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Prawn curry in a red hot bowl, Visakhapatnam

By debasishroy • Sep 12th, 2008 • Category: Indian Food, Restaurants - Other Indian, Reviews, Seafood

Visakhapatnam was an oft repeated name when India was a socialist backyard and Indians were die-hard followers of Soviet propaganda. That small town was smaller than it is now and was a favourite among school children as mentioning it in social studies exams meant easy marks as the great V was a shipyard. Well, now [...]



Shark Steak at Colva Beach, Goa, India

By debasishroy • Sep 1st, 2008 • Category: Restaurants - Other Indian, Reviews

If you love sea food and if you like Goan beaches, then you should visit Colva beach alone. I had to go with a bore who wanted to eat at a Punjabi style chicken dominated restaurant in the mainland. Ugh.
In Colva, you should dig your toes into the warm sand and twenty minutes later put [...]



Bhimnag’s sweet shop: Calcutta’s best kept secret

By debasishroy • Sep 1st, 2008 • Category: Desserts, Food by Region, Indian Food, Reviews

Bhimnag’s sweet shop is 240 years old as of today. It became really famous when the courageous Ashutosh Mukherjee who was a fearless academician and educator in Bengal admitted Subhash Chandra Bose in Scottish Church College after Netaji was rusticated from his own college having hit his teacher on the head. Well, Netaji had little [...]



Dhaba in Bangkok

By debasishroy • Aug 25th, 2008 • Category: Restaurants - International, Reviews

The tourist district in Bangkok is well removed from the residential district. In fact, the residential area is just like any other deserted street in New Delhi or Calcutta with tired looking friendly middle class people going about their business and trying to help you if you ask for directions. Talking to anybody about anything [...]