Former IAS officer P M Ali Asgar Pasha enjoys a hearty dialog as he fries recent fish caught on the Chinese language internet, in coconut oil. The civil service officer, identified for planning and executing quite a few welfare initiatives, now focuses totally on his restaurant, ‘Mee Mee’, which opened at Ponnarimangalam on Container Highway, Ernakulam, in January this yr.
At Mee Mee (that means ‘fish’ in native toddler-speak), a scrumptious fish thali that includes 14 types of fish dishes is served between 12 pm and 4 pm. The restaurant makes use of stay fish freshly caught on Chinese language nets and incorporates natural greens, Wayanadan turmeric, Thalassery daring peppercorns, and recent coconut oil extracted from coconuts grown on Pasha’s farmland in Alappuzha. Meals lovers are queuing as much as attempt the mouthwatering dishes at this natural eatery.
Not solely does Asgar Pasha run Mee Mee, however he additionally does quite a lot of the cooking, making ready meat and fish curries for his common clients. The 60-seater restaurant is situated within the Vallarpadam space of Kochi.
One of many Google Evaluations of the restaurant states, “This place is run by a person with actual ardour for meals. All the things is sourced so fastidiously. The tastes and flavors are like house cooking.”
Asgar Pasha served because the Palakkad district collector and the secretary of the agriculture division. After 34 years of service, he retired in July 2023 because the secretary of the Kerala Meals and Civil Provides Division.