If there is one quotidian tradition we sorely miss about our earlier work stint in Chennai, that would have to be the delicious, twice-daily repast called 'tiffin' in the local parlance. This included a short, mid-morning and a teatime snack that is punctuated by strong filter coffee and a smorgasbord of scrumptious treats that was often highlighted by a mind-boggling variety of our favourite South Indian snack — the idli.

While there is no dearth of Udupi restaurants in Mumbai that try their best to satiate those basic idli cravings, it is the sheer lack of more local and regional idli iterations like the Kanchipuram and thatte idli that gets to us. The newly opened, all-veg Idli Didli Doo seeks to remedy that. And it does so with aplomb, offering over a dozen versions of the steamed rice cake — some traditional and a few that cheekily defy convention.