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MTR Trivia - Did You Know?

   
» During World War II, MTR found it difficult to make idlis since rice was in short supply. MTR experimented with using semolina instead of rice and thus was invented the very popular breakfast item of Rava idli.
   
» For many years, the entrance to the restaurant was through the kitchen to enable the patrons to get satisfied with the cleanliness in the kitchen before actually eating the food.
   
» MTR was once featured on the Discovery Channel series Globe trekker.
   
» Chandrahara is an exclusive sweet served only on Sundays. It was invented by Yajnanarayana Maiya. When he first made it he did not know what to name it. At that same time there was a movie called ‘Chandrahara’ running in a theater next to the restaurant. He decided then that the sweet should be named Chandrahara!
   
 
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