Finally, I Attendee An Iftar And What A Splendid One It Was!! 🙂

Date: 20 Apr 2023 Venue: The Great Ball Room – The Lalit Great Eastern Kolkata Thanks to the onslaught of reels and elaborate vlogs pertaining to Iftar i.e. the meal taken by Muslims at sundown to break the daily fast during Ramadan, I automatically learnt a lot about this meal, it’s protocols and reverence attached…

We Celebrated Galantines @ Pawanputra, Kolkata 🙂

Pawanputra, the popular vegetarian multicuisine diner had introduced a special menu called The Valentine’s Extravaganza for the Valentine’s Week which was from 7-14 Feb. It comprised of two set meals, each of which comprised of a Love Special Mocktail, a starter, two main course dishes and a dessert. Each meal was meant for two people…

Bowled Over With Millet Magic @ The Cake Mixing Ceremony 🙂

Venue: The Bakery – The Lalit Great Eastern Kolkata Date: 18 Nov 2022 In my bid to stay away from gluten free food, I love to experiment with assorted millets and totally love the rotis, pancakes, fritters and khichdi that I create out of them. But the Hi-Tea buffet menu at the aforementioned cake mixing…

Hearty South Indian Meal @ Ammini, Kolkata 🙂

Ammini is a considerably small South-Indian restaurant with limited but all comprehensive menu and authentic taste. Sometime back two of us enjoyed there a hearty meal comprising of – – Idly & Vada (Rs. 100/-): They came accompanied with Sambhar and we had to choose 2 out of 3 chutneys. We opted for White Chutney…

Amazing Appetizers @ Backstage, Salt Lake 😊

It so happened that a couple of years back, a bunch of us siblings along with our respective spouses happened to be together in the City of Joy and planned for a night out that spelt – fancy booze, upbeat music, shisha and lip smacking appetizers. And we straightaway headed to Backstage, the popular rock…

Cosy & Cute Cake Mixing + Food Tasting Session @ Cafe Yonder, Kolkata 😊

Date: 22 Nov 2021 My latest cake mixing was at the barely two months old first floor based Cafe Yonder, a cosy, cute and brimming with sunlight 60 seater cafe, built at the onset of Purna Das Road, from Golpark island crossing in Kolkata. With it’s seating arrangements made of clean cut cane furniture, the…

Our Gang Of Girls Visited Loafer’s Cafe At Raajkutir In Kolkata 🙂

A couple of months back, to brainstorm over our upcoming projects, four of us from the West Bengal Hotels & Restaurants Council of WICCI visited the cosy and quite different from others – Loafer’s Cafe, situated in the premises of Raajkutir, the boutique hotel with the aura of an ‘inspired period piece’. The ambience at…

Kebabs, Sizzler & Dal-Roti @ Traffic Gastropub, City Centre 2, Kolkata 😊

Liking the eclectic, colorful and upscale decor that I came across in the newspaper articles and social media postings of Traffic Gastropub, the 4 years old swank gastropub located on the second floor of City Centre 2 mall, I decided to check it out for my annual ritual of visiting a new eatery during Great…

Maharashtrian Thali + A Plethora Of Food Combos @ Foodhouse, Kolkata 😊

One of the latest and effective entrants in the city’s foodscape, Foodhouse is the New Alipore based home food service that caters to all kinds of vegetarian and non-vegetarian meals – be it snacks, food combos or full meals. As per the ongoing season and festival, they keep on introducing the concerned menus and platters….

Sumptuous Food Hamper For Two @Novotel Hotel & Residences Kolkata 🙂

It is called: The Marwari Kitchen It contains: Vegetarian Traditional Dishes of the Rajasthani Cuisine It is available: From 11 am to 9 pm It needs to be ordered: 12 hours  in advance It is designed for: 2 Diners. But if you are a family of scanty eaters, then a couple of more diners can…