Comments on Traveller's Tales: Pune Dining: August Updates

always welcome shantanu-da... you are much more a ...

2010-08-27T04:09:00.471+05:30

always welcome shantanu-da...
you are much more a food-connoisseur thn me !!

just keep updating pune restro scenes as i am away frm pune

@Uttiya: Thank you for those elaborate reviews of ...

2009-09-24T13:42:29.159+05:30

@Uttiya: Thank you for those elaborate reviews of the buffet. :)

and one more thing, i had a lunch buffet at Oh!Cal...

2009-09-23T20:50:06.094+05:30

and one more thing, i had a lunch buffet at Oh!Calcutta-Pune in the beginning of this month, there i found "Kancha Lonka diye Murgi". I must say it was very-well prepared like my 1st Oh!Calcutta experience way back in 2004 at Bhawanipore-Kolkata.

It was a very nostalgic moment for me as i kept saying to my friend that it tasted exactly the same when i first tasted it then. The first Oh!Calcutta dinner with my family in Kolkata was a full-fanfare which comprised "Kancha Lonka diye Murgi", "Bhapa Murgi", "Chingri Malai Moili", "Kankra-r Jhhal", "Daab-Chingri", "Ilish Maachher Paturi".

And i am happy that i found the same taste here in Pune after so many years. The buffet also had "Fish Finger" which i found very-good.

Meanwhile i just returned from Bangalore, there i discovered BHOJOHORI MANNA at Koramangala. They brought their signature dishes of "Mutton Dakbangla", "Goalondo Murgi" to Bangalorean Bengalis.
I found their "Maachh diye Potoler Dorma", "Kanchkolar Kofta", "Chicken Faridpuri", "Pur Bhora Bhetki", "Chingri diye Mochaar Dal", "Barishali Ilish" to be excellent. Finally, Bangaloreans to get the authentic bengali taste.

last week, we visited Oh!Calcutta to feast on thei...

2009-09-23T19:54:19.265+05:30

last week, we visited Oh!Calcutta to feast on their Hilsa Festival. Hilsa is my favorite fish, so we friends thought to give it a try. What i didn't knew is that surprises waiting for me there !!!

The Menu read some rare delicate preparations of Hilsa fish which was unknown to my half-bengali taste-bud.
So, i thought to bypass the popular-homely affair of "Shorshe Ilish", "Bhapa Ilish" and have those rare delicacies.

But i sticked to my starter of "Ilish maach bhaja". Then we ordered "Ilisher Dhoan Paturi", "Aam Tel Ilish Lau-pata Bhaate", "Poshto Ilish" and "Tetulpata Ilish". It said to have brought Padma-r Ilish. And a Bengali only knows the difference between Padma-r Ilish and Ganga-r Ilish.

Most dishes were good. i found "Poshto Ilish" and "Tetulpata Ilish" not that good a preparation. specially in "Poshto Ilish", the flavoured mixture of curd & poshto overpowered the own-smell of well-cooked Hilsa Fish, though my Mom loved it in their Delhi branch. But it was ok. "Tetulpata Ilish" didn't go-well with my Half-Bengali taste-bud, it could have been a hit with my Half-Punjabi taste-bud the way it was presented & the unique smell of Hilsa with Tetul.

But the hit-of-the-evening was "Ilisher Dhoan Paturi" and "Aam-Tel Ilish Lau-pata Bhaate". The "Ilisher Dhoan Paturi" was just out of the world, the fish so well messed with the mashed-brinjal, mustard, tomato that it tantalised my taste-bud to have one-more !! Even the "Aam-Tel Ilish" tasted heavenly. I loved the dish, so well cooked with mango-pickle oil & spices, tasted just amazing.

This is the 1st time that i am full of praise for Mr.Anjan Chatterjee's Oh!Calcutta and hoping to visit again at their Kolkata Branch with Mom & Dad this Durga Puja.

I want to know your take on this unique preparations if you visit the Festival. Hoping to hear from you soon.

2009-09-22T16:13:21.622+05:30

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2009-09-12T16:14:05.598+05:30

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@Srinivas: Welcome here and thank you very much. ...

2009-09-11T10:47:03.634+05:30

@Srinivas: Welcome here and thank you very much.

@Priyadarshan: Glad you enjoyed your lunch experience.

@Beaverboosh: Why don't you plan a trip to India?

@Vincent: Thank you! I will look up the site.

@Harinair: Bong and Mallu, eh? Lethal combination that. :)

Aaah...Poori and mutton...Where the Bong in me fig...

2009-09-10T13:19:50.410+05:30

Aaah...Poori and mutton...Where the Bong in me fights with the Mallu - and wins!

Thanks!

2009-09-10T01:38:09.332+05:30

Thanks!

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2009-09-06T19:06:40.415+05:30

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I must stop visiting your blog late in the evening...

2009-09-05T23:54:17.328+05:30

I must stop visiting your blog late in the evening after drinking... want to go for a curry!!! Not too may options here in Oslo!!!

Today I took my wife to "The Courtyard by Mar...

2009-09-05T18:00:47.900+05:30

Today I took my wife to "The Courtyard by Marriott ". At last . Finally. I was so much eager to visit the place after reading your blog. I would say for the first time my wife enjoyed the buffet so much. Needless to say about myself. Excellent food, such delicacy, loved each and every dish and pleased with the courteous and helpful staff.
On the way bought some pastries for my son.
Planning to visit again next month on my birthday.

Thanks a lot for introducing such lovely place.

Before going to "The Courtyard by Marriott" today, I was thinking of visiting Le Royal ( not certain about the name, same locality ) , who have cut down prices to half and to go The Courtyard by Marriott " on birthday. But on second thought I could not resist myself.

you are tweeted.

2009-09-05T11:14:18.441+05:30

you are tweeted.

Long deserved. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. I ...

2009-09-05T11:12:19.709+05:30

Long deserved. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. I always needed a foodie to tell me where to go for eating in Pune.

@Deepti, Vamsee: Thank you! :) @Zhu: The high ra...

2009-08-31T09:55:54.161+05:30

@Deepti, Vamsee: Thank you! :)

@Zhu: The high rate of deaths among young people has been a little alarming. Also new Tamiflu-resistant mutant viruses are being reported from parts of the world now.

@All: BTW, for a different perspective you may want to check Uttiya Das' detailed critique of Oh! Calcutta in the comments section here. Also, for those interested in Kerala food, there is a special Sadhya feast during Onam on September 2. Enjoy!

People talk a lot of the swine flue here in Canada...

2009-08-31T07:49:21.438+05:30

People talk a lot of the swine flue here in Canada, especially with school starting again next week.

But deep down, I doubt most people care... it's mostly the medias.

Yes...you should get your own column in a newspape...

2009-08-30T16:17:49.203+05:30

Yes...you should get your own column in a newspaper soon.

Wow quite a few places to try out .. and you are g...

2009-08-30T10:40:51.186+05:30

Wow quite a few places to try out .. and you are getting famous too .. I am sure soon you will be writing a column :)