Partners In Crave

Think about a bowl full of soft and tiny chicken pieces, dipped in thick cheese sauce. Yes I know, by now you are making that sound, slurp! But wait, there are more. It had small pieces of baby corn, mushrooms and a greater amount of butter also. Yeah, it’s that lethal combination to take your calorie count sky high. But, who cares about calorie, when you have such an amazingly aromatic dish in front of you? Not we. The entire thing is golden baked, smells so good and the upper part gets a slightly hard layering making the food yummier. So, this is called the ‘Augratine’ , something that South Kolkata restaurant has named it with inspiration from the French delicacy ‘Au Gratin’ . So, we had it with another delicacy, thick mushroom soup. Dense… Soft… Buttery… Slurping. No wonder, these are enough to give you a foodgasm for sure! 

As there is an old saying, the shortest route to your heart is through your stomach, we have been following the saying religiously. We do not consider it as the shortest, but call it 'our' Silk Route . So, we decided to hit as much as possible food joints in the 'City of Joy' and everywhere else we visit! Well, not all of them, but certainly all of them that serve something extra ordinary without bombing the pocket. Hence, we ended up starting our food dates. It’s been more than three years, these food dates are continuing. It’s a nexus, involving two always-hungry souls, good foods, good drinks and of course all those narrow, not-so-spacious restaurants welcomed us with their hands wide open. Oh, let’s mention about those street-side phuchkawalas too, who helped us in breaking the ice after a fight with that 'handcrafted' (forget about dirty hands and dirty water) flavour. If you are a Bengali, and you are in a relationship with an epicu...