Asim Bando's KOLKATA BLOG

Uttam Kumar was fond of delicious spicy foods like prawn malaikari, kaju chicken, chingri macher paturi, palang paneer kofta, bhetkir kanta chachari, mangser do-peaji, sagar doi, doi ilish... Chef Sushanta Sengupta is there at 6 Ballygunge Place till 16 September with these favourite dishes of Uttam Kumar for you. Price Rs 20/- to 750/-. -- A. B.

Oh Calcutta: Daab Chingri, Gandhoraj Bhetki. Aheli: Postor Bora, Bhapa Chhanar Utsav. Cupiz: Chingri Macher Khichuri, Bhetki Macher Dom. 6 Ballygunge Place: Kankra Sorshe, Chitol Macher Muithya. Prince: Taki Macher Bhorta, Bhapa Ilish. Sonar Gaon: Run Sonar Gaon, Pabdar Jhol. Tero Parbon: Ilish Harogouri, Chingri Kobiraji. Bohemian: Kolmi Shaak Mutton, Gandhoraj Sufle. Jadab Chandra Das: Chocolate Doi, Chandrapuli. K. C. Das: Rossogolla, Labangalatika. Mrityunjoy Ghosh: Rosomundi, Koraishutir Kochuri. Nabakrishna Guin: Chanar Jilipi, Daler Bonde. -- A. B.

Poila Boishakh, the first day of Bengali new year. Bengalees traditionally celebrate the day with pure Bengali foods. And today's Bengalee use to taste the most attractive foods of Bengali restaurants on this day. Aheli of Peerless Inn is one of those rare hotels where special thali of Bangla meals can be tasted in exchange of only Rs 1200, in an atmosphere of ancient Kolkata. Aheli Restaurant in Kolkata is well known for authentic Bengali cuisine. Besides Kewpie's Restaurant, which is also known for the local Bengali cuisine, Aheli Restaurant of kolkata stands as its stiff competitor. To the epicurean, Aheli restaurant in kolkata, West Bengal, comes as a blessing because the city house plenty other multicuisine restaurant and their own culture is getting subverted. Kolkata is the melting pot of culture. Nonetheless its own store of delicacies is quiet rich and nobody can deny that the Bengali cuisines are a must- have. The Location of Aheli Restaurant in ...

Deckers Lane of the city of joy, one of the most popular location for spicy food for working people of Dalhousi area. One can find here the flavours of Indian foods very cheap yet tasty. The century-old lane marked for only foods is one of the places of interest. The lane is recently renamed as James Hickey Sarani. On 29 January, in the year 1780, that is, 23 years after battle of Plassey, James augustus Hickey took the venture to publish first Indian newspaper 'Bengal Gazette' from Kolkata. To pay respect Hickey, Kolkata Municipal Corporation renamed Deckers Lane as James Hickey Sarani. -- A. B.