Taco Libre

Review of the coffee shop at The Oberoi Grand.

Yauatcha Kolkata cooks up a Poila Baishak special menu.

Traditional fine dining has adapted to the new age well-travelled workaholics all looking to unwind after work. An outing has always and will always be primarily focused on food but it no longer begins and ends with it.

The city’s only fund raising sporting event contributing towards the cause of education for underprivileged children.

Food entrepreneurship has rapidly increased in the last several years and that’s why when we come across an idea that levels up our food experience so simply we have to announce it amidst much deserved drum roll. BlabberCat introduces to you a brand new concept of experiencing gourmet food at your own space in your pjs.

Amidst the edgy fad of pop-ups, last year, Calcutta received an all new fashion accolade with the introduction of ‘The India Story’, Madhu Neotia, Abhilasha Sethia and Nil, who need no introduction.

Imagine a special menu curated at only Rs 900 per head at a restaurant you would usually go to celebrate special occasions. This enthralling initiative Restaurant Week India is the best gift one could give to a foodie.

First Anti-fit and now alternate-fit is making huge waves across the globe and for all the right reasons. Runway dreams have started becoming more real and the average consumer is no longer obsessing with their physical flaws.

This time in India Couture week, we saw the design juggernauts reinventing the royal past in their new collection. From Mughal to Persian and Rajasthan palaces all were brought to runway through jaw-dropping couture outfits.

The flagship store at Elgin Road, represents the entire ethnic world in a very glamorous way. A contrast to the grey and blue teary skies, we tell you a romantic tale of the sari.

A play about the emancipated Noor Jahan and her love story with Emperor Jahangir. A tale of love that begins with the youthful passion of Mehrunissa for Jahangir, to the mature Noor Jahan in captivity.

The gaiety of love, combined with the ecstasy of great food make for a day to cherish forever. Celebrate love this year, with a range of indulgent Cantonese delicacies from London’s favourite Michelin starred dimsum tea house. BlabberCat wined and dined at her favourite date spot in the town.

8 days to go for our summer fashion popup and here are the top 8 designers to look out for.

Bibhu Mohapatra's design collaboration with Forevermark has given a complete new direction to both brands. Recently, their latest collaboration was with Sawansukha Jewellers from Kolkata.

The seven Hindu vows illustrated with 7 jewellery trends to buy this wedding season. A rhetorical story of each jewellery piece representing the saat pheras from the girl’s perspective. This generation is inquisitive and rightfully prefer enriching their knowledge about the rituals they practice.

Elevating Everyday was a three-day showcase of 5 brands, each interpreting the concept in their own way.

Try to imagine a perfectly grilled chicken. Barcelos gives you a magic ingredient to make it even better. It’s called the Supa Peri sauce.

Home to top designers, fashionistas and high-end stores, Kolkata has already made an impression on the fashion map. BlabberCat nudges all the Kolkata bloggers to revisit their wardrobes with Ommyra Labels‘ Indo-western range.

As a writer, a literature meet is a Utopian abode where likeminded people are found together absorbed all the energy that has, over the years, built us the way we are.

It was on the 2nd of March, 2016 that the philanthropic wing of Kokuyo Camlin, the oldest stationery company in India, Camlin Art Foundation (CAF) announced the winners of this year’s CAF Annual Art Contest at a prestigious ceremony held at Indian Council for Cultural Relations in Kolkata.

The boho spirit doesn’t see the day and time, the traveller doesn’t stop for anyone unless someone needs help, no good conversations flow out of formality, love blooms every enjoyable moment and everything around makes you feel at ease, let go and breathe. 

The East fashion industry put together one of the most memorable evenings presenting fashion where we saw highly coveted fashion designers, models, celebrities, bloggers, socialites and fashionistas huddle together at Hyatt Regency, Kolkata, to celebrate the contribution made to fashion renowned designers from Eastern India, Bhutan and Bangladesh.

The irregularity of handmade artisanal clothing is a metaphor for the playful yet elegant spirit, where geometry, history, nature and fantasy intersect and overlap, but which only truly reveal themselves to the observer. 

As I neared the meeting spot, I noticed a bunch of curious foodies, with no fixed pattern or narrow group type, scattered but yet gathered to embark on a memorable food journey. And as we had expected, there was no formal introduction required because mostly everyone recognised each other from social media or word of mouth. A home baker, whose Instagram food photography beats any restaurant in Kolkata, IIHM Young Chef India winners Garima Poddar and Simran Kapur, Kolkata Foodie girls Priyanka Gupta and Ritika Jaiswal, anonymous reporter who couldn’t disclose his portal for company’s policies were among the few who had come with big appetites and open minds. #KolkataFoodJourney presented Entrée to Dessert and The India Diaries was in association with Uber Cabs and dessert partner was Mrs Magpie, Chocolate Partner was Chocotarian, online media partner was BlabberCat. For the first time ever in Kolkata, a journey of food of this calibre was organised which created quite the stir and now everyone wants a sequel.

The advent of Irish House in Kolkata almost ushered in the drinking culture in the City of Joy; and it has been one of the most popular hangout spots for the youth ever since, especially during its happy hours (4-7pm). So when BlabberCat was invited to try its revamped menu launch, we were mouth-wateringly excited to find out what new did the bar have to offer. – Anushree Kanoi

Winters in Kolkata magically spreads peace and love. The lazy sun, the Christmas pop-ups and carnivals, the cute outfits that we can’t wait to wear; they’re all perfectly acceptable reasons as to why one would NOT want to study. I mean, we just get about a month to enjoy outdoors, it isn’t even humanly possible to make slogging our priority.  So BlabberCat is here to the rescue, once again, bringing to you a list of the best places to study in Kolkata, where one can enjoy the best of what the season has to offer, without worrying about how big a disaster the next exam is going to be. And how much can you study sitting in the same place, a change in the study spot can really help bring back focus and refreshes your thinking ability.

Woody Allen’s Side Effects, Graphic novels, Holy Cow, unthink and stories about exuberant apartments made it to the billing counter today at Kolkata’s Bookfair.

BlabberCat's purrrrfect way to wear sarees like any other outfit for work and for fun. Ritu Kumar's new summer saree story talks traditions and narrates new twists and turns. We chose the same saree in two different colours and wore it in two completely different styles.

The story of Bodh reminds us of the 7 fundamentals of design taught by the Zen philosophy of Buddhism. We style 7 looks representing each Zen teaching.