Chowman, the Chinese speciality chain, has opened a take-away counter on VIP Road, opposite Haldiram’s. This is the third take-away outlet of Chowman after those in Broad Street and Jadavpur. “Though our Salt Lake restaurant in BF Block does home delivery too, we wanted to reach out to the people of New Town, Rajarhat, Lake Town and Koikhali. The cooking is done on the spot,” said Debaditya Chaudhury, managing director of Chowman Hospitality. The outlet has started offering all the 73 new items that Chowman has introduced this week inspired by Debaditya’s recent trip to China. A tip: Try out the Sesame Prawn Balls (top left). They simply melt in the mouth.

Text and picture by Sudeshna Banerjee

MORE THINGS TO DO THIS WEEKEND

• poush Mela at Rabindra Tirtha: The mela is on till January 8, 2017. On offer are musical evenings focussing on rural artistes, stalls selling Bengal handicrafts, foodstalls selling different kinds of pithe like khirer patishapta, koraishutir kochuri, etc.

• Folk Festival, Eco Urban Village: A folk festival is to be held at Eco Urban Village, near the Owl More. Known to be a bird-watchers’ paradise, the place will generate the rural feel with stalls selling food from rural kitchens across Bengal. Music and handicrafts from rural Bengal are the focus of the festival.

• Circus: Kohinoor Circus is on at Tala Park all month. It features gymnasts and trapeze artistes from Russia, Belarus, Mongolia and Ethiopia besides tricks by elephants, horses, dogs, birds etc. Show timings are 1pm, 4pm and 7pm and tickets cost Rs 300, 200, 100 and 60.