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Menu du jour calcutta reviews : 17 Recipes


  • Recipe 'Medium raw'. Arsalan biriyani, Park Circus Calcutta
    'Medium raw'. Arsalan biriyani, Park Circus Calcutta (2 votes)
    I landed at Calcutta this morning. I felt ten years younger. Nothing had changed. Except you had to control your bladder even longer with the crowds and just one loo in the arrival lounge. A dirty, stinky one. And the pre-paid cab[...]
  • Recipe Calcutta Phuchkas ... and the world of Bengali nicknames
    Calcutta Phuchkas ... and the world of Bengali nicknames (2 votes)
    Bengalis, or those with Bengali friends, would know of the nicknames that most Bengalis have. Short. Sweet. Often phonetic. At times nonsensical. Behind distinguished Abanindranaths, Samindranaths, Narendranaths, Bonishikhas, Padmalekhas and[...]
  • Recipe 'The old curiosity shop'.... Dolly's Tea Centre, Calcutta
    'The old curiosity shop'.... Dolly's Tea Centre, Calcutta
    An unplanned detour found us at Dakshninapan a couple of days back. The home of Dolly's Tea Centre . Well, K has been in its spell since we went there a wet afternoon many years back. She heads to it like a homing pigeon whenever she is here.[...]
  • Recipe "Just a li'l bit of the human touch". Jugals, Park Circus, Calcutta
    "Just a li'l bit of the human touch". Jugals, Park Circus, Calcutta (1 vote)
    A bit deflated after Arsalan I ambled into the sweetshop next door. It's name was Jugal's. Sounded like a North Indian name to me. It was a Bengali sweetshop. I thought that it could be something like Gangurams, a traditional Bengali[...]
  • Recipe The sun never sets on Calcutta's Park Street...Kusum's Rolls, Flurys, Phuchkas
    The sun never sets on Calcutta's Park Street...Kusum's Rolls, Flurys, Phuchkas
    Istanbul has Istiklal Kadesi. Mumbai has Colaba . Calcutta has Park Street. The trendy core of the city. Buzzing with life. Its young heart. Home to landmark nightclubs, pubs and iconic restaurants. A place whose[...]
  • Recipe The sweetest coffee shop in the world...Cafe Coffee Day, Golf Green, Calcutta
    The sweetest coffee shop in the world...Cafe Coffee Day, Golf Green, Calcutta
    I first went to the Cafe Coffee Day at Golf Green when I was in Calcutta a month back. I took my grandparent's there for a rare outing . The coffee shop folks were extremely helpful and made sure that the Octogenarian and Nonagenarian[...]
  • Recipe A rites of passage long delayed. Oly Pub, Park Street, Kolkata
    A rites of passage long delayed. Oly Pub, Park Street, Kolkata (1 vote)
    Quite a few eyebrows were raised when I recently tweeted about my plans to visit Oly Pub at Kolkata?s Park Street for the first time in my life. Folks couldn?t believe that I had[...]
  • Recipe The last empty table at Park Street on Friday Night... Tung Fong, Park Street Kolkata
    The last empty table at Park Street on Friday Night... Tung Fong, Park Street Kolkata (1 vote)
    This post is dedicated to my Mesho, a very generous host, who told me last night about how happy he was to see the buzz back at Park Street. A while back I had written about the difficulty of getting an empty table at Bandra on[...]
  • Recipe Flurys: An old flame
    Flurys: An old flame
    Today is all about Flurys. The patisserie that was, is and always will be, my favourite (yes, even after a lifetime of Hugo and Victor, Laduree, Pierre Herme and Adriano Zumba) . A hometown hangout. A powerhouse of childhood cravings and[...]
  • Recipe Brother of the Groom
    Brother of the Groom
    Overpacked. Almost late for the flight, beating the closing gate... 12 neatly packed brownies from Theobromas, forgotten in the fridge...I was ready to leave for Calcutta Catcher in the rye The Bong blogosphere is rife with[...]