In a nutshell: A Legendary Sweetshop selling traditional as well as unusual Bengali sweets – Good enough to justify a 1 hr local train trip from Kolkata to just feast on these. Address & other details: Ask anyone at Chandannagore Train station or virtually anywhere in Chandannagore Meal for 2: Rs. 60 onwards Cuisine type: Vegetarian Background: the Portuguese connection Bengali sweets are different from … Continue reading Surjya Kumar Modak (Chandannagore, West Bengal)
An encounter with piping hot Rosogollas at a para (neighbourhood) shop floored me & all my co-snackers. I won’t even suggest that this is the best rosogolla in Kolkata but on its own, it is excellent to taste, especially when hot.
piping hot roshogollas
Meal for 2: Rs. 20 onwards
Cuisine Type: Vegetarian
The story:
Hot piping Rosogolla is a unique thing to have. It tastes like no other sweet – warm when served, smell & taste of fresh chhena (curdled milk) but different from just chhena. Bengalis also vouch for its medicinal properties – supposedly helps recover from bad stomach.
I got initiated to this many years back at a shop near my erstwhile office – He wud sell rosogollas during the day but the hot ones that he used to serve in the evening were way better.
the nondescript sweet shop where we had the roshogollas
As I moved to Delhi NCR few years back, I was surprised to find that people prefer cold refrigerated rasgullas. When cold, the rosogollas tend to become brittle & hence a bit chewy.
The current encounter with hot rosogollas happened by chance while I was visting a cousin’s place. I was so impressed by the hot rosogolla that I shamelessly asked for more to be told that they had got only a few. I went out to the shop immediately with everyone at his home & told the shop owner ‘ we r so impressed by ur rosogollas that we all came to eat more.
Desi Ghee bedami pooris with super hot ‘n spicy aloo that set my tongue on fire, made the traditional way – super enjoyable till the time u start thinking calories.
facade of the shop
Address & other details: Take a rickshaw from chandni chowk metro station to Maliwada on the main Chandni chowk road (after u cross parathe wali gali if walking towards Fatehpuri masjid). Enter the lane that has a board saying ‘ Moti Bazar vyapar samiti aapka hardik swagat karta hai’. As u hit the T point, turn right & u reach this shop to ur left.
In a nutshell: U can just walk up to this Sweet shop for buying good sweets or for eating dessert post ur meaty & fishy snack / Dinner at Chatori Gali Bhopal. Description: They have a huge variety of Chhena (cottage cheese) based sweets in addition to the usual Kheer / Khoya based sweets & daal based ones. We walked up to the shop & said … Continue reading Jain Mithai Bhandar (besides Chatori Gali, Bhopal)
In a nutshell: An establishment that has stood the test of time, this place has some real good sweets to remember. Address & other details: Balaram Mullick Meal for 2: Rs. 50 onwards Cuisine Type: Vegetarian Description: The Shop was started in 1885 as a tiny makeshift shop in an upcoming locality of that time – Bhowanipur. The Official website says that Asutosh Mukerjee, among … Continue reading Balaram Mullick & Radharaman Mullick (2 Paddapukur Road, Bhowanipur, Kolkata)
In a nutshell: Very understated on appearance but excellent tasty food – A must try for hardcore foodies. How to get there: Turn right from Rajeev Chowk (if u r facing Jaipur). Keep going straight. At one point the road really narrows – u pass thru a market place, post that keep going straight till u see a blue Road sign pointing to New Colony … Continue reading Kishu di Hatti (Opposite Post Office, New colony, Old Gurgaon)
In a nutshell: One of the finest Sandesh makers in Kolkata (Sandesh is a dry Bengali sweet made from cottage cheese) Google map: Nakur Cuisine type: Vegetarian Meal for 2: Rs. 40 onwards Description: Its stood the test of time, had its share of highs & lows & now it is a place visited by people from the neighborhood & connoisseurs (from all over) alike. … Continue reading Girish Chandra Dey & Nakur Chandra Nandy (56, Ramdulal Sarkar Street, near College Street Hedua park)
Loved the Mishri Mawa sweet at this place. For beginners, this is conceptually similar to a milk-cake, very pleasantly creamy, rich & robust taste while not being over sweetened, served with pistachios & other nuts. In addition to the star of the show, they also sell a wide variety of sweets & namkeens. Continue reading Kanji Sweets (Station Road, Jaipur)
