Bengali Food - Incredible Seafood Feast at Bhojohori Manna in Kolkata, India

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Amazing Bengali food in Kolkata, India Subscribe now for more videos: Watch more of my Indian food videos: When I was in Kolkata, India, one of my main motivations was to eat a proper Bengali seafood meal, so one evening I headed over to a restaurant known as Bhojohori Manna Restaurant to partake in what turned out to be one of my favorite meals in all of India. There are a number of different locations around India actually and throughout Kolkata, but the location I found was not far from the chaotic Esplanade intersections in the central part of the city. Though I was eager to eat Bengali food, I really had no clue what I was going to order, so luckily the staff were all very friendly and made recommendations for dishes they thought I would enjoy. They chose some good dishes and soon a fleet of Bengali seafood dishes appeared on my table, all ready to be devoured. My hands washed I couldn't wait any longer and I started to dig into the Bhojohori Manna feast. Bhetki Kalia is a fish curry paired with a potato and it was in a sweet coconut based curry. It was insanely flavorful and extremely delicious. The fish was soft yet it remained firm at the same time. Next there was Mochar Ghonto, a banana flower salad. Now at the time of eating it I honestly had no idea what it was until coming back to my computer and doing a little research to find out it was banana flower. It was creamy and super delicious - I thought it sort of tasted like jackfruit curry. It was spiced nicely and went well with my plate of rice. Next up was the Jumbo Chingri Malaikari, a huge prawn that was curried in a highly pleasant sauce. After removing the shell from the prawn, the meat just melted in my mouth and the sauce was beautiful. The Murgir Jhol was just a Bengali chicken curry, and while it wasn't seafood like the other dishes, it sure was wonderful too. But of all the Bengali food we order at Bhojohori Manna, the dish that stuck out the most to me was Medium Kankrajhai, the crab curry. I almost couldn't believe how good it was. It was basically all the flavors I could ever want all condensed onto pieces of succulent crab. It was indeed a heavenly dish that I won't ever forget There were 2 of us and our total bill came to 700 Rupees which is about 13 - but for the quality and the quantity, this was a wonderful deal. So while I had a few Bengali food meals, my favorite was the seafood feast I enjoyed at Bhojohori Manna. If you go to Kolkata, I would highly recommend this restaurant. It's a little cramped and small, but they serve top notch local style cuisine
Date: 2019-08-19

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Comments and reviews: 10

Rajiv Dutta
Mark, I watched a lot of your videos about eating Thai food in Bangkok and Bali. Just returned from a trip to both these places in Dec 2018. The food was amazingly fresh and the sightseeing was breathtaking. As a Bengali it pleased me that you were enjoying eating Bengali food in Kolkata (my birth place) with your hand (the proper way. You were eating a vegetable made from banana blossoms the Thai's also cook with banana blossoms. There is a lot of similarities in the diet of Bengali's and Thai's. I would like you to address then in a VBlog since you are the food expert. P. S. the sauf mouth freshner is the fennel seeds from the dill plant. It is a palette cleanser.
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Iqbal Tuhin
For authentic Bengali food you should visit independent country of Bangladesh not the Indian state of WB/Kolkata. If you dont believe me go through your fellow food vlogger Food Ranger. Kolkata & West Bangla is already taken over by Hindi culture, food and language. People from WB/ Kolkata already given up there everything to Hindi dominance. Bangladesh is the real representative of Bengali culture, language & food.
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SayemTabla
Visit Bangladesh, there are more varieties with Bengali food and influences from Persia. Visit the capital, city of NAWABS My experience of Kolkatta was very basic and does not have the elegance like Bangladesh. Idiots are comparing a country (Bangladesh) with a third class backward city (Kolkatta.
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chitram banerjee
Hahahaha That, at the end, was definitely not SOAP. That was fennel seeds coated with sugar: the sweetness refreshes your taste-buds and the fennel seeds refreshes your breath. Fennel seeds are called mouri in bengali, and saunf (hence the misinterpretation with soap) in hindi.
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Princess Prince1622
Mark that is not a soap. that is saunf which means fennel seeds. it helps to digest well that's the reason we Indians chew that seeds after the meals. and some people do not like to eat only fennel seeds especially childrens for that reason we make like a candy. coool.
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Jasvinder Singh
Mark. At the end of your meal, you had fennel seeds which is called as Sauf in Hindi. What's funny is that you misheard it as Soap and you thought its going to clean your mouth. However your videos are extremely interesting and you come across as a good and humble guy.
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Saikat Chakraborty
The last bit is not soap (blame the guy explaining it to him) but fennel seeds coated with sugar. its called Mouri in Bengali and Saunf in Hindi. Kind of a mouth freshener and probably aids digestion (elders say that)
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Sharoni Thakur
I loved your expressions every time you were taking the first bite Adorable you look And the last thing which you took (cleans the mouth) that's fennel seed cover with proccessd, sugar apparently known for good digestion
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Asif Mahmud
Bengali food means Bangladeshi food. I've been to India several times. But food of Kolkata are not up to the mark in most places. And you'll never get taste of food from restaurants. And also it varies from place to place.
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Mainak Debmandal
That vegetable is called mochar ghonto, fish curry is macher jhol/jhal, chicken curry is kosha mangso and that prawn curry is called Chingri macher malaikari. Food of Bhojohori Manna is really good. Love my kolkata
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