With such a varied spread of iconic dishes and traditionally classic recipes one of the mantras to Chef Pillai’s cooking wizardry at RCP is his insistence on sourcing fresh, local and quality ingredients. This is one of the things he refuses to compromise. Only when the right ingredient sourced from where it thrives best is cooked up with fresh spices, oils and other essentials does the dish bring out the flavours. With ingredients he does not compromise. The mudcrabs come fresh from the Ashtamudi lake and so do the oysters when avialable. This led to the saying –
“Mudcrabs from Ashtamudi’
Mutton curry from Kollam,
Pomfrets from the Arabian Sea,
Nikkah Biriyani from Malabar,
and Fans from all over the world!”