Japanese is fast becoming the hottest foreign cuisine in the country, shoving Chinese, Thai and Lebanese into the background. My first tryst with the much-famed Sushi was back in the year 2009, when I tried a few from a big box of sushi, rather apprehensively, during a family dinner at the Pan Asian, ITC,…
Tag: Kolkata
It’s Raining Beer at the Monkey Bar, Kolkata
I am an absolute cocktail person, and beer isn’t a drink that I prefer much. But Beer Cocktails, the new cool thing, is something I quite like. And while beer is a drink that most associate with summer, the same beer with a splash of this and a sprinkle of that, goes perfectly with the…
The Bong-Boho Melbondhon @Bohemian, Ballygunge:
Bohemian is undoubtedly the pioneer of fusion Bengali food in the city, and is a personal favourite of mine for more than half a decade now. Playing with simple staples of the Bengali kitchen, and mixing and moulding them to create something jaw-droppingly beautiful, is what Chef Joymalya Banerjee has been doing with unmatched elan…
Sweet Summer Dreams made true at Flurys
The passionate and tumultuous love affair of the Alphonso and the Aam-admi is a story fit for the history books. Add a spoonful of sugar to it, and it finds its place in the Greatest Love Stories of all times. And this saga of love is being served on a plate at the good, old…
Karma Kettle: Of Beautiful Blends and a Sip of Gold:
It’s no secret that I have always been hopelessly in love with tea. And this love for the golden liquid is something which runs in my genes, I believe. On most days, a big, bold cup of morning tea is what makes me ready to go out in the big, bad world for the day’s…
A Sunny Sunday at Serafina
Serafna is one of my favorite fancy places to eat out in the city. The food here is amazing, and they certainly know how to make some mind-blowing risotto. The meats, in dark, rich, caramelized glazings are every meat-lovers’ dream come true. The desserts too are elegant, specially their signature tiramisu with an ample punch…
Taste of the Sea-shore at The Coastal Macha
Being true to my Bangaliana, my obsession with fish is a story fit for a textbook on Regional Generalizations. But the only twist to it is that my love is not confined to bhapas, kalias and paturis. Rather it traverses geographical boundaries and spills on to kebabs, cutlets, grills, bakes and everything else too. So…
Lombardy Festival at La Cucina, Hyatt Regency, Kolkata
Every visit of mine to La Cucina has been very special in its own ways, and this last one a few days back was no different. The occasion of this particular mid-week lunch visit was to have a taste of the some simple yet beautiful cooking by Chef Ferrari from the Lombardy region of Italy….
Whiskey Wednesdays at the Irish House
Irish House, Kolkata is one of the coolest places in town to grab a drink and munch on some seriously good food. And their coolness quotient has now been amped up further as their Whiskey Wednesdays give the city peeps a mid-week breather. I went there a few days back, on an invitation to their…
7 New Age Asian Dining Places to Rush to in Kolkata:
Growing up in a house where eating out was a bi-weekly ritual, the most pertinent question presented to me and my sister by my parents would be “Moghlai, Chinese na Continental?” Based on the answer the choice would be made amongst Kwality (Moghlai), Barbeque (Chinese) or Peter Cat (Continental), all standing tall in their full…
To Love or Not to Love ‘The Love Room’, the first Pet-Friendly Café in Town
Well honestly, I am not a pet enthusiast by any stretch of imagination. So when my friends were super-excited about visiting Love Room, the first pet-friendly cafe in Kolkata, I was rather skeptical about how the set up would be, if the in-house pets will be all over me or not, etc. On my visit…
A Pinch of Salt🍚
I faintly remember a story I had been told as a small child, where a Queen asks the King how much he loves her, and in reply the King says that he loves her as much as Salt. And this greatly angers and upsets the Queen as salt is something too mundane and common, not…
For the last minute planners of Valentine’s Day!
All relationships that I have been in, have been intrinsically tied with food, may it be with my family, friends, colleagues or partners. And my celebrations are almost always marked with good food. If yours are too, then the two most enticing options in the city for Valentine’s Day celebrations are as below: 1. Yauatcha: London’s…
Spoonful of Kashmir at Oceanic, Peerless Inn, Kolkata
Kashmir reminds me of a number of things – mountains, shawls, kahwa, rugged roads, shikaras, flowers and of course, amazing food. While for most of these things, we have to drool over the television or plan a holiday there, Kolkata was lucky to get Kashmiri food right here in Kolkata at the Oceanic, Peerless Inn….
What’s cooking in the Kitchen@ JW Marriott?
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…
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,…
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.
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