Potlar Kochuri — Restaurant in Kolkata

Location: Opp Union Bank, close to Baghbazar Multipurpose School. 5mins walking distance from Shyambazar crossing.

Ambience: Shanty like shop, you need to stand on the footpath and eat, no chairs.

Service: Very prompt in handing over the food.

Ordered: Kochuri with Alur Tarkari: kochuri was quite thick with a filling of beulir dal and sattu with nigella seeds. Alu was with the skin, tarkari was nicely spiced, slightly sweetish, quite tasty. Rs 9 per piece.

Overall, good place for breakfast. Only issue is they serve both the kochuri and tarkari together in a small sal leaf bowl, making it difficult to eat without a table. Recommended,...

The only plus for this place is the food. But let me inform my non Bengali friends, that the Aloo sabji is on the sweeter side, which might not be appreciated by anyone unfamiliar with Bengali Cuisine. The Biuli Dal(lentils) stuffed Kachoris are great and so was the aloo sabzi. The Beguni and Aloor chop was an average affair. Now the not so good part. Starts with the owner / man in charge of the counter to receive money and deliver food. He keeps a grumpy dis-interested face and frowns upon anyone and everyone. With such a running business they could easily afford to revamp and maintain the place with...

So far for ready to eat Telebhaja or oil cakes many look for Patlar shop on Bagbazar Street, Name matters most but not the quality as of now. In the same cooking oil one after one delicious items are fried continuously and including the shop owner and customers forget about the plenty of free radicals in the over cooked oil, in other words its not at all a healthy habit to buy and eat crispy, mouth watering snacks from Patlar shop either in the morning or evening time, gastric problems are bound to appear, so watch it from distance and savour it’s taste mentally only instead of...