DADA BOUDI BIRYANI, giving a steady competition to the famous Kolkata biryani joints since last 60 years

Every time there is a discussion among people about the best places for Biryani in and around Calcutta, there would be quite a few ones vouching strongly for the Dada Boudi of Barrackpore. Now I never personally tried their biryani before so I was clueless about taking sides. But I have heard that the popularity…

ROYAL INDIAN HOTEL, a pride of Kolkata since 1905

Things started back in 1905, when Lord Curzon, the then Governor General of Bengal divided Bengal. At this point Ahmed Hussain, a descendent of Nawab Wazid Ali Shah, who was a migrant from Lucknow came to Kolkata. He opened a small restaurant on the ground floor of a Chitpur Hotel, where you still get one…