The Blue Door

Last weekend I went to this new place. Its a small and relatively new place near Vivekananda Park. The interiors are simple and elegant.

Here is what we offered: 

Cilantro fish

Price: Rs 275/-

It was very good. I think about 8 to 10 pieces were there. The taste was new and the fish was fresh and soft.

Chicken Mushroom in Wine Sauce

Price: Rs 365/-

Chicken and mushroom cooked in wine. It is served with parsley butter rice. The quantity is quite good and taste is very good.

Ayam Bali with Nasi Goreng Rice

Price: Rs 350/-

It has traditional Balinese chicken served with Indonesian rice. This was lip smacking and the quantity was huge. 

Roast Lamb

Price: Rs 425/-

Has a good portion of roasted lamb served with mashed potato. The one who ordered it, said it was good.

Pork Rib

I don't think this was in the menu card, however the person taking the order suggested it. It looks absolutely delicious and was so indeed.


Prawn Satay with Garlic dip
Price : Rs 355/-

This dish tasted good but frankly speaking i was a bit disappointed by the size of the prawns.


Chicken Stroganoff
Price: Rs 275

It's a Russian dish with pieces of chicken in sauce and sour cream served with rice. It was good and creamy and quantity was very good.


Arabiata Chicken Spaghetti
Price: Rs 275/-

The quantity was huge. The taste was mind blowing. Its basically a dish consisting of spaghetti cooked with veges and chicken in red sauce. It comes with four slices of garlic bread.

Overall the food is great in taste and quantity. But one thing that this place needs to improve is it's time taken to serve.
I will give The Blue Door 4 out of 5 Stars

Codfather

By Amaleena

Hi friends,

Visited this place last weekend. It's a small place at Deshapriya Park. Has few tables inside. Also has outdoor seating arrangement. It was a Sunday and the restaurant was almost full. There was a group of people who were pretty loud and somewhat disturbing owing to the small area. However, i enjoyed the food and service was also fast and good.
Here is what we ordered:

Codfather Special Soup (Fish)

It's basically a thin soup with small chunks of fish and coriander. It has a flavour of lime and garlic. It is moderately spicy. I found this very good and definitely recommend this.

Chicken Steak

This is a chunk of grilled chicken served on a bed of mashed potato and above it was sauteed onion and mushroom topped with two sunny side up eggs. Served with boiled vegetables. The chunk of chicken is good in terms of quantity and taste. It was thoroughly cooked.

Baked Whole Bhetki


A whole bhetki is baked and served in a creamy gravy served on a bed of sauteed potatoes and served with sauteed vegetables. It was very very tasty and the portions was good.

Mexican Fish with Rice and Salsa


Firstly, the quantity is huge. Chunks of fish cooked in Mexican style is served along with mildly flavored rice and spicy salsa. the quantity is too good and so is the taste. It's moderately spicy and delicious.

Price:
Two soups, two chicken steaks, one whole baked bhetki and one Mexican fish with rice and salsa...and the bill was about 2k.

Pros of the place:
1. Prompt service
2. Very good food
3. Portions are good
4. Kitchen id kind of open and is clean :)
5. Serves drinks

Cons:
1. Pretty small place
2. Not really a place for family outing on a weekend.

My verdict:
**** 
4 out of 5 stars

Calorie less DESSERTS

By Amaleena


How many times have you tried to control your urge for a soft gooey lava cake? Don't you feel pathetic when a blueberry cheesecake is served to you and though you want to dive in, a voice inside you screams....Calories!

Well here are a few tips that you can use to make your dessert calorie-less.

1. While making a cake, use whole wheat flour (atta) instead of refined flour (maida). whole wehat has more nutritional value than refined wheat which mainly consists of carbohydrates, thus increasing our sugar intake. Unfortunately, refined flour is used in making all delicacies due to its attractive appearance and light texture. using whole wheat flour instead of refined flour would cut down about 30% of the calories in a cake.

