Originally posted by: enigmatic_zephy
Whoever has any idea about kolkata,
i have to travel to the place - what is there to do, good eatery..
staying at park street i believe...
n anything famous/interesting/value for money to buy ?
Lets talk about what to eat, that is most important. How many days will you be spending there?
I'm giving you a list:
Good restaurants on Park Street:
1. Mocambo - They serve continental as well as Indian, but famous for continental. Their menu and recipes for continental is more like what continental used to look like 100 years ago. You can try their angels on horseback, lobster thermidor or any of the fish items.
2. Peter Cat - Continental and Indian. Famous for their Chello kebab. They also have special items for the day, which are usually pretty good.
3. Magnolia/ Mags - Continental and Indian. Famous for traditional continental fare, but Mocambo is more famous.
4. Moulin Rouge - Continental and Indian. Known for traditional continental, once again, Mocambo is more famous.
5. Marco Polo - Continental, Indian and Chinese. I found it pretty good. Don't know of any signature dish.
6. Flame & Grill - North Indian, kebabs especially
7. Flurys - Cakes, pastries, sandwiches
For authentic Bengali food you can try out Bhojohori Manna (several outlets are there, nearest one from Park Street will be at Esplanade) or Kewpie's (Elgin Road).
For Kolkata biriyani there are several restaurants, but people nowadays say that Arsalan is the best. Arsalan has several outlets, the nearest from Park Street will be the Park Circus outlet I think. If you have biriyani, have it with chaap or rezala.
You can also try out kathi roll. There are lots of outlets for that, a few of those are on Park Street as well.
Other things to try out:
Kasha mangsho with luchi, moghlai parota, kochuri, ghugni, singara (samosa but the filling is different than their north Indian counterpart), bengali sweets and mishti/ laal doi, jhal muri, phuchka, various types of chops, fish fry, chicken pakora.
Just in case if you visit during mango season, try out Himsagar mangoes, one of the most popular variant of Bengal. I'm pretty sure you'll find it better than the overhyped Hapoos. 😆 Or you can visit my house and tell my mom to let you taste the completely organic, tree-ripe mangoes from our garden, Amrapali and Mallika mangoes, which are extremely fragrant and sweet and the best mangoes you can possibly get. 😛
Things to see:
The easiest things to visit from Park Street will be Victoria Memorial, Indian Museum, Shahid Minar and Maidan. Nothing to see in Maidan per se, but you can just laze around watching people play football/ cricket or stroll around. You can also go for a stroll near the Ganga at Princep Ghat or Millenium Park. There are other stuff to see as well, like Marble Palace, Jain temple, etc. but a travel guide will give you an exhaustive list of those places.
Things to do:
No idea. Just eat, drink and roam around I guess.
Things to buy:
If it is handicraft you are looking for, there are emporiums of both Central govt. as well as West Bengal govt.
Edited by souro - 9 years ago
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