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Park Street: what to eat on Kolkata's most famous half-mile
Peter Cat, the modern Asian arrivals and the Bengali kitchens — an honest ranking of a street that trades on nostalgia.
What's on, where to eat, and what people here are talking about.
Peter Cat, the modern Asian arrivals and the Bengali kitchens — an honest ranking of a street that trades on nostalgia.
Puchka, kathi roll, telebhaja, ghugni, jhalmuri and the chop — a working order for one afternoon.
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