When Chanda Dutt walks into her kitchen, the best thing she comes out with is her Khaukswey. Well, no. It’s her Balachaung, the shrimp relish. Hello! The real show-stealer is, of course, the red and gold pork curry, they say. Umm... wait a minute. Isn’t her fish paste and Mohinga also to die for?
The debate can go on and it actually does every time Chanda and her husband — singer-songwriter-actor-director Anjan Dutt — throw open their Beniapukur home to the public for a taste of Myanmar (erstwhile Burma).
“Our family has been in Burma since three generations. I picked up the nuances of Burmese cooking from my mother and aunt while growing up there,” said Chanda.
After three years of “testing the waters” with the pop-up Burmese food fests at home, Chanda has opened her “dream restaurant” — Chanda’s Khaukswey — a 14-seater that serves only Burmese cuisine.
The menu of four starters, four ‘sides’, two speciality mains and one dessert makes you realise that there’s more to Burmese food than just khow suey.
Chanda’s Khaukswey
Where: 23/32 Gariahat Road, Golpark (in the lane leading to South City College)
Open: 12.30pm to 9.45pm;
closed on Tuesday
Pocket pinch: Rs 900-plus for two
Sibendu Das
Pictures: Rashbehari Das
