JW Marriot had stirred up a lot of curiosity for a lot many months in the city, before it opened its doors for guests. And finally when it did open for guests, such was the rush that it was nearly impossible to get a booking at the JW Kitchen. So on 28th December, I was…
Monkey Bar: Of Kickass Cocktails, Drool-worthy Bites and a Stunning View of the City!
The first gastropub chain of the country spreads its branch to Calcutta, and that’s reason enough for me to hop in happiness. For the uninitiated, Gastropubs are places where the focus is equally on food and on the drinks, unlike regular restaurants which focus on food and serve some drinks too or like pubs primarily…
Come to the Asian Mama at Mamagoto, Park Street!
Located right on Park Street and spread across two floors with a seating capacity of 50 covers, Mamagoto boasts of edgy décor which exudes vibrancy and creates the perfect setting for a fun Asian eating experience. I have been to their Mumbai and Delhi outlets a number of times, and was eagerly looking forward to their…
Go Talli, not Broke:
Hangovers very often, are accompanied by the ‘Empty-Wallet Syndrome’. With taxes on alcohol reaching an obscene level, a drinking session outside is really getting taxing for young adults. And while I have no remedy for the hangovers, the EWS is now easily curable with the Talli menu at the Bodega Cantina Y-Bar at Park Street,…
What the Cake!
When there’s Xmas, there has to be cakes. Not the fancy ones we normally prefer round the year, like ‘a little savoury ones’ or the ones lined with exorbitantly priced exotic fruits; but the good old fruit cake. The maximum variation would be plum or chocolate. But get anything fancier, and it will fail miserably…
Cha & Taa: A Warm Hug in the Winters
A long, deep breath of Calcutta air during the winter months, bring with it the smell of freshly baked tea-cakes, komla lebu, boroline, fulkopi-r shingara and of course, freshly brewed tea. Cha and boroline – these two apparently mundane and disconnected things, are the primary weapons of mass survival for the sheeth-katurey Bangali, during the…
The Big, Red Box of Happiness:)
Like any other mundane Friday, last Friday I was sitting at my desk in office, trying my best to go through the more urgent ones of the files from the dusty heap on the table in front of me. It was just then that I was told that somebody has come to meet me, right…
Our Honeymoon: Of joy, learning and getting to know each other
Fifteen months ago when I had thought of starting a food blog, I had wanted to create an archive of my thoughts and memories attached to food. Very little did I know that it would go on to become so much more than that. Today after 15 months since the inception of BiteChompGulp, it has…
The Dugga Pujo Isspecials around Town
While a sizeable portion of the country eat their vegetarian, no-onion, no-garlic food through Navaratri or fast throughout the day and eat nothing at all, taking their piety a notch higher, we Bengalis gorge on copious amounts of meaty meals, with spots of vegetarian things thrown in between as accompaniments. Durga Pujo is yet another excuse for a week-long, lavish ‘Pet-Pujo’. The queues outside most restaurants even in the middle of the night, is unbelievable. Be it special buffets, set meals or a jazzed up ala carte menu, happiness is served to those who seek it:D.
Gabbar Ka Birthday Dhamaal!
The menu and the decor of this place is the perfect marriage of quirk and Bollywood. Their food looks spectacular. The desserts tasted like heaven. There’s nothing more I could have asked for, at least for that evening.
Brunching a Happy Brunch at Afraa:
Brunch is my favourite meal of the week. That is because I get to be super lazy and get up late, and then have a celebratory meal of surviving yet another week in this big, bad world. Last Sunday I went to Afraa Restaurant & Lounge, to try out their Sunday Brunch, priced Rs.999/- plus…
The Baap of Barbeques: Barbeque Nation, Park Street:
Unlimited skewered kebabs, on a live grill in the middle of the table, is a scene straight out of my food dreams. And thankfully, unlike most other dreams, this one is pretty easy to fulfill. Because, with Barbeque Nation opening at Park Street, I don’t need to travel all the way to Salt Lake to…
Get ready with your Fork and Knife to dig in @Fork & Knife!
Today in this age of specialization, most of the restaurants which are opening up around us, have a specific theme or a cuisine they focus on. So most of our plans now are like, “Let’s go for an Italian dinner” or “Oh! We must try the new Chinese place”. And though I love cuisine based, or…
The coolest new Burger hot-spot in town at My Big Fat Belly
My love for burgers, sliders, sandwiches and wraps is a saga worth celebrating. Fillings and dressings, with a touch of seasoning, between two pieces of bread are what my dreams are made up of. So the ‘My Big Fat Belly’, the newly opened place in Sarat Bose Road, is totally my kind of a place!…
A Meal to Remember at the Great Bohemian Brainstorming Munch
Bohemian, by Chef Joy Banerjee, from its very inception, has given the city an exquisite selection of fusion Bengali cuisine. Recently I went there to try out their set meal, which they interestingly called the Great Bohemian Brainstorming Munch. With an Appetizer, Beverage, Palate Cleanser, Main Course and Desserts priced at just Rs. 449/- plus…
My Journey through the Continent @Asia Kitchen by Mainland China
I am a sucker for Asian Food (well, food in general, but Asian food in particular). So when I saw the advertisements around the city of a new Asian place opening up at Kasba, from the house of Mainland China, I immediately made a mental note to pay a visit, rather sooner than later. It…
The Perfect Sunday Brunch at the Gateway Hotel:
What: A Sunday Brunch worth having Where: The Gateway Hotel, Kolkata, from 12.3o hrs to 15.30 hrs, every Sunday Cost: Rs. 1600/- plus taxes for alcoholic brunch and Rs. 1400/- plus taxes for non-alcoholic brunch, per head. No cost for children below 3 years. For children aged 3-8 yrs, it is Rs. 800/-. Sundays are…
Eilshe Guri Festival at the Aaheli, Axis Mall:
Ilish for us, bengalis, is not a fish. It is an emotion, and beyond. Last Saturday I fought my way through all the puddles, muck and splashes of the typical rainy day, to reach the Aaheli, Axis Mall for their Eilshe Guri Festival, on an invitation to KFB. What I have always loved about Aaheli…
The Park Street Newbies, all set to Steal the Show!
A few days back I posted on the Classic Park Street Pit-stops, (Classic Pit-Stops at Park Street:) eateries which have defined the original Food Street of Calcutta for ages now. So, to not post about the new entrants of Park Street would almost be a sin now. The new players are not just doing well, but…
Let’s Make Rakhi Sweeter!
Rakhi is just around the corner, on 18th August to be precise. And most brothers and sisters are surely gearing up to it. The popular notion of Rakhi being symbolic of a brother taking a vow to protect the sister, always came across as a little sexist to me and also, not having a brother, I always…
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