Hong Kong, April 20 -- Come breakfast hour, and many Bangalore locals throng to the popular IDC Kitchen to eat fluffy idlis and piping-hot dosas - washing the menu staples with some fragrant filter coffee. The 12-year-old establishment is an indispensable part of the city's dining culture - with over 11 outposts peppered across its many neighbourhoods. Here's all about the South Indian stalwart.

Few cities are as passionate about the first meal of the day as Bangalore - where the waft of caffeine and sizzle of fermented rice emanates from establishments big and small as early as 6:00 am. Of these, the more popular are easily distinguished by the long queues thronging out of their doorstep - eager diners patiently waiting their turn. Thes...