Kolkata: A Foodie’s Paradise

Kolkata, better known as the ‘city of joy’ has more than one reasons to cheers. If you are a foodie who loves to gorge upon delicacies that are finger licking yummy, Kolkata is the destination for you. With its wide palate of cuisines to savor, Kolkata has one of the biggest chains of restaurants that are always ready to welcome you to the wonder world of bon appetites.

Having more than 1500 medium sized restaurant to its kitty, Kolkata is again famous for its road side food stalls and dhabas that are widely recognized for their lip-smacking food items to have your mouth watering again and again. While the restaurants of Kolkata has everything on offer, from Chinese to Thai and Spanish, its just your choice that needs to be expressed and you can have the taste and aroma of some of the most savoring delicacies in front of you.

But talking about the restaurants of Kolkata, there are some famous foods that are related with the city with great pride and honor. If you are on a trip to Kolkata, make sure that you try out some of these dishes at the food joints of Kolkata.

To start with, the Kolkata biriyani is a dish that you will not get to find in any pat of the world. Lucknow may be the Nawab’s den that is highly famous for its Mughlai dishes, but the biriyani of Kolkata has its unique flavor and taste that is hard to miss and find in any other place of the world. The exotic smell of spices infused with ghee and high flamed cooked chicken or mutton makes it an undoubtedly finger licking heavenly dish when combined with other items such as chicken curry or chap. For those of you who love to eat but is also in double mind to stay on the healthier side, the rezala is another item that can satisfy your appetite to the best with no worry about getting heavy.

If you are on the spree of experiencing the dishes of Kolkata, how can you miss out the famous Bengali dishes that go inseparable with the city? Try out the spiced hilsa curry or the prawns in coconut or a plate of dried chicken curry. While you can very well start off with some of those hot fried flour breads (luchi), carry on the other dishes to end on a sweet note of rasogolla and sweet yogurt.

Apart from hopping through the Restaurant in Kolkata, also make sure that you at least get to try on the junk street foods once. Irresistible and enticing in its true sense, the phuchkas and bhel puris are simply awesome.

Processing your request, Please wait....