Various kinds of sweets from all around Bengal — there could not be a better definition of heaven for the mishti-loving Calcuttans who dropped by the Sweets of Bengal mishti festival in association with t2 held from August 24 to 26 at City Centre New Town. Fourteen stalls from various parts of the state gave visitors a taste of Bengal’s culinary diversity with fun, innovative and even some with a slight twist. Glimpses...
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Husband and wife duo Suvojit Sarkar and Gargee Bose enjoyed the Mango Souffle from Balaram Mullick & Radharaman Mullick. “The variety of mishti here is really good. I want to attend the festival in winter because I will get my fave kind of sweet then— nolen gur!” said Suvojit, a software engineer at Lexmark.
Sukdeb and Chaitali Show tried to get their son two-year-old Saswata to taste some of their sweet purchases, but he was having none of it! “We loved the sweets fom Jagu Moira, because they know how to maintain the right balance of sweetness in their preparations,” said homemaker Chaitali.
(From left) Aaratrika Ghosh, Gautam Ghosh and Sandipa Ghosh bought some Baked Rasamadhuri from Jalbhara Surjya Kumar Modak. “I really liked the designed chocolates, Smiley, from Sandhyasree!” exclaimed Aaratrika, a student of Class VII of Delhi Public School, Newtown.
(Left to right) Friends Payel Dey, Arpita Howladar and Saheli Mitra were first-timers at the festival, and they had only one word for it — “amazing”. “We came here to get some food for the family over the Rakhi weekend, although that’s just an excuse to indulge since none of us actually have brothers!” laughed Payel, a second-year MTech student of engineering at Jadavpur University.
Pictures: Arnab Mondal
