Bengali Cuisine Quotes

Kolkata is special. I have been privileged to spend time in the city and make some great friends there. I like to go there whenever I can.

I love the streets of Kolkata, and I admire the old architectural buildings.

Kolkata is home.

Spending time in Calcutta [India] really did a number on me. The way life and death are almost the same thing, the way poverty is dealt with, the sheer number of dead bodies you see, it's all pretty overwhelming.

I like all kinds of food, but if I had to choose a favourite Indian cuisine, it would absolutely be Bengali! I love things like masoor dal with begun bhaja - or any type of bhaja, really - machher jhol, bhapa chingri. And how can you beat gorom, gorom rosogolla?

I am a Bengali, I like my rice.

What I like about Calcutta is the food. I like simple Bengali food like dal, shukto, fish, and mutton.

I'd say, in some ways, I'm very Bengali. I have a love of the arts - dance, music, visual arts - which I think is a very Bengali trait. I also love food, which I know is very Bengali!

My wife Neelam is a North Indian, so she will make North Indian food, while my mother will make Bengali food.

I kind of discovered Kolkata when I was shooting here for 'Kahaani.' I found the city fascinating.

I feel I can express the nuances of the Bengali lifestyle and ways of thinking better than other cultures.

I ate Bengali food after my parents married and Dad started living with us, in both Willesden and in Delhi for three years, and then we all moved to California. Dad said he could make a really good dal, but I never saw him cook during the whole time we lived together.

I'm obsessed with all things Bengali, man. I love fish, my maid is Bengali, I acted in Bengali and Bangladeshi films.