The word ‘Spicery‘ means – a room to store the spices.

After it’s huge success, by treating the food fanatics across the country with authentic Chinese and Bengali delights through its flagship fine dining chains – Mainland China and Oh Calcutta, the founder and mentor of the noted hospitality brand Speciality Restaurants Mr Anjan Chatterjee proudly enthrals to make a room for nostalgia in the heart of Kolkata foodies in the midst of Nightlife, Lounges, Clubs and Sheesha by showcasing distinctive street foods not only from India but across the neighbouring countries under one roof in the brand name ‘Spicery‘, located on the 4th floor of the Acropolis Mall – Kasba.

Highlights on the restaurant decor –

The walls are decked up with great compositions that definitely throws a taste of nostalgia for the Indian street foods. The high quality enlarged collages drives every guest through the bylanes of Dacres Lane, College Street, JamaMasjid.

The flavours inspired by the Street Hawkers and the Century Old Roadside Cafe travels from extreme west to pamper the buds with the signature Dhokla Chatin order to mark the distinctive Gujarati culture and Samosa Chatsfrom North West frontier, Mumbai drive wala Pav Bhaji, then touches the narrow bylanes of Lucknow, Kandahar, Peshawar, Amritsar to indulge into its rich smoky kebabs and tikkas, routes to boost Southern influence of coastal style deep fries and finally ends it journey at the City Of Joy – considered as a heaven for Street food Lovers to establish the iconic Bong Fish Fry on the platter.

 

On the Main Course front, the tale captures the essence of Kolkata’s business district – Dacres Lane Stewand stretches few miles more to knock the doors of Royal Calcutta Biryani and then gears its seatbelt back to Ludhianaand historic Kake Da Hotel to redefine its authentic meaty affairs for the food hunters.

The journey kicked off with Spicery signature mocktails followed by small and large plate bites.

Shikanjeeprioska –

A great sparkling twist on traditional lemonade with a splash of orange.

Shikanjeeprioska

Shikanjeeprioska

Hazy Pineapple –

A fizzy, sweet, cloudy textured pineapple juice punched with hazelnut syrup, cranberry juice.

Hazy Pineapple

Gondhoraj Melon cooler –

A great combo of all the summer flavours in the glass – Watermelon and lemonade muddled with Gondhoraj Lime.

Gondhoraj Melon cooler

SMALL PLATE BITES –

Samosa Chat–

No doubt that this is the most tempting popular street food of North West Frontier. A splash of chilled yoghurt mixed with dry spices, sweet and sour chutney on a crumbled samosa makes it an extremely lip-smacking chat.

Samosa Chat

Lucknowi Tunde Ke Kebab –

The iconic dish comes with all its nostalgic aroma flowing from royal kitchens of the Nawabs made out of minced meat (a galouti version) and secret spices.

Lucknowi Tunde Ke Kebab

Calicut Chicken Lolipop –

A rava style deep fried Chicken Wings perfectly spiced with curry leaves, garlic. Crunchy texture that brings the coastal favours of Malabar.

Calicut Chicken Lolipop

LARGE PLATE BITES –

Ludhiana Chicken –

Ludhiana grabs the attention of foodies through its deep bonding with Special Chicken. The dhaba (highway roadside) style yellow texture with the extra cream in a mild onion base gravy that extracts the flavour from the boneless chicken is definitely a talk of the town served with steamed rice.

Ludhiana chicken

Macher Paturi–

Traditional Bengali dish that takes pride in the cuisine. Pieces of Bhetki marinated in mustard paste, wrapped in banana leaves and steamed. The smoky aroma of the banana leaf steaming out from fish is to die for – mesmerizes every Bong food lovers.

Macher Paturi

Kake Da Mutton Curry –

Kake Da Hotel one of the top restaurants of North India known for its signature mutton curry serving with the same quality and taste. Spicery’s has tried to recreate the same taste for bong Mutton lovers. A unique combo flavour of Kasha Mangsho and Amritsari Meat Curry infused in the gravy of small succulent mutton pieces served with Chapatis.

Kake Da Mutton Curry

Kake Da Mutton Curry

To finish off our meal, we tried the milk-based desserts

Kulfi – denser, creamier version of traditional Indian Ice Cream
Brownie with Ice Cream

Kulfi
Brownie with Ice Cream

The evening undoubtedly brimmed by the delicious virtual street food walk across the hidden gems which carries its own uniqueness.

Spicery revisited on the occasion of Bloggers Meet

Visited this place once as a patron and really honoured to a part of their bloggers meet twice.

When the city is flooded with a bunch of interesting cafes, themed pubs, this one-stop Street Food restaurant stands out in the bustling city to please the crowd. It’s none other than the Spicery – from the noted hospitality brand Speciality Group Of Restaurant.

Thanks a lot, Mr Anjan Chatterjee and Mr Ankur Mandal for your gracious hospitality and the excellent concept to bring the Street Foods Of India on the plates of Kolkata food lovers.

Indeed, a great honour to meet you and Mr Anjan Chatterjee in person.

With the founder, mentor of Specialty Restaurant Limited. that runs Mainland China and Oh Calcutta – Mr Anjan Chatterjee.

Please extend my thanks to the team for their warm service.

Thank you so much, Spicery Team for the lovely gestures. The spicy, yummly taste of the homemade sauces gave a nice twist to my dishes.

Cheers !!!