iHeart cafe Himalayas Bhimtal
Anindya writes - This is the first ever guest post in pikturenama and since the time my good friend and extremely talented Dipali Bhasin had visited this cafe...
Kumro chingri – A surprise thakurbarir recipe
It was our best friend Sakshi's birthday and with the new princess Cifat (the daughter of Saskhi and Dipjoy) around, we were happy and excited for the party....
Hong Kong Travel – A guide to what you can do in 4 days
No matter what you do, please come back in one piece - that's what my wife said when I was planning my Hong Kong trip. A week before; the typhoon had hit Hong...
Hong Kong MTR – All that you wanted to know about the Mass Transit Railway
One of my biggest weakness is directions and leave aside an unknown place, I lose my way in Kolkata many a times. There is a certain brain conditioning which...
Cafe I Can Flyy Kolkata – The very very special one
It was towards the end of 2008. We were going to have a baby for the first time and our excitement saw no end. As days went by, everything changed for us. The...
Goan Chicken Vindaloo an oxymoron?
Most of the times when Madhushree and I meet people and talk about ourselves, it is she who takes the more air time than me (expect strong objections on this...
Malabar fish curry a replacement for Machher Jhol ?
When we went for Telengana food festival which was a great show at ITC Sonar and Chef Shankara had taken so much interest in explaining to us the nuances of...
Kolkata Street Art Festival 2017 by Berger Paints a great initiative
Is this the same Eden Garden Wall? I stood in disbelief as I was watching the wall paintings done on the walls of the Mecca of cricket - Eden Gardens Stadium...
Agrasen ki Baoli Delhi, hot afternoon and graffiti outside
In Kolkata, we don't have 'baolis' but 'bawali' which loosely means unnecessary and unwanted chaos. The first place that D was kind enough to take me around...
Karavalli restaurant menu and Chef Naren Thimmaiah comes to Taj Bengal Kolkata
Had I not met Chef Naren Thimmaiah in his chef whites, I would have mistaken him as an IIT IIM pass out (yes, that's a cliche which we still think as a good...
Jamia Masjid or Jama Masjid Srinagar Kashmir in the evening
Initially I had thought, I would not write about this as I was very upset with the quality of the pictures which had come out of this place. But a certain...
Bedmi Poori as a Sunday breakfast
Bedmi Poori - so near yet so far I have never had Bedmi poori in my life. The closest that I had a chance of having the same was while I was in Delhi. If...
Wazwan from Mughal Durbar Srinagar Kashmir to Hyatt Regency Kolkata
4th July 2017 will be a memorable day in my life. As I share all the reasons, let me tell you that one of the primary reason was that I was pushed to the edge...
The Oberoi Grand Kolkata, Grandiose and elegant beauty for decades
Whenever I have walked through the lobby of The Oberoi Grand Hotel, I have felt that I am being watched and assessed by silent pairs of eyes. Trust me, I...
Prawn pickle recipe for the love of the pickles
There was a point of time when I had pickle for all my meals. We had been to Nepal and as Nepal will always carry a soft spot for this blog, it will also be...
Ilish Machh festival at Taj Bengal Kolkata and Kalyan Ray the perfect combination
Muscles have never inspired me but muscles with intelligence have been role models. Isn't that normal for any Bengali boy growing up in a middle class Bengali...
Town Hall Khan Market New Delhi
The Delhi trip was long due and a hurried tour covering the food and architectural monuments was what I landed up with. I was lucky enough to have a very...
Hilsa Festival At The Gateway Hotel, Kolkata- Version 3
2015 was the first time we experienced the culinary magic of Chef Asish with Ilish. We were elated and we wrote a blog post. 2016, we got a repeat of the show...
Bohemian, Chef Joymalya Banerjee and Lamhe
Have you heard about Lamhe the film? Released in 1991 and considered as one of the masterpieces of Yash Chopra, Lamhe was a commercially unsuccessful. Layers...
