Oh Calcutta!
As the name suggests, wholesome Bengali food is served here in a variety of forms. I've been to Oh Calcutta! a couple of times and the food is consistently good though the offerings for vegetarians is not very vast.
I last went in early December '10 for a get together with a few high school buddies and since there were 8 of us, we were able to try quite a few different dishes. The prices are quite high though and be prepared to shell out at least Rs 1000 a person.
Okay, now for what we demolished. We began with a vegetarian appetizer for the wife; Channar Kalia it was. Not bad at all. Deep fried panneer (cottage cheese) and quite a zing to it. Definitely a good starter for the veggie folk. The rest of of us did the traditional fish fry which was tasty and not very oily. Nothing spectacular but well prepared. We also ordered the Kakra Chingri Bhapa which is a dough-like concoction of prawns and crab (I suspect). They were individually wrapped for each patron and came with a delightful salsa-like sauce.
Being the time of the river festival in Bengal, we couldn't resist the Bhapa Ilish which was a delicious preparation of steamed Hilsa (type of fish?). The fish was done just right and I give it two thumbs up!
The Murshidabadi Murghi (Chicken) Fry was also exemplary as was the mutton chops (Bengali style). For the bread and rice aspects, we went for steamed rice and Luchi. Luchi is a flat-bread and looks and almost tastes like regular Pooris and a bit like Bhatura. Good stuff all around.
For dessert we partook in some Mishti Doi and I was pleasantly surprised to find it not too sweet. We then added some hot juicy Malpua to the mix and these pancakes were awesome. Kind of like Gulab Jamoon tasting pancakes is what I can compare Malpua to.
By the way, Oh Calcutta! also serves drinks so you can make it a long and eventful night with the works. It's located on St. Mark's Road right under Natural Ice Cream so you can't miss it and you shouldn't too!
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