Momos !!!

newbie123

Hello Everyone !!!


I love to eat momos/dimsums. But whenever I go to any restaurant in Kolkata, even if there is "momo" in the menu, they say "it is unavailable'.

So friends, please guide me-where is the place where you get momos all the time ? I happen to live in Prince Anwar Shah Road.

I want the name of a restaurant with an address. I had momos in street side stalls-but I want to sit in a good restaurant and have momos, siting there.

Also friends, I do not want to dish out Rupees 100 for a plate of Momos.

Regards,
YESLIFEISGOOD

delhiwala

Tangra area !

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travel joy

Walk a few paces towards Bhawanipur/ Netaji bhawan from Exide crossing and turn left at the first /second road. You will find a few restaurants in that area which you can try out.

vko

I agree with Delhiwala - Any restaurant in Tangra (Chinatown)!

nayan

Yes, these restaurants serve momo.

But these are budget restaurants, so not much on ambience. One of the names that I remember is "Orchid".

Keith H

I'm stuck in the office reading this - right now I would love to be in Calcutta and would happily fork out 100rp for a plate of momos!

punzelle

Aha! After reading about them here, I had to go 'wiki' "momos" and they sound and look bahut svadist (very delicious) -- can't wait to try them myself when I get to India, in about EIGHT WEEKS (I'm into full-tilt-boogie mode here) - if they are as good as pot stickers, I'm already a fan! ~

tintin8801

food station serves good momos...........one in bhawanipur and college street.........i dont know if they have any other branches, u can google food station.

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newbie123

Thanks, Friends !!!

First, let me go to these places and try out -as soon as possible!!!


Regards,
Yeslifeisgood

RPG

Rabindranath Tagore loved momos. He once wrote a lively song about them: "Momo chitte niti nitte shawda baaje, tata thoithoi tata thoithoi tata thoithoi..."

kausiks

RPG, Tagore lovers will faint at your interpretation of the song

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theyyamdancer

"Life is filled with paradoxes. Our lives revolve around the merry dances of Yin and Yang; from birth to death, night to day, smiles to frowns, freedom and captivity hold hands and complete the cycle of life...."

... was that about momos?

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travel joy

With all due respects to Rabindranath... That was a great interpretation..

brishti

yup! if this is one of them lanes that're parallel to lee road -
you get absolutely sumptuous momo's there.
like nayan said - the ambiance is not the forte of these places - but the momo's and soup are to kill for.

please do not go all the way beyond to tangra for momo's.
sheesh!


balaady brilliant!!!
ei momo'ta aamai nahi shaaje




:brishti

RPG

I don't know if this is Tagore's own English version of the song. His English poetry is absolutely awful, with none of the spirit or style or wordplay of the original. He took his own joyous Bengali verses rich in multiple meanings, and turned them into stodgy lectures read only by literal westerners shopping for Indian spirituality.

Still, you can see references to momos. "Yin and yang", for example, refers to the Buddhist culture of Tibet. Also, "our lives revolve..." and "cycle of life" are the literal ideas for which the round momo is a metaphor.

(I apologize for this post. I should have quit while I was ahead.)