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Kolkata has always been a melting pot- a confluence of culture. And for a glutton like me, no culture is complete without…

Being a Bengali পেটুক, born in Kolkata, I have a certain mental blockage against eating Bengali food at a restaurant. I always…

Apart from biryani, if Hyderabad is known for any one dish, that probably is Haleem. Yes, we have ordered the Haleem from…

“Am I talking to Indrajit Lahiri? Yes, please tell me. I am talking from Chef Sanjeev Kapoor’s team and we would like…

I believe in a very simple philosophy. If any restaurant, or business in that matter, crosses a century- it’s safe. More than…

It was around two centuries back, yes, long time … One Mr Philip Miner Dacres used to meet sailors over meals in…

Life has been really on a fast track today- at least for us urban Indians. And as a result, we tend to…

It was my first trip to Bangladesh. All my life, I’ve heard folklores about Bangladeshi Hilsa, but hardly anybody could tell me…

When one broke chinese businessman named Tom Achew had landed in what we called today as Achhipur, little did anybody know that…

I went to Bangladesh on a quest for hilsa. Yes, the fish that is the object of desire for both India and…