Golbari - The famous Kosha Mangsho
The news first I noticed on Anandabazar Patrika, that the famous Golbari is open again . And woow, that reminds me the time when we were in university . So a couple of days later, Aushtomi afternoon, with my friend and foodie partner Krishnendu, I landed up at New Punjabi Hotel, at the Shyambazar five-point crossing, popularly known as Golbari, because it is housed in semicircular a building.
Once we were there, we noticed the a long queue of people wating for their turn to get inside . We waited for few minutes and then decoded to have parcels instead of having it there . Golbari belongs to a specific category of old Calcutta eateries, famous for special Kosha mangsho with a distinctive taste with a blackish appearance and soft, pliable, thin chapatis, slightly ghee-smeared, the like of which you will get nowhere else.
The food was still hot when I got back and I dug in hungrily, the good old Golbari kosha mangsho at its prime-rich, a bit hot on the palate, and delicious, with a hint of caramelised sugar. The chapatis suffer a little if not eaten immediately, but there was no choice. Remember we drive and back to shyambazar from Howrah, dodging the crowd of Aushtomi .
Its a must try for all you foodies .
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