Christmas Brunch in Kolkata – Wish you a Merry Christmas
If you know me, you would often hear this Turkey problem which assigns the uncertainty of life in a big way, Nasim Nicholas Taleb in his Black Swan had cited this example of the fate of the Turkey. A turkey is being fed for 1000 days by a butcher, which every day...
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 career) senior Investment Banker with thin framed spectacles, bright intelligent piercing eyes, a smile...
Sizzler Festival @Buzz, The Gateway Hotel, Kolkata
There is a hiss and a sizzle and it makes everyone’s head turn around. Yes, it is a head turner, the Sizzler. There is not much written about the origin or the history of sizzler other than it was definitely popularised in the US after World War II. However what can...
Don’t touch my Ilish recipe please
There are two camps when it comes about views on Ilish. Conventional and adventurous. Ethnic and fusion. I belong to the old school where I plead that dont innovate Ilish to an extent to kill the basic flavour of the fish.
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