Oh! Calcutta

Saurabh Singh 13 months ago

Oh Calcutta..!
It's one of the most amazing place that I have been to for some authentic Bengali food ????.
There are many outlets in Mumbai of the restaurant like one in Tardeo, Andheri, Malad. I visited the outlet situated in Andheri West. The place is located just opposite to the Infiniti mall on the ground floor itself next to Mainland China and are interconnected from inside. So, the washroom ???? is only available in Mainland China so you have to enter Mainland China in order to go to the washroom . The ambience of restaurant was very soothing, you will find various painting ????️ hanging on the wall and the restraunt colour and furniture is white ???? and brown ???? in colour. Good old aesthetic effect to the restaurant.

It's a proper dining place, you will hear a soothing background music ???? going on, just a tuning. The staff ???? here are really helpful and well aware of the menu and the dishes. I really like that thing. So as I was trying Bengali menu for the first time I needed some help for which the staff recommended and guided me properly. All the dishes which we tried most of it are recommended by the staff and I regretted ordering none of it. All the dishes were really good.

So we visited around 8-8:30PM at that time ⌚ it was empty which made me doubt the place but as the time goes by people ???? started coming and it was the wonderful experience. On the table they will keep the plates ????️ already which has a design of Calcutta Howrah Bridge ???? further to serve the food they change the plate as it does not get damage and mix with your ???? hot food ????.

As soon as we ordered food, side dishes were brought to our table which included cucumber raita, Alu kabuli (kind of like potato and chickpea salad with some Indian masalas) and mustard kasundi (thick yellowish brown sauce with sharp taste made up of ground seeds of mustard plant). Side dishes were accompanying well with the starter and the main course that we ordered.

The following are dishes which we experienced here :

STARTERS
1. Murshidabadi murgi ???? : This is basically grilled chicken in Murshidabadi style. They are basically boneless chicken covered in Indian green paste and spices. Was basically served as skewers. Overall it was tasting good but I would give a brownie point if some sort of chutney would have been served with it. They will serve you onion ???? and lemon ???? if you ask them for it.

2. Bhetki Maccher Paturi ????: So bhetki is basically a river water which is sweet in taste ????. So basically they are steamed mustard fish parcels. The fish is covered with mustard and green chilli pasted and packed on banana leaf ???? and cooked by way of steam. They are boneless Bhetki fillets which makes it very easy to enjoy. The best dish that I had here. Must try.

REFRESHMENTS
3. Gondhoraj Shorbot: it’s a refreshing fragrant beverage made with ‘King of Lime’ ????I.e Gondhoraj (big lemon grown in Kolkata which is popular for its frangrance and taste). Shorbot is basically like a sweet lime soda but you can definitely smell the different aroma from the drink. ????????

4. Watermelon and Basil crush: it’s fresh basil ???? burst with juicy watermelon chunks ????infused with aerated drink ???? . It was very refreshing. ☺️Amongst both the mocktails, I loved watermelon mocktail. It’s worth trying.

MAIN COURSE
4. Kancha lonka murgi ???? : So it's a Bengali style chicken with a dry green gravy made up of fresh coriander and chillies. If you have never tried green ???? chicken then this is worth trying. I'll not recommend having rice with this gravy. Even the staff suggested not to order rice with it as the gravy is thick but still I wanted to try it with rice (so the staff offered us half portion of rice without charge, it was such a good gesture we loved it ????)

5. Luchi : So luchi is basically a puffed up puri made of maida (refined wheat flour). Very thin and soft in texture. It is similar to bhature but made without using dahi. You can try it with any gravy.

DESERT
6. Nolen gurer ice cream ???? : So this was also recommend by the staff and they said you cannot find this anyw

Chayan Patra 24 months ago

Quite good bengali dishes. The Fish fry, chingrir malaikari and Shorshe pona was amazing. Desserts are also very good! Recommended!

Prateik M 12 months ago

The food was great. Most dishes were mustard based. The fish and veg starters were good. BUT MY BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT WAS THE SERVICE. NO STAFF WAS ACTIVE, THEY LOOKED AND IGNORED. We WAITED 15 mins at the table before they came to take the order. The service was REALLY SLOW.
FOOD : 4.5/5
Service: 1/5