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.

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…

A Happy Me at the M Bar Kitchen:

One of the relatively new entrants in the Park Street food scene is the M Bar Kitchen. Notably, it is one of those places in the city which boast of serving food with Molecular Gastronomy tricks for the visual delight. Located well inside the Magma House, this place can be pretty tricky to locate, in…

Hakuna Matata: Gaiety in the Air, Happiness in the Tummy

Don’t worry, be happy! And eat some amazingly good food while you are at it. That, in a nutshell, is the feeling one would get at Hakuna Matata, Park Street. The bright yellows all around is an instant mood-lifter, and it is evident that a lot of thought has gone into the decor of the…

Spice it up @ Spice Kraft

The new player in town, Spice Kraft has garnered quite a loyal customer base in a very short span. After seeing a number of check-ins in Facebook, I knew I had to try it out. We ordered a Kokumrita: a play on the classic margarita, the Three Steps to Heaven: their version of the long…

Bodega: The World in a Molecule

 A joint dream project by Urvika Kanoi and Akash Jaiswal, Bodega Cantina Y Bar at Park Street, is all set to transform the culinary map of the city. Urvika, owner of Bodega, dropped out of film school and joined Le Cordon Bleu, London and on successful completion of her course, bagged an enviable internship opportunity….

OMG: Over-Enthusiasm over Molecular Gastronomy

The term ‘Molecular Gastronomy’ first entered my vocabulary a few years back, thanks to Masterchef Australia. I watched in awe as Heston Blumenthal, the chef with the get-up of a scientist, made fumes, spheres, ribbons etc in his lab-kitchen and served them on a plate. Today it happens to be the new fad in the…