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.
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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…
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…
How I met our Melete!
I first met Anjee Bhatia over the cliched cup of coffee, at a regular coffee shop after a hectic day at office. And under 5 minutes, I knew I will have a good time working with this happy, curly-haired woman. She is the Head Chef and Partner at Melete, an online bakery in Kolkata. Not only do…
To Love or not to Love the new-age Ilish:
The much-famed Ilish (Hilsa, for the uninitiated), holds a special place in the heart of Bangalis worth their ‘Machh-Bhaat‘. Be it fellow commuters in the crowded bus, or colleagues at office, or even relatives meeting after years, the conversations held any time between May and September, has to, invariably, hover around the Ilish. “Ajkal shob…
Pour out Good Times@Pour House, Sector 5, Kolkata:
Strategically located at the Sector 5 of the city, Pour House, the humongous lounge-pub is surely to be a hit with the office-goers of the IT Hub. I dropped by at this place on a Monday night, after office. I generally do not prefer going to Sector 5, because it’s just too far off from…
Calcutta Continental at Silver Platter:
When I got an invitation from the Management of Silver Platter, a newly opened Continental joint in Kasba, Kolkata, I knew the dinner would be an interesting one. This was primarily because Kolkatans have been spoilt by Park Street and it is indeed very difficult to match up with to the standard already set in…
Crossroad Cafe -Where happiness isn’t Pricey:
I was intrigued by the pictures of their food on Instagram, and had it pretty high up on my wishlist for some time. The nice little cafe, has a bright, happy feel to it and the genial servers welcomed me with a beaming smile as I entered. I went there with friends old and new for…
Classic Pit-Stops at Park Street:
Park Street is the original food street of Calcutta. No matter how many new places open up at Sarat Bose Road, or Rajarhat, this is one basic fact which remains unchanged in the lives of us, the Calcuttans. Many of once-fancy restaurants of Park Street have now been closed down, or have been reduced to…
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…
Irish House: Hop into the Hype!
Went there some days back for a lunch with a friend. After seeing too many pictures and check-ins in Facebook, I gathered this must be one of the new ‘happening’ places in town and hard kept it in my wishlist for a long time. Well, it has a pretty big seating area and one can…
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….
Gabbar’s Bar & Kitchen: Where Molecular Gastronomy meets Bollywood
I had heard and read too much about Gabbar’s to not pay a visit and check out for myself whether it’s worth the hype or not. I ordered almost all the things on the menu with the Molecular Gastronomy tag, and the theatrical quotient in all of them were amazing. Be it the Paani-puri, the…
Chapter 2: A Bite into the Past
Calcutta, (yes, that’s the name I prefer) was the hub of glittery nightlife from the 1940s till the 1970s, when the city would party all night long at Park Street, while most other cities would still be mostly unaware of the eclectic mix that good food and good music can be. But today, most of…
Bite.Chomp.Gulp 