The Bhoj Company — Restaurant in Kolkata

Heard a lot about this place Bhoj Comapny which specialises on Bengali cuisine ,located at Dalhousie BBD Bagh stands this beautiful looking restaurant serving delicious fare of quintessential Bengali food . The decor is not much grandeur , walls being dressed with some striking pictures of men teasing women . The restaurant has two storeys with efficient and helpful staffs . There is an all over soothing atmosphere with a nostalgic touch .

Food will make you feel at home yet away from it. When I visited the placed I mainly focused on their Bengali cuisine . We started off with the likes of luchi and alur dom . This traditional Bengali breakfast is an all time favourite for most of us Bengalis . The luchis which is a typical bread made our of flour were very soft which was paired with alur dom. A pinch of salt and squeeze of lemon added to the alur dom tasted great . This combo ( 4 pieces each of luchi and alur dom ) comes at the cost of 120. Besides these can also be ordered separately .

Next we went for one of their signature preparation called the gondhoraj chicken fry . Boneless chicken pieces cut in strips , marinated with secrect spices ,lots of ghondhoraj lemon juice coated with crumbs and fried till golden brown . Priced at 200 this wasn't simply good in quantity but was equally pleasing to bite onto.

Moving on to the mains , I paired Basanti polao with mutton kasa. Another duo which has been winning hearts since ages . Basanti polao has been named after Basanti puja of Bengal ,this is a sweet rice preparation made specially for festivals or special occasions . Here the polao had lots of raisins, cashew nuts great balance of sweetness just like it should be . The mutton kasa could have been a little better in terms of flavours as I had high expectations from this place. Nevertheless chicken kasa being outstanding erased the presence of the former . It was served piping hot and the overall flavour had no spicy kick . It tasted equally good with rice as well as polao.

Another interesting and most enjoyed part of my meal was the seel e bata murgi with sada bhat . Spicy boiled chicken made into a paste by a very traditional handheld grinding stone known a Seel Nora. A Bengali version of bharta which was extremely tasty and I thoroughly enjoyed every spoon of it.

My friends also had few fish preparations which I didn't as I was already full. There was a prep namely seel e bata loita ,kochu saak die chingri bhapa which I heard had a great kick due to the presence of original mustard .

Does any good hearty meal end without dessert? And what better than a traditional rosomalai . Strangely it looked like baked rosogolla at the first sight but was actually Gur er rosomalai which tasted heavenly . This was something I craved for more .

They also serve Chinese which they have included thinking of their regular customers to have a chnge of taste to their palate which having Bengali cuisine continuously . May be next time I will taste few more dishes from...

The Bhoj Company offers the taste of authentic and hearty Bengali and Dhakai Cuisine, right at the centre of the City of Joy. Among the three branches spread in different parts of the city, this branch is located in Dalhousie, right at the middle of the office area. Due to this, you might find the restaurant flocked by the office-goes during lunch hours.

The restaurant is divided into two floors, and managed by courteous and efficient staffs. The ambience is cozy, yet the decor is quite minimal. Vintage Bengali paintings adorns the white walls of the restaurant, giving it a rather simple and humble look.

Now coming to the food we tried,

Luchi & Alur dom combo : This heavenly combination is an all time favorite among the Bengali crowd. The soft and fluffy luchis pairs so well with the semi dry and mildly spicy Alur Dom.

Gandhoraj Chicken Fry : This was one of their signature dishes. Thin strips of boneless chicken are coated in a marinated and then fried with some bread crumbs till golden brown. The aroma of Gondhoraj lebu penetrated deep inside the chicken strips.

Kochu Pata Chingri Bhapa : Here the prawns are cooked with kochu pata or young colocasia leaves with coconut and mustard paste. Flavour of Mustard oil is very dominant in this dish. The kick of the fresh mustard paste was very strong for me, but it totally depends on the personal taste of the person eating it.

Loitta Mach Sheel E Bata : Loitta Mach or Bombay duck is very commonly consumed in Bengal, it's texture is a bit softer than most of the fishes. The fish is de-boned and made into a paste like consistency using the "Sheel-Nora". The dish was packed with flavours and was mildly spicy, it went really well with piping hot steamed rice.

Pulao : Bengali Basanti Pulao or Mishti Pulao as it’s popularly known is basically prepared with gobindobhog rice. A bit of saffron gives this pulao a gorgeous yellow tinge and the aromatic spices are used to give it a lovely heady aroma, that you’re sure to fall in love with. Dry fruits i.e, raisins and cashews are found in ample amounts.

Chicken Kosha : We paired the polau with the all time favourite Chicken kasha. The boned chicken pieces were sucullent and juicy. The curry was spicy and rich. It complimented the polau really well.

Rasomalai : We ended our meal on a sweet note with the delicious roshomalai. This is not the traditional roshmalai that we are used to eat. It looks more like baked rosogolla but tastes totally different. It was flavoured with nolen gur, which made it even more delectable.

Although the restaurant is known for serving an array of mouthwatering Bengali dishes, but they also have a separate Chinese section in the menu. Overall I was really satisfied with the food as well as...

I have been to this place many times with my parents. Experiences were nice. I'm saying all these keeping aside the facts such as unclean (read 'dirty') toilet, bit overprices, not the best taste possible. I kept coming here because of the ambience and calmness. My last visit here was an unfortunate one. We had a veg thali, a luchi combo, fish fry and a lemon soda. The foods were okay. A water bottle was added to our bill without informing us, but thats okay. The bill was a measly Rs 903. When I let the manager (or the guy with a tie, bald, sits at the counter, takes orders and manages people) know that I wish to pay via dineout, he mentioned about the clauses which is not applicable to thali items, which is fine. After mentioning this he went away. I checked the terms and conditions from Dineout, it clearly mentioned about non-applicability on combo, thali. I calculated the sum of rest of the amount and paid it via Dineout. Still, nobody was attending us. I asked another waiter for clarification to which he answered most carelessly. Waiting for an answer, I stepped up and went to the managers desk and asked if he can verify the amount which has been paid. He replied, 'Why have you paid without me telling you what to pay' in an extremely rude undertone. As much as I wanted to explain to him that this amount is sum of all the items on which the clauses are not applicable, he didn't pay an attention. He took a white piece of paper, wrote down a number i.e 200 and asked me pay that. I was confused. I said, its unfortunate that I had to leave my seat to this desk to get clarity of the bill, to which he replied , 'Who have asked you to get up and come here?' I should be honest, I could have lost it at that moment as he started getting into my skin. I mentioned that sum of 3 items i.e. fish fry(190), water bottle (30) and lemon soda(70) is 290 which is exactly what I paid via Dineout. He said, 'check the terms and conditions carefully'. I replied, 'I did, now you please do'. He took my phone, read through the screen few times. Not sure about his literacy. He asked me to go back to the seat. Then he came back to our seat and said 'The terms and conditions Dineout has for us is different that what it is showing you, hence your payment of Rs 290 is accepted via Dineout, you can pay the rest via anything'. I'm like, 'Exactly this is what I was trying to explain from beginning and you chose to insult a customer over something you don't even know properly about.' Im not sure about others, I may be a one off case, and I'm just one customer. Not sure about TBC's business model. But you've definitely lost a customer today. To the manager : please practice empathy, you're just a brick...