Bishnupur – The weekend getaway from Kolkata
How many weekend getaways are there from Kolkata? How to go When we went to Bishnupur, it was a family trip with all the senior members from both the families...
Coffee Ice cream and our ice cream saga
Is ice cream seasonal? I would say yes and no. Ice cream is strongly connected with Summer. It is like a magic pill where you have one and all issues related...
Date and Mango Smoothie. Aam Khejur Ghol
One of the high points of accompanying ma for shopping in summers in Chandannagore was the lassi. The biggest market in Chandannagore was Laxmiganj bazar and...
Chingri macher bati chorchori
Managing the lobsters and love for Chingri I have a problem in managing lobsters. Baba never used to have chicken or mutton. An early age visit to the...
No More Crispy Chili Babycorn Please!!
For a long time, Park Street was the only place in the city where there were posh restaurants, even though, all of them served a very similar colonial...
Sarangkot Sunrise and that little girl
Bengali parents are very proud of the smallest feat or achievements of their kids. They don't miss any opportunity to share that in different forum. From...
KFC Addhope initiative is spreading some smile around at Rs 5 only
What is your average bill size for food when you visit KFC? How much will it affect you if the bill increases by Rs 5? Long back, when we stayed in...
Panch Mishali Torkari- A Bengali Vegetarian Staple with panch phoron
As Indians, we have all grown up with spices in our lives- in our day to day cooking and sometimes, even for medicinal uses. Food without spices are not even...
Will KFC Chilli Chizza be a substitute for a Pizza?
No, I don't think so. A pizza is completely different from KFC Chilli Chizza. Will it remind you of Pizza? Yes This latest offering from KFC- the KFC Chilli...
Chicken salad with leftover kebabs. Looking back at Poila Boishakh
What is the tradition of Poila Boishakh or Bengali New year? Other than a few that I remember from my childhood, the pertinent question that needs to be asked...
Fruit custard recipe and my love and hatred for fruits
I hate fruits. It is a family folklore how much I hated bananas while I was growing up and that formed one of the basis of the first food blog post of this...
Jan Bakers Srinagar Kashmir and the baking tradition of the valley
We met Humayun Jaan at Jan Bakers in very casual and unassuming way, while he was trying to fix some plumbing issues of the store. Kashmir was our first tour...
Fruit cookies easy peasy cookie squeezy
Easy peasy lemon squeezy ... The little one (now not that little as he turned 5 recently) has been saying this repeatedly for the last one month. He has...
Social Kitchen Holiday Inn Kolkata
`The recent advent of branded big hotels into the city is only an indication of the growing business; even though to the lay man, it is almost invisible....
Little Venice in Mykonos Island Greece
Do you fall in love with all the places that you travel to? Do you feel like not coming back from a place? I guess that happens every time when you visit a...
Basanti Pulao origin and the recipe
It is that time of the year when all that comprises of actual and pseudo bangaliana will start overflowing in various forms. Social media update, dressing in...
7UP Revive for me in Kolkata
Winters have disappeared from Kolkata! It’s now going to be a long stretch of summer with various degrees of humidity along with sweating, which makes the...
Best Kosha Mangsho in Kolkata as I have experienced
Let’s say you are planning to start a Bengali restaurant What are the things that come to your mind when you start planning the menu? Shukto (quintessentially...
Cranberry chutney with Panchphoron
A little prelude Once upon a time, when we were young, we used to meet with friends for Saturday night hangouts at our place. Tugga was a little baby. Hence,...
Skillet Baked Eggs and our love for truffles
In the month of December, Karen Anand casually asked us - In case you guys love truffle oil, would you like to have one which I picked up from Italy? It was...
Gout De France 2017 – The experience at The Legacy Grill
It was one of those relaxed weekdays, when we decided to sneak out of office early and just laze around at home- doing nothing. Tugga is usually not at home...
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