Milenga Charminar
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The restaurant is near from the station, and customers came without interruption. The friendly manager talked to the customers not only about the curry, but also about many kinds of things. The manager goes to India twice a year and serves authentic South Indian mother's taste, so they have menus with rare ingredients in big portions. It is spiced, but I heard that the regulars end up having the Vegetable Curry. The manager told us that taking any kind of spices few times a week is good for cold sensitivity, which also improved the manager too. There are many menus, and is a restaurant which Indian people praise. I would have visited the restaurant many times if it was nearby. There are India roundtable discussion for Japanese. The manager also guided the members of the roundtable discussion when he went to India.
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Store name
Milenga Charminar
Address
700-0815 Nodayacho Kita-ku Okayama-shi 1-3-3 map
Telephone number
Regular holiday
First Tuesday
Business hours
11:00~20:00 (L.O.19:20) *Reservations available except Sundays and holidays.
Opening day
15-Sep
Opportunity to open a store
There were no restaurants serving South Indian home cooking, and wanted to offer the taste of their mother's cooking. The town of Charminar in Hyderabad, South India, serves Halal foods as the town is where only the Muslims lives. They went to India and acquired halal certification. The halal certification in Malaysia is the strictest, and received certification in Malaysia since they wanted to go full-scale when they first opened, but now they receive halal certification in India. The word Charminar is recognized to all Indians, and milenga is a word made from the “Millan = meet” and “Ga = Ganga / Ganges River”. People would not recognize it as an Indian restaurant if the name of the restaurant’s name is milenga, but were they will recognize it if they put Charminar to it.
Staff
【Manager】Japanese 【Staff】Japanese, Indian, Bangladeshi, Malaysian, Not all staff members are present at all times, usually there are three staffs .
Customer base
On weekends and holidays, many customers come from Osaka, Hyogo, Hiroshima, Kagawa prefecture. There are few local students, and there are many employed Muslims and corporate interns. There are also many customers from overseas. A lot of customers from Europe comes at May to autumn. Sometimes, overseas tourists come for sightseeing at the request of travel agencies too. Since there are no South Indian home cooking restaurants, they seem to have customers from all around the world.
Recommended menu
Fried Rice, Cheese Dosa,Chicken Biryani, Chicken Thali, Triple Chapati (Original chai is included at lunch.)
Prayer space
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Access
5 minute walk from Okayama Station, East Exit. 2 minutes walk from Nishigawa Ryokudokoen tram station.
Neighborhood information
There is a prayer space in the Hotel Granvia Okayama (Okayama Station, East Exit). Okayama Castle・Okayama Korakuen Garden (10-minute by bus from Okayama Station Bus Terminal to Kencho-mae(prefectural office), and 5-minute walk from the bus stop. / 5-minute by tam train from Okayama Station to Shiroshita Station, and 5-minute walk from the station.)
Language
Japanese / English / Pakistani / Bangladeshi
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Reservation
Nearby mosque
