6 Ballygunge Place - Calcutta

Due to corona pandemic the presentation has to suffer a lot. However the dab chingri too wasn't served in a dab which is really disappointing knowing the fact that corona virus doesn't spread from food and the coconut itself being a biological product it's definitely wasn't going to be reused so this arouse the doubt that dab chingri isn't cooked inside a coconut. That's fine because no matter what it tastes awesome. The price is a bit over budget but when it comes to taste, everything soothes you. <br/

6 Ballygunge Place, is a Resturant which was on my bucket list for a long long time. Staying outside Kolkata, was making it difficult, but amidst all this Pandemic, the Mahalaya was a perfect day to hop in to enjoy their Mahalaya Buffet..!!

6 Ballygunge Place is a restaurant that had been on our bucket list for a very long time indeed, since our school days (around 2007-2008 . That does have something to do with the restaurant being in the neighbourhood of my school (South Point High . Anyway we finally managed to go here post-lockdown. After the usual act of going through the temperature checks and hand sanitizing, and the somewhat unusual act of tackling the automated shoe-cover machine (much enjoyable, although my companion would disagree , we were seated in the waiting area for a short while as our table was being made ready to sit at. We also got the food menus during this time. The staff were courteous and polite in their behaviour and the ambience of the place was also lovely. The place had minimalistic deco in both the waiting area and the dining room, which looked pleasant, however the hand drawn fans that are used for deco can probably use a dusting. After being seated at our table, we placed our order which was gondhoraj chicken, rice, chhanar dalna, daab chingri and pabda jhal. Before long we got our sets of disposable plates and cutlery, and I must say this is the best set of disposable plates that I have received after the lock-down. The service was good and prompt. Coming to the food, I feel it is best to describe each dish individually. The gondhoraj chicken was absolutely delicious. The long, succulent chicken strips were perfectly juicy and had the wonderful coating giving them such a wonderful frangrance and taste. The rice was very slightly over boiled. The rice grains themselves were moderately long, I would have liked them to be slightly longer and to not have clumped together. For the price they are charging, the rice is expected to be better. The chhanar dalna was good but I would have appreciated if the gravy had been simmered for a slightly longer period than it was. They got the sweetness of the individual balls of chhana absolutely on point. The daab chingri was delicious and the gravy tasted even better when some gondhoraj was added to the gravy mixed with rice. The pabda jhal was great, I finally got my ghoti companion to try out pabda jhal with shorshe and she absolutely loved the fish (obviously, who does not love pabda? but failed to acknowledge that the shorshe could have been a bit more strong (again obvious, since when do ghotis acknowledge the awesomeness of shorshe? . After this we ordered bhapa doi for dessert and it was an absolute treat and a must try for all who visit this place. All in all it was a great lunch and we will definitely go back to try out more dishes from here.

They have a awesome collection of Bengali dishes. I dish i like the most is bhekti paturi.And the also serve us a wonderful and mouthwatering desert at the end of the buffet.

What to say about this place?? It must be any bengali's favourite food destination. I went there on 1st Jan 2020. They were having buffet. It was awesome..right from the mocktail to dessert everything was too good. They also serve bhapa doi which i find awesome.