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…

Vegetarian Burmese Cuisine @ Burma Burma, Kolkata 🙂

Popular for it’s vegetarian and vegan Burmese & Asian dishes (both original and adaptations), speciality teas and artisanal desserts, Burma Burma – the Russell Street based fine dining restaurant and tea room is slowly and steadily becoming quite popular amongst the vegetarian diners of Kolkata, specially when many are looking for vegan and/or gluten-free options…

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…

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…

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…

Lip Smacking Gujarati Meal @ Food-Boxx, Kolkata 😊

The subsequent lockdowns and temperory closing of malls and restaurants gave birth and rise to a bevy of home chefs catering to all types of food. It was only a couple of years back that I got to know about Undhiyu, a Gujarati winter mixed veg curry. As per habit, I scooped more information about…

10 Items Fixed Meal Menu @ Asia Kitchen by Mainland China, Acropolis Mall, Kolkata 😊

Not much attuned to what to order and what not to order in a particular restaurant, after the re-opening of the restaurants post the second wave of covid, I heaved a sigh of relief when I spotted an additional fixed meal menu, during my recent visit to Asia Kitchen by Mainland China, the Asian cuisine…

Buffet at Home by First Innings – The Stadel 🙂

The second wave of the ongoing pandemic resulted into temporary closure of dining units of hotels & restaurants, which are now thankfully re-opening albeit for fixed hours. However, many of them still continue to serve their loyal patrons by providing home delivery service of their signature specialities, the usual frequently ordered items and immunity booster…

9 Course Chef’s Table With Molecular Gastronomy By Culinary Wizard Chef Chanchal Datta @ Refinery 091, Globsyn Crystals, Salt Lake – Sec V 🙂

Date: 30 Dec 2020, 2:00 pm onwards Though 2020 was a year of trials and turbulences for all, thankfully it ended for some members of West Bengal Hotels & Restaurants Council of WICCI on an ecstatic note, thanks to the wonderful spread out of Chef’s Table enriched with elements of molecular gastronomy and intricate plating…

Pure Gastronomic Indulgence & Delight @ Aura – The Sonnet, Kolkata 🙂

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…