We were pleasantly surprised when Mrs.Roy suggested that a good sit downdinner was required to close the Pujo season and the Sunday after Kali Pujo was fixed for the dine-together.On the eve of the date for dinner, suggestions were sought and I suggested trying out Kashmiri food at Kong Poush.It was a suggestion well liked until she chanced upon a blog telling that the place had downed its shutters for good.
Seeing is believing was our motto on Sunday evening and the Roy's and Mitra's landed up at Best Colony,Oshiwara only to learn that Kong Poush had indeed shut shop.Quite a shock to me who feels eateries can never fail in Mumbai.That evening our group of five was literally "Unputdownable".We were out on a mission.Mrs.Roy who spent the better half of her Sunday researching eateries around Oshiwara quickly pulled out the list of stand by's and the unanimous decision was The Calcutta Club, a little restaurant that serves Bengali food.
The place was small but neat and had lovely black and white pictures of eminent Bengalis up on the walls.It had a very warm and informal feel to it.
We were pretty early there and having seated ourselves comfortably placed our order pretty soon.We called for Fish Fry(my personal favourite),Mutton cutlet(Mr.Roy is a mutton afficionado,who had "mangsho" for six consecutive days of the Puja Vacation that he spent in West Bengal.Point to note is that his doc has forbidden it and therefore he lusts after it) and Fish Finger.
As we waited for the starters we pored over the menu card and decided on our Main Course.We wanted aam tel diye chingri but were told that it was not available so we settled for Bhetki Paturi to accompany Steamed Rice,Jhoori Alu bhaja,Mochar ghonto.We also called for Luchi,Kosha Mangsho and Bengali Pulao.
The starters arrived and we started our feast happily biting into the delicious Fish fry,a hint of lime and a dash of mustard did wonders to it.The fish fingers were scrumptious and quickly flew off the plate.The mutton cutlet proved to be the black sheep of the starters with very little mutton detected in it.Now I was worried how the Kosha Mangsho would be?
The main course was ready by the time we finished our starters and the service was prompt.
Again we were a bit let down by the mochar ghonto which was overspiced and did not exude the aroma of ghee and gorom moshla as we had expected.Guess we ( Mr. Roy and I) have to tone down our expectations,we start comparing such items with our mother's cooking.
The paturi was good and paired well with the rice.The pulao was excellent and the Kosha Mangsho was just fab,succulent pieces in a very tasty balanced gravy and went very well with the luchi and the pulao.The alu bhaja was a great favourite of little Mitra.The Kosha Mangsho at The Calcutta Club was the winner hands down and I reminisced how about a month or two back we had to put up with an almost burnt Kosha Mangsho dish at a very upmarket bengali food place in Tardeo.
This 'bhoj ' would be incomplete without the 'mistimukh' and we ordered Kheerer Patisapta and Malpua.They were ok but failed to match up to 'what Ma makes'.
The end of the story is that we were pretty satisfied with the food and will be dining at The Calcutta Club more often.The best thing about the place is that the food is served quite fast and the prices are very reasonable.
As we were moving out we noticed that the place had filled in and people were happily savouring the Bengali food served at their table.The place deserved a 7.5 on 10 for the food we had on Sunday and we sure will be back for more.
We decided to walk down a bit to help the food go down as we were stuffed to the neck but our walk wasn't as long as we would have liked it to be as we actually walked into Top 'N Town....Now that will be another story:)
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