’ll find most of the options are grilled, stir fried or lightly sautéed. If you’re looking for something Oriental, we recommend the Chinese Chicken in hot soy sauce or the mushroom and paneer version of it. Both come with burnt garlic rice for the fried rice effect, but minus the grease. Fans of steaks though, our eye went straight to the Peri Peri chicken sizzler and our eyes were right! Arriving on a bed of homemade spaghetti, the strips of grilled chicken are covered with an in-house thick hot sauce any Mexican Mama would be proud of. Grilled Fish {usually basa but seer for an extra charge} is a fabulous option for the pescatarian out there as it’s a different rub of chilli garlic with low-fat butter parsley rice. Desserts include fresh fruit and vanilla ice cream, but on a fitness path, and inspired by the great food we’d had, we chose to end our meal minus sweet treats.

Juices are freshly squeezed and will fill you up easily. So try a juice and a salad to keep light and fit.

Where: 36, 2nd Main Road, Vyalikaval

Contact: +91 9945468877

Price: INR 1,500 for two

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