The Oberoi Grand of Calcutta, popularly known as the “Grand Hotel”, is a reminiscent of the city’s glorious past and its Colonial elegance. It was once billeted by the WWII soldiers and was the choice of US Marines for their Balls. It was the Mahanavami of the Durga Puja in Calcutta and almost all restaurants…
RWI @ Guchhi, Hyatt Regency – Subsidized price comes with subsidized service
I visited Guchhi, the North Indian/Mughlai restaurant of Hyatt Regency, Kolkata on the second day (17th September) of the Restaurant Week India (RWI). It was a three course prix fixe menu consisting of a starter, a main dish, daal, rice/naan and a dessert for Rs. 900+tax per person. I was there in a group of…
Oudh 1590 – Average food with smooth online ordering and timely delivery
On a rainy Friday afternoon, I and three of my colleagues decided to skip the office cafeteria food and order something from outside. We couldn’t go out because it was raining. Secondly, we had the Friendship day promo code from Zomato which promised a 20% discount! No more reasons were needed. We chose Oudh 1590…
Zomato-CFC Meet at Saptapadi – “Never Ending Path of Bengali Fusion Food”
I was pretty excited to see the invitation email from Zomato to the CFC Member’s Meet in Saptapadi restaurant to preview their Hilsa Festival menu along with their fusion Bengali cuisine. The restaurant opened about four months back in Purna Das road, next to another Bengali restaurant, “Tero Parbon”. If you enter Purna Das road…
Coastal Cuisine Festival at Flame & Grill
I was very excited when I read that Flame & Grill was organizing a Coastal Cuisine Festival and wasted no time to pay a visit with family. But my excitement vanished into thin air as soon as I started by culinary journey from coast to coast. Flame & Grill possibly thought that throwing some curry…
Review: Studio – The Pan-Asian Galerie, Novotel Kolkata Hotel and Residences
This year, Citibank Restaurant Week started from April 22nd and we decided to commence our gastronomic voyage from the restaurant nearest to our work. Studio is the Pan-Asian restaurant of the Novotel Hotel, Kolkata. The first thing you would notice is the two storey tall racks having large glass jars filled with colorful cookies! Though…
Review: Raize the Bar, Sector V
We went to this new restaurant on 30th March, the day it was opened to public and as a matter of fact we were, the very first customers of the restaurant! The shiny metal beer brewing tanks attracted my attention for a while and I was really excited to have a microbrewery in Sector V….
Review: K19, Park Plaza Hotel, Kolkata
Live pakoda counter in the Poila Boisakh (Bengali New Year) special lunch! A buffet spread consisting of about 50 plus items, mostly Bengali and Punjabi dishes. Majority of the foods were very average with a few exceptions of innovative dishes like “Bacon-Watermelon Salad” and some very tasty dishes like “Kanchalonka Murgi” or “Dhaba Gosht”. Nevertheless,…
La Scrumptious 