Aaheli

Kolkata (Calcutta)


Top-notch Bengali cuisine comes to you in traditional brassware amid stylish surroundings at this premium restaurant. The dishes feature authentic flavours from both West Bengal and Bangladesh, and include rare offerings such as hilsa (a mackerel-like estuarine fish with a bold flavour) stewed with eggplant and ridge gourd, and mutton cooked the way the bard Rabindranath Tagore reputedly liked it.

The all-inclusive platter meals – featuring a lavish assortment of rice preparations, vegetables, fish and meat tailored to suit individual choice and taste – are a hit with most patrons.


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