Mavalli Tiffin Room

The Mavalli Tiffin Room () (commonly known as MTR) is the brand name of a food related enterprise located in India. Having its origin in the city of Bangalore, it has a restaurant located on the Lal Bagh Road in Bangalore and also for the pre-packed food articles which are sold in packets having the MTR brand. MTR also claims to be the inventor of the popular South-Indian breakfast item, Rava idli.

History

MTR was founded as a restaurant by Parampalli Yajnanarayana Maiya and his brothers in the year 1924. In the mid 1970s when India was under emergency, a Food Control Act was introduced which mandated that food was to be sold at very low prices. This move made it difficult for MTR to maintain high standards in its restaurant business and forced it to diversify into the instant food business, selling ready-to-eat snacks such as chutneys and rasams. Since the 1970s, MTR has expanded and diversified, with MTR Department Stores opened next to the restaurant, and an outlet opened in Chennai.Opening of the MTR outlet in Chennai is mentioned by Currently the MTR brand represents two separate entities; the MTR restaurant business and MTR Foods, the pre-packaged food business.

MTR Restaurant

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