A Guide: Eating out in Kolkata (Calcutta)

scooby05 · 28th May 2007, 12:52

How come no one's talking of Flury's and Sky Room ??
I've grown up eating there.

toiingg · 28th May 2007, 12:52

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Much obliged if anyone can heli-lift some of those delicious original Bengali rosogollas to my house

I'll in turn, send some Karnataka delicacies like Mysore Pak to the helpful gent.

Why don't you airlift yourself to Calcutta for a few days, we will make sure that you eat to your hearts content. We'll stuff you with so many delicacies, that you will not miss it for a long time. That ought to hold you up till your next visit.

toiingg · 28th May 2007, 12:54

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How come no one's talking of Flury's and Sky Room ??

Flury's not what it used to be. Patties and breads still rule, but otherwise the food quality has gone down considerably.

planet_rocker · 28th May 2007, 13:25

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Originally Posted by scooby05

How come no one's talking of Flury's and Sky Room ??
I've grown up eating there.

ooops! completely missed out

....Flury's have recently been modified (hehehe) ...and is a great hogging joint for cakes, pastries. so u r from Cal too?

scooby05 · 28th May 2007, 14:01

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Originally Posted by planet_rocker

ooops! completely missed out

....Flury's have recently been modified (hehehe) ...and is a great hogging joint for cakes, pastries. so u r from Cal too?

Born in Calcutta, in the year 1954!! Shifted to Bombay in 1960.
still go to Cal every year, BUT, get flury's Asparagus roll/sanwiches and breads till date with anybody from the family coming to Mumbai!!
Tiwari's Samosa with Lassi, reli singhs khus or gulab serbat, lake aloo dum,
gangurams sandesh, list goes on , you lucky calcuttaites

Revvhead · 28th May 2007, 14:16

one of my absolute favourites is Mocambos
i love the food there

btw, i noticed someone posted Kewpies.
how many of you have eateb there and what was it like??

theMAG · 28th May 2007, 14:57

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Originally Posted by akroy

Maggie, Come with me when I go to Kolkata next time, You can have as many rosogullas u want...plus misti doi and other sweets....

Abhi

Deal. Next time you goeth me cometh.

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Originally Posted by ajitkommini

MAG, there's a 6 Ballygunge place here too - in Indiranagar 12th main, where you can eat your fill.

Thanks Ajit. Will try that till Abhi gets me some made-in-Bengal stuff

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Originally Posted by toiingg

Why don't you airlift yourself to Calcutta for a few days, we will make sure that you eat to your hearts content. We'll stuff you with so many delicacies, that you will not miss it for a long time. That ought to hold you up till your next visit.

Fact is, most airlines consider me as check-in luggage. Very uncomfortable seating there you see.

Vid6639 · 28th May 2007, 15:09

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Originally Posted by theMAG

Much obliged if anyone can heli-lift some of those delicious original Bengali rosogollas to my house

I'll in turn, send some Karnataka delicacies like Mysore Pak to the helpful gent.

Go heli-lift yourself to KC das opposite koshy's. the rosogollas are just like kolkatta.

I usually get the sandesh's from kolkatta and the misti doi. My dad usually carries a matka bought either from Gupta brothers or nepal sweets I think.

Zappo · 28th May 2007, 16:04

By the way, since someone talked of cakes, pastries and bakery delicacies let me say I just love Nahoum's. The rich plum cake is superb, methinks...

Edit: Waise Kathleen is also ok, but nothing like what it used to be when I was a kid. Nahoums though still remains out of the world.

ajitkommini · 28th May 2007, 16:14

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Originally Posted by Zappo

By the way, since someone talked of cakes, pastries and bakery delicacies let me say I just love Nahoum's. The rich plum cake is superb, methinks...

Edit: Waise Kathleen is also ok, but nothing like what it used to be when I was a kid. Nahoums though still remains out of the world.

You forgot Cookie Jar

planet_rocker · 28th May 2007, 16:30

like toiingg said - all you guys come down to kolkata one day and we can surely arrange for a meet at the Tea Junction for a cup of tea, then to Mags for some beer and finally to Mocambo for Chicken Strogenoff or Chello Kabab @ Peter Cat .... or simply gather at Vivekananda Park (off southern avenue) for Doi-Phuchka / plain phuchka or pani puri / Aloor Dum / Chaat with Masala Shikhanji. and if the meet is on Thrusday / Friday / Saturday - we can drive down to Princeton for more beer (& some eye refreshments & live music - ok i know SomePlaceElse is much better).

Zappo · 28th May 2007, 18:23

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Originally Posted by planet_rocker

like toiingg said - all you guys come down to kolkata one day and we can surely arrange for a meet at the Tea Junction for a cup of tea, then to Mags for some beer and finally to Mocambo for Chicken Strogenoff or Chello Kabab @ Peter Cat .... or simply gather at Vivekananda Park (off southern avenue) for Doi-Phuchka / plain phuchka or pani puri / Aloor Dum / Chaat with Masala Shikhanji. and if the meet is on Thrusday / Friday / Saturday - we can drive down to Princeton for more beer (& some eye refreshments & live music - ok i know SomePlaceElse is much better).

Sounds great buddy. Will be one heck of an affair for sure. By the way those Vivekananda Park phuchka places are motherlessly costly yaar. I mean for such park side setups the costs can rival any big time phuchka place in a chic mall

Last time my wife almost fainted when the guy gave her aloo dum in a dona (there were some 7-8 pieces of aloo) and charged Rs.40 0r something. hee hee heeee. And to top it all potatoes were going some Rs7 a kg at that time

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Originally Posted by ajitkommini

You forgot the cookie jar

Yeah of course. cookie jar. I think they have changed their name now, right? Is it called cakes or some such thing?

