A couple of years back I was invited for an exclusive food tasting & review session at Aura, the marquee multicuisine all-day-dining restaurant at The Sonnet, Kolkata. The tasting menu read “We welcome you to the AURA for a musical gastronomic sojourn with us.” Indeed the food session was ‘Symphony in Harmony’ which is also…
Annakut Bhog – The Prasad Of 56 Food Items 🙂
The festival of Annakut (meaning a heap of grain) Puja, popularly known as Govardhan Puja, is celebrated on the 4th day of Deepawli, the 5 day Hindu festival of lights. For the Annakut festival, a meal using 56 different kinds of grains and vegetables are used to prepare the prasad known as Chappan Bhog. In…
Fabulous Immunity Boosting + Ayurvedic Food Buffet @ The Lalit Great Eastern Kolkata 🙂
Event: Cake Mixing CeremonyDate: 16 Nov 2020, 4:30 pm – 6:30 pm This year The Lalit Great Eastern’s cake mixing ceremony clashed with Bhai Dooj festival, the last day of our 5 days of Diwali festivities. After wrapping up the festival at home, even while I was leaving for the hotel during the late evening…
Meal Fit For The Kings @ Indie Yum by Ambuja Neotia, Kolkata 🙂
Joining the trend of cloud kitchens and home delivery services, Ambuja Neotia – the pioneer in hospitality services in Kolkata has introduced Indie Yum, the 100% vegetarian cloud kitchen with an extensive menu encompassing most of the popular Indian regional dishes and Continental (primarily Italian) dishes. No wonder the food platter that they sent me…
When I went for a 5 Star Dinner Buffet and got hooked to it’s Salad Section! 🙂
I was required to meet a group of visiting friends for late night dinner and we opted to go for dinner buffet at Waterside Cafe at Hyatt Regency (Kolkata), as we like to frequent that place ever since it’s inception, for it’s relaxed good vibes and hospitality. Luckily the then vegetarian serving of soup was…
We Broke The Lockdown Spell @ Motor Works & Brewing Company, Sec V – Salt Lake 🙂
Around a fortnight back, we broke the lockdown spell of home confinement, by wining & dining with family at Motor Works & Brewing Company, the upbeat and spacious diner with full fledged bar and hookah service. To maintain the social distancing with other hookah consumers, we chose to be seated on the empty mezzanine floor…
Floating Flea Market @ The Earthy Saga 2.0 🙂
Every year, the advent of winter brings in a plethora of exhibits and cultural dos in the ‘City of Joy‘, each one trying to better itself than the preceding year and a selected few trying to stand out by introducing innovative concepts. But this year, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, all the concerned exhibition…
When We Meet For Work And Not For Dining And Still End Up Purchasing Enough Food 🙂
At times it’s not really about food, but about a well lit, hygienic and quality service place where you can sit with ease and discuss work with your associates over a good cup of coffee. Of course, as per the length of your conversation, you need to keep the tab running. We always do. Our…
Bhuri Bhoj Lavish Lunch @ First Innings – The Stadel, Kolkata 🙂
Food Event: Dasho Bhujar Agomoni Duration: 22 – 25 Oct 2020 (Lunch & Dinner) Only when the ongoing 9 days long Durga Puja was coming to it’s end and I was missing out on the mandatory Pujo Bhog of our residential complex and bengali cuisine dine-outs with friends, all thanks to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic,…
2 Big Potlis of Biryani Platters Received From Biryani Bahaar by Aaheli Xpress, Kolkata 🙂
Our Sunday lunch was quite sumptuous and tasty, thanks to the 2 wonderful biryani platters sent by Biryani Bahaar a cloud kitchen unit by Aaheli Express, the quick food service brand from Peerless Hotels. The packaging was quite detailed and rustic, complete with all the required instructions and tagging. Each item was carefully packed and…
