Bangladesh Cuisine & Restaurants

[Donatello]

What is the basis for such an opinion?

Just as what is the basis for you to be here, on PDF?

 

[Bilal9]

Good photos, and the sushi looks delectable!

The variety of cuisine, and I'm not talking about run-of-the-mill restaurants in every major neighbourhood in urban India, but Michelin star-rated restaurants in Delhi and Bombay, cannot be surpassed by any other south Asian city.


I urge you to get a table at the REAL 'Wasabi' by Morimoto, both in Bombay and Delhi.

I'm sure as the living standard increases (with disposable income) - hip eateries at all price points will keep mushrooming all over South Asia.

Thirty some years back in Dhaka, you either had high falutin' expensive joints (usually in five star hotels) or burger/chop/kabab places aimed at the middle-class general populace (usual hang-outs for students).

Nowadays the culinary variety is unbelievably diverse because of a large number of Dhaka-dwellers' weekly culinary jaunts to places like Bangkok, Singapore and Hong-Kong, not to mention KL and Delhi/Mumbai. The taste of those places are being created at home where a certain section of people are willing to pay well (say Rs. 5000 per person on average) for a well-cooked and nicely presented meal in a place with nice ambiance.

Of course this says nothing about the myriad coffee joints, student hangouts, family restaurants etc.

 

[Arya Desa]

Can you even get liquor with your food? There is no pleasure without a nice whiskey with your meal.

 

[Bilal9]

Can you even get liquor with your food? There is no pleasure without a nice whiskey with your meal.

Foreigners can get whiskey of course but let your wealthy host pay for it. With Corkage charges you're looking at two or three times what good whiskey would cost in Indian cities. Of course - I'm no whiskey connoisseur but that's what I hear.

I think drinking whiskey paired with food is not considered fashionable in Western circles but don't know what goes on in India. Wine, Mixed drinks or cocktails (e.g. Margaritas, Martinis) are usually had with food that I know of.

 

[Bilal9]

Some smaller neighborhood eateries and bakeries...

Mermaid Cafe, Baridhara

Spicy Thai Chicken with Organic Rice and Beans at Mermaid Cafe

Sugar donuts, tarts and flaky, buttery pastries at King's Confectionary, Rd 11, Banani

And for that backwoods feel, Village Restaurant, Gulshan-1

Korean specialties at Dae Jang Geum

Bulgogi of course

Panchan varieties (appetizers)

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

Great images the place looks fantastic and expensive no doubt

 

[Bilal9]

More Korean stuff...

Dumpling

Pumpkin soup

Tomato flower

Kimchi Stew

Donuts at 'Glazed' (calories be damned!)

'Off Track', a cozy musician's haunt and eatery..

 

[Bilal9]

Cafe Gourmand - neighbourhood coffee & espresso place

See the speakers hanging on the left there (Bose 901s)? Had a pair.

Great images the place looks fantastic and expensive no doubt

Which one boss?

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

Well pretty much all images the restaurants and cafe look very trendy , I would not have guessed they are in Bangladesh quality of decor is very High

This looks like a nice lunch location no pressure easy , nice clean city view

 

[scholseys]

Dhaka's food is too oily, it doesn't suit me. I can only have food at the Uttara club and homemade food.

 

[Bilal9]

Like all other cities Dhaka has its fair share of rooftop restaurants that could use more innovative decor planning...but the food on offer more than makes up for it.

And last but not least - UK restaurateur Tommy Miah's Heritage offering 'Fusion Bangla Cuisine'

Some other places for more traditional fare...
Heritage Inside

Platinum suites

Platter, a casual spacey restaurant with plenty of large screen TVs to watch cricket and a large wood-fired pizza oven to boot

Well pretty much all images the restaurants and cafe look very trendy , I would not have guessed they are in Bangladesh quality of decor is very High

This looks like a nice lunch location no pressure easy , nice clean city view

Decor to paisey ka mamla - more money with a better interior designer then better decor. Dhaka has quite a few interior design houses but they are expensive...what you see above is (no boast) just Dal Barabar (too plain Jane). There are trendier places too - every year a few new ones come up and gets patronized heavily.

Restaurant business is so fickle - patrons with money sometimes don't even go to the same place twice.

 

[Jai_Hind]

Pic are all fine and good... But move these bideshi khawa aside and show me some ellesh bhapa/shorshe, chingri malai kari, khasi kosha mangsho, kathal/potol/alur chochori, Daab Chingri ....

Also those dois, chomchom, Pantua, chhanar jileepi, darbesh , raghobshai , paesh , bundiya , nalengurer sondesh , shor bhaja , langchas..... Man I got to check my fridge now

 

[Bilal9]

Diner 360 - a Grill and Shakes restaurant
Located at Palladium Market at Gulshan-2 in b/w Madani Ave and Rd. 95
Dishes liked grilled shrimp, baked potato, sundaes, shakes, flame grilled steaks.

 

[Bilal9]

Le Soufflé - Haute French dining with French staff and Chef-de-Cuisine

Pic are all fine and good... But move these bideshi khawa aside and show me some ellesh bhapa/shorshe, chingri malai kari, khasi kosha mangsho, kathal/potol/alur chochori, Daab Chingri ....

Also those dois, chomchom, Pantua, chhanar jileepi, darbesh , raghobshai , paesh , bundiya , nalengurer sondesh , shor bhaja , langchas..... Man I got to check my fridge now

Dada Panta Bhat-er restaurant-o aachhey - I'll try to find some images...

Speaking of 'khasi kosha mangsho' - Dhaka has everyone beat in this dish. Just had some for dinner as a matter of fact (Kosha Korbani Goat Bhuna with Rumali roti - Yum!).

 

[Bilal9]

The Brasserie at Water Garden Hotel (Owned by the Sena Kalyan Sangstha -Fauji Charitable Trust)