The Best Bhapa Doi – The Most Requested Recipe
Bhapa Doi is 'the most' requested recipe from our readers. I could have never imagined, a dish as simple as bhapa doi, something that I have made umpteen...
Sri Lankan Chicken Curry
You might be wondering why I am suddenly giving a recipe of a Sri Lankan chicken curry. Normally I do Bengali recipes or baking recipes and not that I...
Flights of Fantasy in Disneyland Hong Kong transports you to a dreamland
I met Buzz Lightyear for the first time at the Flights of Fantasy parade in Hong Kong Disneyland Hong Kong. When I went to Hong Kong Disneyland, Tugga was...
Chingri Makha / Bengali style prawn and onion salad with mustard oil
For all the readers of this blog, it may often appear that I don't cook much. Yes I agree I don't cook that much but it's untrue that like "cometh the hour...
Il Falconiere Relais and chateaux my most memorable days in Cortona
Lina told me - you Indians have such lengthy weddings for 3 days! Music and dance and so much fun. Far far away from India, uphill with Cortona, I didn't...
Hot cross buns, A national panasonic cassette player and a cassette
Hot Cross Buns , Hot cross Buns - the nursery rhyme and the beginning I was writing another article on Easter when I tumbled upon this. I came upon these...
Phenomenal Firingee Thala by Pritha Sen is a Fabulous start to Nabo Barsho at Ekdalia Rd
Firingee Thala is what Calcutta Food is and not necessarily Bengali food I had mentioned about how I assign a meal as 'good', these days. I would like to add...
Instead of a mall, why not take your kids to Kolkata Maidan next week ?
I asked this question to myself time and again as I walked along Kolkata Maidan at a photowalk. It's not the first time that I am here. I came a long time...
Bael Panna/ Bael Sherbat and the Health Benefits of Bael Fruit
Before I got married and was living with my mother, every summer I would have to have bael panna or bael sherbat a few times. I remember vividly, my mother...
Chilekotha Kolkata – a midweek surprise Bengali meal
Why do I say Chilekotha Kolkata is a good Bengali food joint in South Kolkata? How do you define a good meal? There are several answers to this question but...
