by Anindya | Apr 4, 2017 | Eating Out, Food, Foodblog |
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 Bong vegetarian dish made with bitter guard and other vegetables), Alu posto (potatoes with poppy seed...
by Anindya | Feb 9, 2017 | Food |
This post has been long due. I am hopelessly nostalgic about Kolkata and if FairLawn Hotel Kolkata is not featured in my blog then the blog is incomplete. I have been hearing about it a lot. The history of this place is a part of Kolkata itself. Erstwhile Ford Street,...
by Anindya | Dec 23, 2016 | Food, Foodblog |
Just like any other festival the meaning of celebration changes over time. There has always been a point of time when we believed in Santa Claus and his gifts and then slowly with more books and knowledge things changed. This is a tale of two cities in West Bengal which celebrates Christmas and also the recipe of Christmas cake with Almond paste frosting
by Anindya | Dec 18, 2016 | Food, Foodblog |
What does Sunday mean to you? Ask a Bengali. The answers lie at the end of this post. Let me know how many match your answer. There are many specialized dishes which have certain strength or flavour and only goes with specific combinations. A nicely made chicken...
by Anindya | Dec 14, 2016 | Eating Out, Food, Foodblog |
A few days back, I started this discussion in facebook – Which one is the first Bengali fine dining restaurant in India? Yes, I asked in India as the purpose of asking was to figure out who had the guts to take the plunge. About a couple of decades back, Bengali...