One eatery in non-veg row, another does a Zomato take-off

A restaurant here has kicked up a row by naming a chicken delicacy after Iyers, a vegetarian Tamil Brahmin caste.

Another eatery in Tamil Nadu has won widespread support — but angered pro-Hindu outfits — by announcing it will not serve those who link food to religion. The Pudukottai restaurant’s stand comes days after a food-religion controversy involving a customer of food aggregator Zomato.

The Madurai restaurant has apologised for naming a dish as “Kumbakonam Iyer Chicken” and removed the promotional content from social media after protests by Brahmin associations and pro-Hindu outfits.

Hindu Tamizhar Katchi leader Rama Ravikumar has alleged the labelling was a “cheap publicity stunt”.