tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10102622.post5492897951313097158..comments2024-03-12T17:38:31.180+05:30Comments on Calcutta Chromosome: The Return of the IconsDiptakirti Chaudhurihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00296396674255584499noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10102622.post-1569723908893270132013-05-08T01:07:00.518+05:302013-05-08T01:07:00.518+05:30Agree with your assessment of ChutneysAgree with your assessment of ChutneysChowder Singhhttp://chowdersingh.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10102622.post-86623099548309931322012-03-13T09:56:13.927+05:302012-03-13T09:56:13.927+05:30@ Tan -
You want to spend 3 days in Calcutta like...@ Tan -<br /><br />You want to spend 3 days in Calcutta like a true-blue Bong would? Check into Ffort at Raichak and don’t move unless you have to eat or drink. I am told there’s a new place called Ganga Kutir – which is even more luxurious, pays even more attention to culinary matters and frowns at physical activity and raised voices. But I am sure you don’t want to do that… <br /><br />Try to eat at Mocambo (Devilled Crabs), Peter Cat (Chelo Kabab), Arsalan and Shiraz (Mutton biriyani), Kewpies (Bengali cuisine) for the meals. Remember – it is important to eat at both Arsalan and Shiraz. Otherwise you would never be able to take sides during the Great Biriyani Debate and remain a perennial outsider to Calcuttans. <br /><br />Between meals, make do with (double-egg, double-chicken) rolls at Kusum (Park Street), pastries at Kookie Jar (just ahead of La Martiniere school), phuchka near Bibekananda Park (on Southern avenue) and coffee at, well, Coffee House (College Street). <br /><br />Don’t forget to sneak in a drink or two at Olypub (Park Street) along with cocktail sausages. Browse books at College Street. Watch a movie at Nandan. Catch a play. Visit Presidency College. Take a tram ride around the Maidan. <br />While on the subject of drinks, it has been ages since I had a drink in the interval of a movie. Do that as well. Unless the world has come to an end, New Empire or Lighthouse should still have the bars. <br /><br />Chat with the cabbies. Ask the Nandan usher for a review of the movie. Tell the Presi students their college sucks. Walk past 1/1 Bishop Lefroy Road. Get on the Metro and get off at Uttam Kumar. Buy a CD of Rabindrasangeet. Passionately criticize the ‘blue colouring’ of the city. Floor the citizens by asking “amai ektu Bangla shikhiye deben?” <br /><br />Fall in love with the city. And then spend the rest of your life trying to explain to the infidels why.Diptakirti Chaudhurihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00296396674255584499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10102622.post-21266266606891704882012-03-12T13:27:13.256+05:302012-03-12T13:27:13.256+05:30Hey!
Was going through your old blogs about Calcut...Hey!<br />Was going through your old blogs about Calcutta. Even though I am from a 'Hai Raam-you said ANDA' variety of UP brahmin family, have always been a wannabe bong. And now have turned my thoroughbred beef eating mallu husband into one hell of a bong convert. So much so that we are sneaking away to Calcutta for 3 days which has left our families befuddled and enlightening us about Air Asia and cheap foreign travel ;). I have always been a fan of yours and would love to have a chance to explore the place through your eyes. The must dos and eats and drinks! I have been there once and did the Victoria memorial, Flurry's routine but would love to spend these 3 days as a true blue bong would. Would you mind helping me out if it is not too inconvenient for you? <br />I promise to return the favor by divulging all the secrets held close to my heart about Lucknow and Bangalore! Pretty please?Tannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10102622.post-82545629929012776222011-03-20T18:25:46.087+05:302011-03-20T18:25:46.087+05:30Sadly, Shiraz'a golden days are behind it. Cal...Sadly, Shiraz'a golden days are behind it. Cal's best Biryani (which in all prob, would also be India's best Lukhnavi Biryani) is now made by Arsalan (park circus/ripon street). While I have tons of lovely memories from Shiraz (that two hour wait for a table on Oshtomi, 1999), the Arsalan stuff is really, really good. Almost as good as shaadi ki Biryani, in fact.<br /><br />Actually, come to think of it, even during the 90s, Shiraz wasn't the best. That crown would need go to Royal, no?Shoaib Daniyalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14505444520025822214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10102622.post-91021099051104593702011-03-05T02:32:38.098+05:302011-03-05T02:32:38.098+05:30Uh, also, since you're Bangali and a foodie......Uh, also, since you're Bangali and a foodie...please see this...<br /><br />http://aishwaryaeats.blogspot.com/2011/03/homage-to-my-rootsand-oh-calcutta.htmlAishwaryahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05908188235208187698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10102622.post-30463107246682490862011-02-28T10:50:44.849+05:302011-02-28T10:50:44.849+05:30I support Big Chill one hundred percent. Although ...I support Big Chill one hundred percent. Although I hoenstly think, for Delhi, Sagar Ratna could well be a big gun contender too. Lines? Serpentine. Food? *insert appropriate reply, I'm too busy stuffing my face*<br /><br />If you would, please do go through my blog too, it's ONLY about the food I eat/ate. And if you like it, please forward it among your friends.<br />http://aishwaryaeats.blogspot.com<br /><br />Thanks!Aishwaryahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05908188235208187698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10102622.post-73269679070229217132011-02-27T19:52:25.311+05:302011-02-27T19:52:25.311+05:30The Biriyani at Shiraaz just does not taste the sa...The Biriyani at Shiraaz just does not taste the same anymore. My loyalties have shifted to Arsalan. All said and done, I have realised that the eating joints in Delhi lack the "personality" of those in Calcutta.The Weekend Bloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17529547910130790380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10102622.post-13542235308027181972011-02-27T10:38:57.833+05:302011-02-27T10:38:57.833+05:30Siraj is undergoing a makeover at the moment. A 3 ...Siraj is undergoing a makeover at the moment. A 3 star swank hotel is coming up at the location with the restaurant being shifted to the first floor of the building.Lazyanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04515533973086213840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10102622.post-68644863722212062742011-02-27T00:34:39.778+05:302011-02-27T00:34:39.778+05:30Nice list, but I find it hard to believe that you ...Nice list, but I find it hard to believe that you left out 'Vidyarthi Bhavan' of Bangalore! VB is as big (many swear it is actually bigger) an icon as MTR.<br /><br />And how come Chennai is missing from your list? Ever heard of Saravana Bhavan?L'Étrangerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06731083165260055073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10102622.post-14433566956275975062011-02-26T18:11:54.541+05:302011-02-26T18:11:54.541+05:30Went to Big Chill just last evening coincidentally...Went to Big Chill just last evening coincidentally (the DLF mall one in Saket) and there were a few empty tables - surprising for 7.30 pm on a Friday. On weekends there's usually a waiting line.Jabberwockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10210195396120573794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10102622.post-19348234229810100952011-02-26T15:35:35.208+05:302011-02-26T15:35:35.208+05:30Alas, the Golden Restaurant doesn't live up to...Alas, the Golden Restaurant doesn't live up to its name any more. Leave alone Arsalan, even Rahmania and Zeeshan have surpassed Shiraz's quality of biriyani.Abhishek Mukherjeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04492031639536656851noreply@blogger.com