Fried Eggs @ La Maison Des Delices. You can have it any way you want. Sunny side up, sunny side down, runny or solid. Just make sure you opt for the platter (Rs 320), because what’s fried eggs without a side of bacon, ham and chicken sausages? #BreakfastLikeAKing 

 

 

 

Dim Pauruti 
Available at almost every street corner. This combination of bread and eggs is just about the most delicious street food you can get in Calcutta, sometimes beating even egg roll to the scrumptious mark. 

 

 

 

Poached Eggs. You might think poached eggs are healthy, but douse them in Hollandaise sauce and what you have are delicious high-calorie eggs. The traditional Eggs Benedict @ Edesia (left, Rs 300) is served on English muffins with bacon, while Eggs on the Beach @ The Corner Courtyard (centre, Rs 395) is served on crab cakes, bacon and shredded potato rosti. And if you’re only an eggetarian, the Eggs Florentine @ Smoke House Deli (below left, Rs 270) replaces all the meat with some creamy, shreddy spinach. Don’tCareAboutBeingFat

 

 

 

 

Oriental Ribbon Salad @ Cafe Pranah.Yes, two omelettes cut into strips, dressed in sesame oil, orange rind, orange juice, honey and chilli, tossed with bell pepper, tomato, onions, nuts and served cold. Who said salads have to be boring? Rs 189

 

 

 

If a fruit-based breakfast isn’t working for you, grab the Frittata @ Eat Good Food. Aside from being super-healthy (105.5 calories), this baked egg white roundel is stuffed with mushrooms, tomatoes, zucchini and onions, so lunch can be a while away. Rs 125

 

 

Hansher Dimer Devil @  6 Ballygunge Place. A hard-boiled duck egg cushioned with keema and deep-fried. Rs 225. #BongDreams 

 

 

Scrambled eggs when you’re in a hurry is the quickest breakfast you’ll have. Scrambled Eggs on Toast @  Mrs. Magpie (top, Rs 75) serves the eggs creamy and pasted on your toast, while Akuri @ Eggytarrian (left, Rs 130) serves it Parsi-style — three eggs scrambled with tomato, onions, coriander and ginger. In spite of jeera being the main spice, it’s great with the hot, buttered garlic toast! 

 

 

 

 

Spanish Omelette @ The Bikers Cafe 
A three-egg omelette spilling over with potatoes and veggies. And if that wasn’t enough, it’s served with grilled chicken sausages, grilled tomato, hash brown and corn relish. Rs 258

 

 

Egg Foo-Yong Canapes @Spice Kraft
This Chinese omelette, made with egg whites, scallions, chives, bell pepper and soy sauce, serves as the topping for toasted garlic bread. A perfect hors d’oeuvre to be passed around the table. Rs 165

 

Did you know...

• If you dream of eggs it symbolises fertility, new changes, birth and creative ideas.
• The custom of giving eggs at Easter celebrates new life.
• Some people say it’s possible to make an egg stand on its end on the first day of spring, also known as the vernal equinox.
• How do you know a good egg from a bad one? Fill a bowl with cold water and place the egg inside. If it sinks to the bottom, it’s good. If it floats, it’s rotten!
• Eggs are believed to be a good cure for hangovers.
• Eggs condition the hair. Try the quick and easy-to-make egg and yogurt pack. Leave it on for 10 minutes and wash it off.
• “How do you like your eggs? Fried or fertilised?” is one of the worst pick-up lines... ever! 
• What came first — the chicken or the egg — is the biggest debate of all time.
• In the film Angry Birds, what the pigs really wanted from the birds were... their eggs! 
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La Maison Des Delices: P596 CIT Scheme XLVII, Keyatala (crossing of Purna Das Road and Hindusthan Park Road, diagonally opposite Azad Hind Dhaba); The Bikers Cafe: First floor, Platinum Mall, 31 Elgin Road; Spice Kraft: 54/1/2A Hazra Road, opposite Hazra Law College; Edesia: 1st floor, The Regency, 6 Hungerford Street, opposite Birla High School; The Corner Courtyard: 92B Sarat Bose Road (not far from the Lansdowne-Hazra Road crossing); Smoke House Deli, Serafina and Yauatcha: Quest mall, fifth floor, 33 Syed Amir Ali Avenue; Eat Good Food: 19A Tarak Dutta Road (diagonally opposite Quest mall); Cafe Pranah: 22 Ashutosh Chowdhury Avenue (at the Ballygunge Phari crossing, next to The Dhaba); Shisha BSE: 22 Camac Street, Block D, fifth floor; Flurys: 18 Park Street; Mrs. Magpie: 570 Lake Terrace Road (near Lake School for Girls, off Vivekananda Park); Eggytarrian: 1,2,3 Woodburn Court, Elgin Road (near Forum); Bodega: Park Centre, 24 Park Street (opposite Allen Park); Little Pleasures: 8/1 Loudon Street, first floor; Mocha: 209 Karnani Estate, AJC Bose Road; Piccadilly Square: 15B Sarat Bose Road and 21 Hemanta Basu Sarani; The Rouge: 222 AJC Bose Road; Paris Cafe: 1/1 Ashutosh Chowdhury Avenue (near Modern High School) and South City Pinnacle, Sector V, Salt Lake; Bon Appetit: AD-34, Sector 1, Salt Lake

 

And now for some eggless desserts. Have a recipe to share? send it to t2@abp.in

 

Most people take their eggs seriously, and even if they can’t decide between red velvet and cheesecake, they most certainly know what to pick between sunny side up and over easy. Here’s what Team t2 had to say about eggs: 

• I pretty much survived on eggs till 2012. Then came the fishy twist to the kahani! Typhoid unleashed the rui, koi, pona, along with kaanchkola, on me. And life has never been the same. I have never been the same. From at least six eggs a day, I am down to two per week. Nevertheless, eggs remain my first love. Anything eggy is welcome. Omelette, poached, runny yolk, hard-boiled, anda bhurji… Maggi and noodles are incomplete without eggs. I can even have muri with eggs! 
• I grew up in a joint family with five goon-like cousins. It was literally the survival of the fittest and to make matters worse, I happened to be youngest, the tiniest and the skinniest. So the tears that flowed profusely before an egg-y meal ensured that I got the bigger portion of the egg, halved by a thread by my jethima. That’s an art, trust me! My eyes became an invisible microscope, minutely observing the process of slicing. Now I have an entire egg to myself, but somehow, it’s not the same anymore. What seemed like torture then is my fondest childhood memory now.
• Scrambled, sunny side up, poached, hard-boiled, soft-boiled, diced — just serve me eggs. That it’s one of the primary ingredients to bake a cake makes it more dear to me. Well, for that matter it goes into everything delicious! Eggs and I, we’ve got each other’s back, I say. 
• Eggs are happiness on a plate. Best with milk, cheese and some oregano. And ketchup. 
• lNo chicken, no mutton, no problem. There’s always egg! A simple omelette brings a smile to my face. Hard-boiled, Eggs Benedict, Scrambled, Poached or Egg Kasa, I love having egg in all these forms. The only way I won’t have it is semi-boiled or runny! 
• My favourite comfort food is dim-aloo sheddo and bhaat with copious amounts of butter and like most people, the first thing I ever perfected on the frying pan was the omelette. 
• Recently, I was gifted a bottle of pimento olives. Now, my favourite breakfast is a mash-up of the yolk of a hard-boiled egg with chopped onions and pimentos. 

What are your eggy feelings? Tell t2@abp.in 

Text: Ramona Sen. Pictures: B. Halder