2. When making kulfi at house do not use condensed milk. It has very high calorie content. Try using toned milk and boil it on a medium low flame gradually and reduce it as it thickens. Also, add honey instead of sugar.

3. Rasmalai is another dish where you can use toned milk instead of condensed milk. Like kulfi, reduce the milk as it thickens .

4. When making ice creams replace cream or condensed milk with skimmed milk. While you cook the milk on low flame, once it reduces, add finely grind biscuits or a fine paste of stale bread. this will thicken your mixture but won't affect the taste.

Buddha Bites

Hi friends..!

Buddh Bites is a new place to hangout for those who love Chinese food. So here I am with one. Had visited Buddha Bites, Gariahat recently. overall the food is good so is the ambiance.

Here is my list of food that I had:

 Pan Fried Chilli Fish 

Good taste but quite spicy.

Chinese Fried Rice

Hong Kong Fish

 (fish tossed in spicy brown sauce)











Five Spice Chicken

(diced chicken tossed with Chinese spice)

Very new and tasty.

 Chicken Manchaw Soup 

(this is half bowl)

It is very filling. quantity is good.

Mongolian Fried Chicken 

Has 8 pieces. Is marinated and fried in batter. Is not that oily.

Sliced Chicken Pok Choy (sliced chicken cooked in light sauce with green veg)

Very light. Good for those who don't prefer spicy food

Moon Fan Fried Rice and Chilli Plum Fish

The rice has a nice flavour of star anise.

The fish was extremely good. It had a sweet and sour flavour.








Verdict:
Food is good in terms of taste and quantity. the meat they serve is soft and not overcooked. the quality of the fish is pretty good compared to most places. The ambiance and interior is well designed and gives a cozy feeling. However, there are not much number of tables so a prior reservation on weekends might be helpful. out of 5, i will give Buddha Bites
****

Shorshe Narkel Chingri - Prawns in Coconut and Mustard

Shorshe Narkel Chingri is an all time favourite Bengali dish.
Amaleena shares with you the classic recipe of the dish.

Ingredients
Prwans - 15 medium sized tiger prawns
Mustard paste - 3 and 1/2 tbsp
Coconut grated - 1 cup (medium sized)
Mustard oil - 2 to 2 1/2 tbsp
Chilies - 3 to 4
Salt to taste

Method 
Clean and wash the prawns and keep them aside. Squeeze out excess water from the prawns. Now in a microwave proof bowl, pour the prawns, mustard paste, grated coconut, mustard oil and sliced chilies and salt to taste. Mix with hands.

Cover the bowl and microwave it for 7 to 10 minutes.

Yummy Shorshe Narkel Chingri is ready!!!

Carro-Toma Soup with Butter Garlic oil

By Husna

Hi friends!

 Today I am going to share an appetizing stater recipe with you all.
Carro-Toma soup with butter and garlic oil.

Ingredients:-
1. Boiled carrots
2. Tomatoes
3. Milk 1 small cup
4. Salt
5. Butter
6. Few garlic, cloves.

Directions:-

1. Boil carrots in a presser cooker till 3 whistle then add 1 tomato in the cooker and wait for another whistle. Take out the vegetables. Peel off the tomato skin and blend the carrots an tomato in a blender.
2. In a pan heat little oil then add the puree mix and stir it. Add salt to taste. 3. Then add milk and keep stirring it. After 3 mints put the flame off.
3. Now in another pan heat 1 tablespoon of butter then add chopped garlic. Let the garlic turn golden. Pour the butter on top of the soup.

Done! smile emoticon

Fried Chicken Popcorn

Here is the recipe for Fried Chicken Popcorn by Gargee. It's easy and quick.

Ingredients


Chicken - 300 gms
Vinegar - 1 and 1/2 tbsp
Popcorn - 1 packet
Egg - 2 eggs
Cornflour - 3 tsp
Salt to taste
Oil

Method
Soak the small pieces of chicken in vinegar for 30 mins. Squeeze out excess vinegar from the chicken pieces.
Now grind the popcorn so that it becomes popcorn flakes.
Now, in a bowl, beat eggs manually, add cornflour and salt to taste. You can also add pepper or chili flakes if you want. Dip the chicken pieces in the batter and then into the popcorn flakes and deep fry them. 