V-16 · 28th May 2007, 18:35

Guys long ago my aunt used to get me Chinese Spicy sausages from Calcutta. They were something else. Sausages with masala, chillies, vinegar and onions and stuff. A tad better than the goan ones but these guys were meant to be cooked the sausage way not the goan sausage way. Then I remember the stick jaws from flurry's and the almond horse shoes. Not to mention the Chocolate truffles ... Are they still all there? and what about the momos outside new market and the superb Chinese joints at Tengra(India's best Chinese cuisine is from and in Calcutta).... MMMM, Mudi, pucchka woww!!

planet_rocker · 28th May 2007, 18:44

@ V-16 - i dont like chinese food that much, but then China Town (Tangra) has lots of restaurants which are indeed very good namely, Kim-Ling, Village Oak, China Garden (CG - our watering hole during college days). @shuvd has lots of memorable events of CG, like the Ikonic Problem with his 2 days old ikon.

Kwality is another restaurant and they are quite good. one is at Ballygunge Furry and the other at Park Street.

Momo Plaza near Elgin road x SP Mukherjee Rd is good - i dont like momo that much.

for evening snacks - Grub Club and Caffeine @ Gol Park off sothern avenue.

Zappo · 28th May 2007, 18:45

V-16 you are getting people nostalgic now. The joints then may not be there now (at least not all of them) but the traditions have. You still get great chinese stuff in Tangra. Mudi (and its various avatars like tel-muri, jhaalmudi, mashlamudi), phuchka and even momo are an integral part of bong nashta. so they still remain.

Momo is one thing though that seems to be vanishing fast. You still get them on special occassions/festival times but at other times many a erstwhile regular shops do not sell them anymore. For some it has simply vanished while for others although it still remains on the menu but is never available in actual.

28th May 2007, 12:52	#16
scooby05 Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Mumbai Posts: 1,146 Thanked: 194 Times	How come no one's talking of Flury's and Sky Room ?? I've grown up eating there.
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28th May 2007, 14:16	#21
Revvhead BHPian Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Bombay Posts: 447 Thanked: 21 Times View My Garage	one of my absolute favourites is Mocambos i love the food there btw, i noticed someone posted Kewpies. how many of you have eateb there and what was it like??
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Zappo Team-BHP Support Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Hyderabad Posts: 5,907 Thanked: 2,746 Times	By the way, since someone talked of cakes, pastries and bakery delicacies let me say I just love Nahoum's. The rich plum cake is superb, methinks... Edit: Waise Kathleen is also ok, but nothing like what it used to be when I was a kid. Nahoums though still remains out of the world. Last edited by Zappo : 28th May 2007 at 16:05.
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28th May 2007, 16:30	#26
planet_rocker Senior - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Bong-land Posts: 2,323 Thanked: 426 Times	like toiingg said - all you guys come down to kolkata one day and we can surely arrange for a meet at the Tea Junction for a cup of tea, then to Mags for some beer and finally to Mocambo for Chicken Strogenoff or Chello Kabab @ Peter Cat .... or simply gather at Vivekananda Park (off southern avenue) for Doi-Phuchka / plain phuchka or pani puri / Aloor Dum / Chaat with Masala Shikhanji. and if the meet is on Thrusday / Friday / Saturday - we can drive down to Princeton for more beer (& some eye refreshments & live music - ok i know SomePlaceElse is much better).
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28th May 2007, 18:35	#28
V-16 Senior - BHPian Join Date: May 2005 Location: mumbai Posts: 4,589 Thanked: 960 Times View My Garage	Guys long ago my aunt used to get me Chinese Spicy sausages from Calcutta. They were something else. Sausages with masala, chillies, vinegar and onions and stuff. A tad better than the goan ones but these guys were meant to be cooked the sausage way not the goan sausage way. Then I remember the stick jaws from flurry's and the almond horse shoes. Not to mention the Chocolate truffles ... Are they still all there? and what about the momos outside new market and the superb Chinese joints at Tengra(India's best Chinese cuisine is from and in Calcutta).... MMMM, Mudi, pucchka woww!! Last edited by V-16 : 28th May 2007 at 18:52.
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28th May 2007, 18:44	#29
planet_rocker Senior - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Bong-land Posts: 2,323 Thanked: 426 Times	@ V-16 - i dont like chinese food that much, but then China Town (Tangra) has lots of restaurants which are indeed very good namely, Kim-Ling, Village Oak, China Garden (CG - our watering hole during college days). @shuvd has lots of memorable events of CG, like the Ikonic Problem with his 2 days old ikon. Kwality is another restaurant and they are quite good. one is at Ballygunge Furry and the other at Park Street. Momo Plaza near Elgin road x SP Mukherjee Rd is good - i dont like momo that much. for evening snacks - Grub Club and Caffeine @ Gol Park off sothern avenue. Last edited by planet_rocker : 28th May 2007 at 18:47.
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28th May 2007, 18:45	#30
Zappo Team-BHP Support Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Hyderabad Posts: 5,907 Thanked: 2,746 Times	V-16 you are getting people nostalgic now. The joints then may not be there now (at least not all of them) but the traditions have. You still get great chinese stuff in Tangra. Mudi (and its various avatars like tel-muri, jhaalmudi, mashlamudi), phuchka and even momo are an integral part of bong nashta. so they still remain. Momo is one thing though that seems to be vanishing fast. You still get them on special occassions/festival times but at other times many a erstwhile regular shops do not sell them anymore. For some it has simply vanished while for others although it still remains on the menu but is never available in actual.
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