A healthy yet measured fear of losing the turf often helps an eatery refrain from settling for mediocrity.
Lately, I found a gentle winner in ‘Coffee-o-Kobita’, a culinary homage to contemporary music, in Shyambazar – grounded, serious and raring to please. In Bengal, Fish Orly, as a popular [and populist] fritter carries the distinctive facility of ‘upscaling’ any menu of otherwise little or no significance. Coffee-o-kobita’s Fish Orly [or À l'Orly after a French cooking method used with fish fillets] - lightly marinated Basa fillets dipped in flour and egg based batter, fried golden and served with fresh tartar sauce, surprised with an understated yet mature savour. Memories swarmed in. Chunky Shashlik Chicken, served with toasts on request, tasted flavorous, perfectly grilled and aptly spiced with a notable hint of garlic. I smiled. The parting order, Chicken Cheese Pizza - baked on a stale, cluttered and salty crust poorly topped with tasteless cheese and invisible chicken cubes, proved hogwash. The meal ended on a regrettable note.
I sincerely wish Coffee-o-Kobita culinary consistency and serious guidance.
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