It entered the Singapore Book of Records at an event attended by President Tharman.
Today, Ananda Bhavan has five outlets, employs 125 staff and has grown its menu over the years from serving only South Indian vegetarian food to include North Indian and fusion cuisine.
Now at age 74, after retiring from a career in accounting, Madam Parameshvari is back at the family business helping her nephew runIt is this spirit of pulling together to sustain the family business that has helped it reach its centenary, she told The Straits Times on July 20 before a dinner marking Ananda Bhavan’s entry into the Singapore Book of Records as the oldest Indian vegetarian restaurant in the country.
The restaurant debuted a new centenary menu with popular dishes from over the years from various culinary traditions, including banana flower vadai, curry noodles with monkey head mushroom and portobello mushroom briyani. Today, Ananda Bhavan Restaurant has five outlets, employs 125 staff and has grown its menu over the years from serving only South Indian vegetarian food to include North Indian and fusion cuisine, she said.Madam Parameshvari Kulanthaivelu with Ananda Bhavan restaurant director Rajeswari Kulanthaivelu and chief executive officer Viren Ettikan. ST PHOTO: BRIAN TEO
But her mother’s brother stepped in to help, and the two kept the business afloat until Madam Parameshvari’s brothers were old enough to take over.
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