Biocare Grapes Mud Mask

By Shrabasti

 For we cant afford salon mask all the time, Biocare was born out of a modest budget and created to stand out in the beauty industry. With a beauty line that comprises of one-of-a-kind beauty products that are classified under Hair Care Products, Skin Care Products and Body Care Products, they offer a wide range of products that include cleansers, toners, scrubs, moisturizers, massage cream, face powder, skin bleach, peel offs, soaps, hand cream, foot care cream etc.

So today 1 am reviewing BIOCARE Grapes mud mask which is meant for Replenishing & Rejuvenation, Moisturization & Nourishment, Radiance & Glow

Product promises:

• Enriched with the natural properties of grapes
• Helps deliver intense moisture to areas that need it most
• Helps to replenish you skin & restore essential moisture
• Helps in leaving skin radiant & refreshed

Ingredients:

It contains grapes, chamomile oil, fullers earth, aloe-vera gel and many more.

Price:

A 500 ml tub which costs Rs.499 but I have bought it at a discount from the online store. See

here.

Method of use:

Apply evenly on face and let it dry for about 20 mins. Wash off well.

My experience with this:

It makes my skin soft and fresh. Moisturizes my dry skin. I don't know how it will turn out for oily skin.

The jar packaging is quite messy to handle. A tube packaging would have been easier to use.

Go Graffiti Nail Art

By Amaleena


Hello beauties..

I am back with my love for nail arts. Maybelline has recently launched it's Go Graffiti collection.. There were many colours. I got two for myself. One is White-Blue and another is Red-Black. Here they are:

 The base is Black from Reliance Trends. I have applied two coats of Go Graffiti.

 The second one is this. Base is yellow from Maybelline topped with two coats of Go Graffiti.

It stays intact for a week.

Quite difficult to remove. Does not come off easily.

I loved it. I'm sure, you love it too. So what are you waiting for?

Dinner in the rain

By Shrabasti 

The unnoticed monsoon came with such a hurry.. This weekend we had a plan for dinner with friends. But, on that day, it was pouring throughout the day. My friend and me planned to wear something ethnic. So we selected chiffon sarees so that it will dry quickly even if it gets wet.  Though it was raining, humidity and temperature were high. 
So it would be uncomfortable if we applied a lot of make up. Thus, we decided to keep simple. 

With fashionable chiffon sarees, we selected simple jewellery set. On one hand, i preferred bindi, and my friend stayed without it. 
We applied face powder and then both made did eye make up with eyeliner,kajal and eyeshadow. So rest of the face was left rather simple. For the lips we applied only lip balm instead of lipstick. Hair,was left open. 
The whole dress and make up was so comfortable, that we didn't sweat much and prevented smudging of make up.
With matching bag and shoes, we became the centre of attraction for the day.    

Lastly, it is eternal happiness and mind beauty which makes you bong beauty.

Mango Festival Visit

By Chandrima


MANGO FESTIVAL 2015

Hey friends happy monsoon grin emoticon hope you are enjoying well. 

I think along with monsoon you are also enjoying another thing which is loved by all!!! MANGO!! the king of all fruits and our favourite too

Recently I had an opportunity to visit the mango festival of this year with my parents!! The name of the festival was interesting too 'Aam'ontran. There were many food stalls. The festival was an interesting one. 

All the food stalls were selling different preparations of mango. There were stalls of mango juices, mango fruits from special mango gardens of murshidabad, mango fuchka, mango ice creams.

All the famous brands of sweet shops in kolkata were also selling varieties of mango sweets and deserts. Some of the yummy food items were like mango dilkhush, mango rabri, mango sandes, mango dahi, mango tart. People were enjoying their favourite fruit in different forms of sweets, deserts and snacks.  

Go and visit mango festival in your nearby place and enjoy at fullest.