Often busy weekdays lead to a tiring Saturday, at the end of which we simply search for a classy hideout to immerse in some western classics, soothing lighting, warm wooden interiors, soul-pleasing food and some amazing cocktails! And of course, we tend to find that option pretty close to the area where we are after…
Continue reading ➞ The Dark Barrel – rooftop lounge, winter chill, barbecue and live bands!!
I do not consider myself to be someone who knows everything about something and definitely not the one who thinks he/she knows something about everything! I prefer myself to be considered as a learner, my knowledge buckets are never full and they can be filled in with more knowledge. In the end, often it turns…
Dining at Sanjha Chulha has always been a gleeful experience for me. Recently this Kolkata’s very own North Indian restaurant completed 15 glorious years of its operation. Business partners Asif Ahmed and Anup Mehrotra started off Sanjha Chulha as a small outlet on EM Buypass fifteen years back on October 10, 2002. The place is…
Continue reading ➞ ‘Sanjha Chulha’ – celebrating 15 glorious years with a ‘Special 15’ menu!
Taking away fish from the Bengalis is scarier than taking away the igloos from Eskimos! 🙂 It’s really hard to survive for the parties if you take away these basic elements from their lives. We Bengalis are choosy and picky when it comes to our fish. Our deepest sorrows can easily be wiped out by…
Continue reading ➞ Appetiso – the appetizing affair of London street food in Kolkata!
Chill zones in the city have been redefined repeatedly in the past couple of years or so. And almost every time we are left amazed by the glitz or the very idea behind the establishment. I guess one such joint which I discovered recently is ‘Traffic Gastropub’ that once again pushes the limit of our…
Continue reading ➞ Traffic Gastropub – Time to get stuck in some traffic!
Often we try to strike a balance in life which most of the times leads to nowhere, but when it comes to food I have noticed mostly this striking balance thing has paid off pretty well. It is rather a part of the constant innovation and experimentation which is a vital part of this industry.…
I have always stressed on healthy eating and I am almost always pretty concerned about the ingredients which are being used to cook the food we are eating, how healthy it is and how it has been prepared, etc. Eating good food and healthy food is of prime importance these days with so many impurities…
Continue reading ➞ Nestlé Healthy Kids Programme on International Chefs Day – Kolkata chapter
With time every human being realizes the value of small little things in life and probably how lucky they are to have those elements in their lives. When we food bloggers go and cover restaurants or even humble eateries, we are somewhat unaware of or tend to overlook the flip side of the coin at…
Continue reading ➞ Feed The Hungry Project and story of a Kolkata girl!
Kolkata is now filled with cafés and pubs, to an old hag like me most of the places look pretty similar after an hour or so! At least from the core, I can’t label any of these places as a ‘Bangali Café’, well that’s a rare species, right? I mean who on earth needs some…
Continue reading ➞ MUD Café – place that serves mutton phuchka and plays only Rabindra sangeet!
There are eating joints which get hooked onto your memory even if you are not very conscious about that fact. I never realized (until last Saturday) that somehow or the other Red Xpress (located at Sector-V, Saltlake) has got a little special place in my head (or heart, maybe) for some not-so-well-defined reasons stitched to…
Continue reading ➞ ‘Red Xpress’ – family restaurant with a touch of nostalgia!
There are few things in our lives to which we love to cling on to! Even if that entity disowns you, you can’t probably let go the fond memories and you keep on making honest efforts to go back for that old magic. One such entity is probably Darjeeling, at least for the Bengalis this…
Continue reading ➞ ‘The Whistling Kettle’ – Darjeeling is whistling in my head!
There are few good things still left in the life of Bengali mango-people that remind them of their childhood or adolescent days. With the rapid number of increasing eating joints and diminishing industries, values and safety quotient in the city, poor people (like me) tend to cling on to old memories that still make them…
Continue reading ➞ Adda, Nostalgia, Fish Orley and Bijoligrill!
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