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Soba Sassy

1st Floor, Harrington Mansion, 8,
Ho Chi Minh Sarani, Kolkata 700071
Mob: 0 89811 14441
Meal for two: Approximately Rs 2500 +
taxes, without alcohol

Nearly a year before 'Barbiecore' was a thing
Soba Sassy got all Aerosmith meets Elle Woods
on the city’s diners and tickled them ‘pink’.
The Asian gastropub described its bipolar
personalities in its name with Soba leading
to the more sober side of the restaurant and
Sassy being all about opulent over-the-top
décor. A pink room with a neon sign that spritzer were to have a baby, it would be called sweet flavours of kecap manis (sweet soy
asks diners to “kiss my sass” catches the eye For Sake's Sake − a lovely chardonnay, sake and sauce) chilli and garlic topped with a crisp
with baby pink and magenta upholstery and Rose and cherry-flavoured cocktail that makes fried egg. The Thai Shrimp Rice with Chicken
modern red chandeliers. In another section, for the perfect aperitif. We sipped on it as we Ribbons was another yum meal in a bowl with
the comparatively restrained teal and tan tucked into the Charcoal Chicken Dimsum in spicy shrimp fried rice and slivers of chicken
pleather upholstery are set off with a giant Red Curry. Juicy melt-in-the-mouth Dim sums cutlet, wafers and crunchy salad. Stomach
flower-bedecked wall and drop lights that in a luscious red curry gravy is the kind of nicely padded, we decided to linger over
look almost floral in their design. Tropical- fever dream of jhol momos that fuse Chinese one more cocktail before ordering dessert.
themed upholstery and a massive cherry and Thai flavours that gastronomes live for. The Miso Sassy, with tahini butter fat-washed
blossom ceiling installation add more sass. The sushis, too, bring big familiar flavours whisky with miso, house-made cordial and
But enough about the what about the and we loved the Philadelphia Salmon Roll seltzer was one worth savouring.
food and beverage? Being a gastropub, Soba which combines the universally popular We ended with one of the best Flourless
Sassy is known for its inventive cocktails and cream cheese salmon duo. From the mains, Chocolate Tortes ever. Fudgy and intensely
they were the first in the city to use sake and we loved the simple but well-made Nasi chocolatey, the cake, though served with
soju in cocktails. If sake and a white wine Goreng. The Indonesian fried rice has subtly caramel ice-cream, was decadent by itself.

Oudh 1590 is replicated as a pattern on the tableware.
Some of their nostalgic décor accents, like
portraits of Kathak dancers and wood and
23 B, Deshapriya Park, Opposite gold trunks, remain. The playlist, too,
Carmel School, Kolkata 700026 thankfully sticks to their old genre and
Mob: 0 76040 35764 Ghulam Ali gently crooned Ranjish hi Sahi
Meal for two: Approximately R1500 + when we tucked into our Yakhni Pulao.
taxes, no alcohol We began our meal with Tandoori
Jhinga which we paired with a tall glass of
Oudh 1590’s first-ever restaurant in Aam Khaas. Succulent savoury prawns with Murgh Kali Mirch
Calcutta has gone through a makeover and moreish charring round the edges along with
now sports a bright new look. Gone are the a refreshing glass of raw mango sherbet was been on the new menu. The yakhni would be
ochre walls and the dark wooden accents. just the right note to begin on. Murgh Kali ideal for those who want to skip the spice of
Checkered floors and bright chandeliers Mirch came next, and it was a well-balanced regular biryani, though it is on the sweeter
are now set off with gleaming cream walls savoury chicken kebab. For mains, we tried side, so it may be a tad polarising.
and arches. The beautiful brass crockery both their Murgh Yakhni Pulao and Gosht Also new on the desserts are a range of
that was a signature has now been replaced Tehri. The tehri, an offbeat spicy meat and kulfi flavours and a yummy zarda – a rich
with customised ceramic flatware. The rice dish, has become one of our favourites sweet rice-based dessert loaded with khoya,
filigreed arch on the façade of the restaurant from the restaurant in the short time it has raisins and cashew nuts.

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