Äre you getting lazy on your “Sweets Of Bengal” series”? Somebody asked me- shyly, coyly. And I was looking for a space…
Being a Bengali পেটুক, born in Kolkata, I have a certain mental blockage against eating Bengali food at a restaurant. I always…
I know I am repeating myself, but Hyderabad food is so beyond Biryani. Yes, people there love biryani, but the regular Telugu…
Shantiniketan can be called as the average (or non-average) Bengali’s intellectual capital. It’s just 4.5 hour’s drive from Kolkata and by train,…
“Kolkata biryani is the best that the human race has ever created” … “okay, sir, which other varieties have you tasted? ”…
I believe in a very simple philosophy. If any restaurant, or business in that matter, crosses a century- it’s safe. More than…
Chilli pork is one of my most favorite dishes. Even, let me take the liberty of saying, that it is the playboy…
Summer is in full swing and so is the Haleem madness. As the month of holy Ramzan or Ramadan has settled in,…
“Kulfi malai chaiiiiii ” for most of us middle-aged human beings, this call was quite a similar one. During childhood, there used…
It was around two centuries back, yes, long time … One Mr Philip Miner Dacres used to meet sailors over meals in…