The day started early. Baba and uncle Raymond went for mass to St Anthony's and on the way back stopped at Azizia/Beeru's Hotel for breakfast. Of course I found my self before a steaming soup plate full of nihari and crunchy dal puris.
Uncle Raymond had beef istu (stew), from which I grabbed a bit.
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| Beef NIhari with 'sita boti' |
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| Istu (as Stew is called) |
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| Halwa Puri |
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| Halwa Puri bite... |
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| Dal Puri |
Of course meals like this are never done without a palate cleansing cuppa of excellent muslim restaurant tea.
On the way back home I spied the jalebi, halwa and puri wala who still has a stall at the same spot near my home. He serves the softest halwa I have had.
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| The neighbourhood halwa, puri and jalebi wala... |
Once the day starts good --- lunch, can only be nicer. A series of calls from Carol and a trip to Mocambo (1 hr wait) pushed Neil and the rest of the Sinha clan (and me) into Golden Dragon. Now, this place is like a time machine. It transports me back to when I ate here all those years back. The taste and presentation has never changed in all the years that I have kept gravitating back to this place.
The Cantonese Noodle is pan seared to perfection and has oodles of fish, prawn, chicken and pork thrown in with the wok tossed vegetables.
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| The Golden Dragon Cantonese Pan Seared Noodles |
Alas, this is one of the only places that still serves pork in a Chinese restaurants in Kolkata that I know of. Hence roast pork was definitely on the menu
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| The Golden Dragon pan tossed roast pork |
...as was pan tossed chicken for ...
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| The Golden Dragon pan tossed chilly chicken |
After the meal we went and spent some time with Neil's family. After that it was time was time for dinner
So it was time for some Ripon Street beef kati rolls, nan roti and sukha bhuna and beef biriyani. After being restricted everywhere to mutton and chicken biriyani this seemed like a whiff of fresh and familiar air!
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| Beef Kati Rolls |
The parathas and the kababs both differ from the Nizam-esque kati rolls here. The paranthas are thicker lachcha paranthas (लच्छा परांठाs ). Visibly smaller. While the kebabs are long strips of muscle on the skewer with different spices and condiment ratios.
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| Naan Roti |
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| Sukha Bhuna |
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| Sukha Bhuna |
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| Beef Biriyani |
Beef biriyani has jumped from Rs 20 to Rs55 from my last visit. However, the two succulent boneless pieces and the divine aloo along with the rice has not been compromised with.
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| Beef Biriyani |
Dinner done... Another day beckons :)
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