Calcutta: Bhojo Hari Manna

Bhojo Hari Manna is a restuarant in Calcutta named for a line in Sukumar Ray's Abol Tabol, a well-known book of nonsense Bengali poems. (Think Mother Goose. See Bengali reproduction and some English translation.) The restaurant serves authentic Bengali dishes named after famous Bengali songs and films, and is owned by Bengali film director Gautum Ghosh.

The interior of the restaurant; native instruments adorn the wall.

A "mocktail" -- chocolate, cookie wafer, and I forget what else.

The shrimp malai curry.

Crab served on a banana leaf.