Chinese cuisine

Haka (City Centre, Salt Lake and Mani Square Mall) is all done up in vibrant colours. On offer are 10
varieties of dimsums, nine kinds of soups, 18 different starters, 14 rice and noodles items as well 10
varieties of main courses, not to mention sizzlers, deserts and beverages. Some of the must-haves
include Lime and Pepper Chicken soup or Four Treasure Vegetable soup, Satay Chicken, Spinach friend
rice, Noodles Topped with Mince Vegetables, among others.
For Chinese cuisine, other worthy choices would be:
Jimmy's Kitchen (7/1A AJC Bose Road); Krystal Chopstick (71H Hindustan Park); Kim Ling (13 South
Tangra Road); Marco Polo (Park Street) Trincas (The Ming Room) (17B Park Street); Silver Chimney (Salt
Lake); Tung Fong (25B Park Street).

Bengali bonanza
October 6, 2008

The next destination could be 6 Ballygunge Place (6 Ballygunge Place), serving authentic Bengali
specialties in style. Their Puja menu is ready, offering different items on each of the fours days. Prawn
preparations would be the special attraction of the buffet spread.
The mouth-watering non-vegetarian menu during the festivities would include Prawn Malai Curry,
Chitalmachher Muithha, Dhone Pata Murgi, Kasturi Mangsho, Bhetki Paturi, and Topshe Fry. Among the
vegetarian dishes, it would be hard to ignore Dhokar Dalna, Karaishutir Kochuri, Kaju Kishmish Polao,
Chholar Daal and Posto Narkel Bora.
Other great places to gorge in Bengali cuisines would be:
Aaheli (The Peerless Inn); Bhojohori Manna (9/18 Ekdalia Road); Kewpie's (2 Elgin Road).

Mughlai & Punjabi fare

October 3, 2008

There is a mind-boggling choice for those who enjoy Mughlai and North Indian dishes.
Azad Hind Dhaba (Ballygunge Circular Road) will be offering their great traditional specialty, Hussain's
Special Chicken (a favourite of MF Hussain). One also has mouth-watering options such as Mutton
Kadahi, Cream Chicken, Fish Haryali Bhetki, Fish Malmali Kebab, Chicken Hari Dhania, Kaju Kismish
Pulao, and Mutton Biryani.
Other destinations to visit are:
Aminia (6A S N Banerjee Road); Arsalan (Park Circus Xing); Honey Da Dhaba (Kankurgachhi); Kwality
(Ballygunge Phari); Maachan (Mani Square Mall); New Aliah (31 Bentick Street); Shiraz (56 Park Street);
Zeeshan (17 Syed Amir Ali Avenue).

Multi-cuisine medley

October 6, 2008

TThe options are endless. Tangarine (Outram Street and the newly opened one at 4 Hindustan Park)
could be an ideal choice. They have laid out an alluring array of continental and oriental spreads that
include Indonesian and Thai delicacies as well, besides the Chinese dishes.
For those big on continental cuisine, on offer will be the popular Tangerine items, such as, Sliced Fish
Chili Mustard and BBQ Pork Spare Ribs. Their specialty grilled delicacies would include Grilled Satay
Tofu with Babycorn, Grilled Singaporean Prawn and Grilled Lamb Chops Oriental Style. One could also
try Steamed Wanton Vegetables, Lemon Steamed Fish or Assorted Mushroom and Greens in Lemon
Pepper Sauce.
In the Oriental spread, there would be 13 kinds of soups, 27 varieties of starters, a choice of more than 10
kinds of rice and noodles preparation and more than 20 vegetarian and non-vegetarian items to complete
the circle. Needless to say, one would also have an interesting choice of beverages and desserts as well.
Other great places to venture to would be:
Amber (11 Waterloo Street); Bar-B-Q (Park Street); Caught n Bowled (City Centre, Salt Lake); Kurry Klub
(176 Sarat Bose Road); Moulin Rouge (Park Street); Red Hot Chilli Pepper (26/2 Ballygunge Circular
Road); Peter Cat (18 Park Street); The Stadel (Salt Lake Stadium).

Just desserts
October 6, 2008

With the immersion of idols in the evening of Bijoya Dashami, as the festivities come to an end, there is
only one way to wrap it up -- with a plate full of Bengali sweets. There is a mind-boggling array of sweet
shops all across the city, each competing with the other with new innovations and novelties in items.
Even for those who do not have a sweet tooth, it would be just short of a heavenly experience to try
Amritakumbha and Lalmohan from K C Das (Esplanade East); Paradise Sandesh and Abar Khabo from
Bhim Nag (5 Nirmal Chandra Street); Jalbhara Sandesh and assorted sweet thali from Nakur (56
Ramdulal Sarkar Street); as well as, Carrot Rosogolla and Ilish Pati from Hindustan Sweets (Jadavpur).
If one still has space to spare, why not make a stop over at:
Banchharam (19 Gariahat Road); Mouchak (Gol Park, Gariahat); Mithai (Begh Bagan); Nobin Chandra
Das (77 Jatindra Mohan Avenue); Sen Mahasay (Rashbehari Avenue).
Here's wishing you a Happy Durga Puja and Shubho Bijoya!