Telebhaja (fritter) is one of the most popular snack items in Eastern India. And if we are talking about Kolkata / Calcutta, the undisputed Telebhaja capital would be Bagbazar Street. There is an unbelievable number of Telebhajar dokan from Rabindra Sarani/Chitpore to Bidhan Sarani/Bagbazar Bata. Apart from the permanent ones, there are quite a few… Read more »
My love for pork started with the Chinese dishes at Tiretta Bazar, the old China Town. It grew with the Tibetan momos and thukpas, English breakfasts, Hungarian sausages and steaks before returning home to wonderful Naga preparations. All these while I always thought how good this meat will taste if prepared like our good old… Read more »
Last week when Bablada called me up and informed about the Christian cemetery near Maniktala on A.P.C. Road (Acharya Prafulla Chandra Road), for the first few minutes I tried hard to locate the place, only to realise I have never noticed anything even close to a cemetery in that area. It took lesser time for… Read more »
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar. Image courtesy : Wikipedia Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (Bengali: ঈশ্বরচন্দ্র বিদ্যাসাগর Ishshor Chôndro Biddashagor 26 September 1820 – 29 July 1891), born Ishwar Chandra Bandopadhyay (Bengali: ঈশ্বরচন্দ্র বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়, Ishshor Chôndro Bôndopaddhae), was an Indian Bengali polymath and a key figure of the Bengal Renaissance. Vidyasagar was a philosopher, academic, educator, writer, translator, printer,… Read more »
Wikipedia takes Kolkata is an annual event, where a group of like-minded people visit various landmarks of Kolkata, to click photos, which are used to enhance the Wikimedia repository. Wikipedia as we all know is the largest free online encyclopedia which depends entirely on voluntary activities. And the editors, to create and maintain the articles,… Read more »
When Late Jiban Krishna Saha became the owner of Mr. Allen’s restaurant in the late 19th century, had he any idea that more than 130 years later this place would be one of the favorite drooling dens for the food lovers of the city? Well, that we will never know. But we can always visit… Read more »
Today Kosha Mangsho and Golbari have become almost synonymous. We have heard about them from our parents and still a lot of people start drooling when they hear these two names.Bengalis love their “motton” (Mutton / goat meat) and they love their hot, spicy and greasy gravies. If you are weak at heart, I suggest,… Read more »
I was planning and trying hard to visit Eau Chew for the past few weeks. Finally last Sunday my wife and I decided it’s now or never. It was already 12:30 PM and we quickly searched the net for the restaurant contact details and timing. I tried the number twice but there were some problem… Read more »