Tucked away on a side street inside Ashok Nagar in Karaikudi, this is one of the unlikeliest addresses for fusion dining. When you pull into the parking outside the 40-seater eatery, courteous staff rushes out with folded hands and ‘namaste’ on their lips and you instantly feel there is something different about the place; no wonder Fusion Bistro has turned into a hotspot for diners within a short period.
Step inside Fusion Bistro and the owner-cum-chef David Amirtharaj is all too eager to lay out his gastronomic adventures. Adventure it is, for two reasons. He was home on a holiday from Australia where he was working when COVID-19 struck and soon his father succumbed to the pandemic. “I could not leave my mother alone and return to my job,” says David. Embarking on a new venture seemed the best option.
