The Fatty Bao Kolkata comes to Calcutta
Tell me one more instance in Kolkata where you would see a national restaurant chain having two of their brands in the same place. Speciality group, in most...
Cal 27 Taj bengal the new beginning
Very rarely, it so happens that within a radius of 1 Km, you have 3 iconic landmark buildings not related to each other but have been a witness to changing...
How I learnt to cook a Thai green curry
I tried to avoid this as much as possible. At some point, I also refused to go. The Cook off between city bloggers organized by The Oberoi Grand Kolkata was a...
Beef Stew for all seasons
Disclaimer - All characters are purely fictional. Although if you want to find any resemblance, it will be very easy. It's the story of a brother and sister. ...
Planning a visit to Korea? This is all that you wanted to know
1988 was the year when I first heard of Seoul. Seoul, the capital of Republic of Korea (popularly known as South Korea) and along with various other cities...
Majbous and our love for Middle Eastern Food
A long time ago, when I used to study in Cardiff (yes, it almost seems like a fairy tale now- more than a decade back), I was fortunate enough to experience...
Royal Enfield Biking gear can soon take me to that biking trip to Ladakh
Murthy uncle has been my neighbour for the last 5 years. Last year I saw him buying a Royal Enfield bike and could see him glowing in happiness of being a...
Sunset cruise Hong Kong its a festival of lights every night
This cruise was initially planned for the first day of my tour to Hong Kong but then with a slight change in the schedule, I managed to do this on the day...
Pumpkin and prawn Hand pie It’s Halloween time?
Is it Halloween? - the son asked No it's few days more - The mother replied This time please make me dress as a vampire - the son requested We never...
Eau Chew restaurant Kolkata the last standing glory
It was difficult to locate the place. We were supposed to a photoshoot of Josephine Huang. Nestled above an abandoned petrol pump turned garage on G C Avenue,...
Shapla Chingri a Bengali prawn dish which tells a lot about our society
How did we first taste Shapla Chingri? It will not be exaggerating to say that this is the invention of the season at our dinner table. The fact that water...
Jibe Goja and Bijoya Sweets. Can this be a diwali sweet too?
Scene 1 take 1 - the first day It almost became a competition between the father and the son. The greedy son of a clandestine greedy father (my known ones...
Apple Rabdi Recipe and My Casual Banter
There are times when you don't feel like doing anything. You just want to be in a state of limbo. Binge-watch everything that you have missed out on TV and...
Tai O village Lantau Island Hong Kong How I spent 2 hours
I had 2 hours to spend at Tai O Village - a Small village at Lantau Island. By then I had already done an excellent cable car ride and a guided tour of the...
Burnt Garlic fried rice and my love for fried rice
Fried rice and its popularity in Kolkata, especially amongst Bengalis Is fried rice one of the most popular rice dishes in the world? If I would have been...
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...
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