t2 tells a Tea-pple tale

If your mornings are reserved for a hot cup of tea and your evenings for a glass of your fave tipple, here’s something that’ll sit just right on your afternoons — tea cocktails! t2 attended a mixology session at Goodricke House on Gurusaday Road and was floored by just how yum tea and spirit concoctions can be. So, ditch the Long Island Iced Tea and sip on some real tea cocktails, but don’t forget to stick your pinky out! 

 

 

“Tea cocktails are a great alternative to cocktails with soda because they’re much healthier. I’m amazed at how refreshing these cocktails are! I’m definitely going to try making some at home,” said Eagoler Chokh girl Ushoshi Sengupta in between some shake-shake. 

 

“Tea is healthy and very versatile. It’s a new trend to mix tea with liquor and the cocktails taste great,” said Sandipan Das, who conducted the mixology session.

 

 

“Tea has always been a conventional drink. By adding alcohol to tea, we are adding another perspective to how tea can be consumed. Today we created some interesting concoctions, which was fantastic,” said Pranjal Neog, manager, human resources, Goodricke Group, who drinks about eight cups of tea daily!

 

 

 

UP FOR SOME CULINARY TIME TRAVEL?

 

When one thinks of Indian food, one usually conjures up visions of naan and kebabs. One might also venture into biryani or dosa or posto, but Egg Potato Bacon Salad, Moroccan Cigars (rolls of phyllo pastry stuffed with chicken liver) and Lakhma bin Ajine (triangles of thin naan-like bread topped with minced meat) is not what one imagines. 
Calcutta Stories, on Keyatala Road, takes us back to the cuisine of old Calcutta. Think Jewish, Anglo-Indian, Armenian classics.

“Calcutta has been a melting point of many migrant  communities, starting from the Dutch and the French, who brought in wine and cheese, to the Portuguese, the Baghdadi Jews, the Armenians, the Chinese, the Mughals, the British, the Anglo-Indians, and the Parsis. But these people are dwindling in numbers. This is our way of preserving some of their legacies,” said Prithvish Chakravarti, proprietor of Calcutta Stories, who also owns Tak Heng, a Chinese restaurant on Raja Basanta Roy Road.  

t2 dropped in for some culinary time travel. 

(Tip: Choose the platters for traditional combinations )

 

NOT JUST SUSHI 

 

It might be common for you to satisfy your fried chicken cravings by heading to the nearest fast-food outlet and grabbing some crispy wings. It might never occur to you to step into a Japanese restaurant because one assumes Japanese food is all about raw fish and sushi rolls. 

Fuji, on the Southern Avenue end of Sarat Bose Road, is full of Japanese surprises with some additions to its menu. If you look beyond the sashimi, you’ll discover ham and panko-crusted fries. Of course, the sushi platters are still available, but they’ve opened a whole new world of Japanese cuisine to the city. 

t2 sat down with chopsticks but discarded them when the skewers landed at the table. 

What: A new Japanese menu 
Where: Fuji, 209A, Sarat Bose Road, 3rd floor, above IDBI Bank
When:Noon-4pm,6pm-10.30pm
Bill for two: Rs 1,200-plus, with alcohol