[From 1844] Bengalees without desserts is unimaginable. Especially when it is Kolkatan’s very favourite sandesh what else is wanted! Nothing can match the taste of sandesh, the dry dessert of Bengal. Those who have a sweet tooth may have an account of the famous confectioneries in Kolkata. Among all those few are a century old still maintaining the heritage and glory. Girish Chandra Dey and Nakur Chandra Nandi belongs to the oldest sweatmeat shop list satisfying the taste buds of thousands of people for 174years. Here we can find some of the finest sandesh of Kolkata which is delicate and creamy with a minute grain that melts gradually in mouth. The speciality and uniqueness of the shop is it only deals with one item- Sandesh. Girish Ch. Dey the famous confectioner initiated the business in 1844, later his son-in-law Nakur Ch. Nandy who came from Hoogly joined the business as a partner. Such joint venture of the in-laws flourished with time. The taste and name both
[From 1905] Opposite the Nakhoda Masjid at M.G. Road there lies the two storied Royal Indian Hotel first floor being little expensive. The pure Mughlai cuisine is pure bliss here. There is a short history stuffed in the biryani. It is said when Nawab Wazid Ali Shah came to Kolkata he used to have a large group of assistants. In Nawab’s kitchen there were two types of cooks- Khansama and Rakhabdar. The former one used to cook for everyone and the rakhabdars were to make meals for nawab and his family members. Nawab was allotted with a yearly stipend of 12L per annum, though the amount was quite enough that time but not for the Nawab as he had a large group of assistants to take care of them. Naturally it was getting a little problematic for the Khansama to prepare biryani with much meat. So he introduced the use of potato and boiled egg in order to increase the quantity but it was never attempted by the rakhabdars. Later the khansamas introduced the Kolkata Biry