Kolkata Mithai Bhavan - Authentic Bengali

Address:Chitra Shopping Inn, No. 9A, Choolaimedu High Road, Chennai – 600 094
Locality:Choolaimedu
Landmark:First left after the Loyola College underpass
Type:Bengali Sweets
Google map location:Kolkata Mithai Bhavan
Contact No: 044-23451297.
Open: 10 a.m. to 10.30 p.m

This sweet shop on Choolaimedu High Road has been specializing in Bengali sweets and savories. A.K. Das, along with wife Kakoli Das and brother Madhusudan Das, has been running the place, with 15 others working as kitchen staff.

The shop serves one of the best Bengali sweets in the city.For sweet tooth persons the menu card is really tantalizing . The shops is famous for there Chitrakut, noukabilash, sita bhog, raj bhog, radha ballavi (served only on Saturdays and Sundays) and Jala Bhara . You get Variety of Bengali Sweets need more than a visit to try all the items .



Do try chum-chum, which is not very sweet yet soft and comes with a shelf life of four hours. Chittaranjan also falls in a similar category. Both chum-chum and chittaranjan are prepared in limited quantity, so make sure you place your order in advance.Rasmalai(Rs10) is the very tasty and cost is cheap compared to other sweet shops

Sandesh is one of the best-selling items on the menu. The steamed milk sweet is available in different shapes – fruits, vegetables, fish (for wedding ceremonies), pond, etc.The sugar, especially that used for preparing Sandesh, is extracted from the khajur plant only in winter. "It has a different flavor, which you will get while relishing our sweets." Around 100 kilos of the sugar is bought, which he sparingly uses to last him a year. Otherwise, around 150 liters of sweets are prepared a day.

There is also a live parotta, chappati and chaat counter in the evening. The place is buzzing with lot of youngsters and Bengali people in the evening . You get varieties of stuffed chapaties and parothas, like gobi, paneer,Mixed vegetable.The paneer is freshly prepared daily.

The Punjabi dish aluparatha gets the lot of people gathering from day till ten in the night.Its awesome being there in the evening whole lot of crowd n lots of people talking different languages

The service is excellent .The shop can occupy around 8 people and there is enough space outside where there are other shops to gorge upon.

Additional Information

• No card accepted
  
• Moderate Cost
• 1kg of sweet 180-250rs
• Worth a Try
• A/C shop

Isphani Center ---CCD and Marybrown

Address:No. 123 & 124, Ispahani Center, Nungambakkam High Road,
Locality:Nungumbakkam
Landmark: Near to The PARK hotel
Type:Hangouts
Google map location:Ispahani center

Ispahani centre is said to be a place where the happening crowd of Chennai hang out. Now, there are much better options for the Chennai crowd but this place still holds a good place in the minds of people - probably because of its prime location (right near Nungambakkam signal) and MOP Vaishnav College next to it .

The Plaza has very few shops when compared with Spencers .

Cafe Coffee Day(CCD)

The Cafe Coffee Day outlet in the Plaza is one of the first outlet for Coffee Day in Chennai,The shops is always buzzing with students from MOP and other colleges.The prices are very expensive and most of the items in the menu card is not available

Marry Brown

Marry Brown famous for its Chicken Foods, French Fries and Burgers. It is wortha TRy but frequent visits make it bored .Kids can enjoy in this place as there toys.

For Women Fashion geeks Designer Ritu Kumar store is located at Ispahani Centre.

For men looking for formal wear, there is the Indigo Nation .
For women looking for fashion jewelry, you can try the Art Karat outlet here as well as Casablanca which also has lovely hand-painted kurtas, hats and more for those into that Aurovillian feel.

Sweet Chariot shop

If you are have a sweet tooth then you’d love Sweet Chariot shop . You get the best of cakes and pastries her.You also get Birthday cakes, speciality cakes and more. The Pizzas are worth
a Try,They are cheaper than PIZZA CORNER .It is home to some of the most mouth-watering pastries in town.
The café is pretty cozy and not huge. Spread onto two floors, it gives you an option to reserve an entire floor for a birthday party or a friendly get-together. As is seen in most bakery and dessert shops, the front counter has an assortment of luscious and mouth-watering cakes, pastries and cookies. The softly lit light orange interiors complemented by black, gel well with the ambiance. The bearers too wear similar colors.
What you pay for a meal for two - Rs.400-600
Anytime between – 11 AM – 11 PM
Phone : 044-42139976 / 42323368

Swarovski

The best crystal shop in Chennai , you can see variety of design crystals and it is beautiful to watch. The lighting in the shop is excellent . The prices are very expensive but the shop is worth a visit for your eyes.

The Singapore Visitors Center also functions from the first floor here. So, you can even find out more about this Land of the Merlion if you already haven't.
Oh, and this is possibly the only mall with a full-fledged gym – Gymania.

Dilip Kapoor’s Hidesign (for all accessories in leather) also has an outlet here, right next to Casablanca, its sister concern.

The Bounce Style Lounge, which can really set you up in some funky hairdos.One of Chennai’s hippest salons has made its home in Isapahani too.

Some of the shops placed are

CASABLANCA READY-MADE GARMENTS
TITANIC READY-MADE GARMENTS
DOCKERS READY-MADE GARMENTS
LIADRO READY-MADE GARMENTS
SWAROVSKI READY-MADE GARMENTS
ACCESENT READY-MADE GARMENTS
ARCHIES GREETINGS & GIFTS LTD. GREETINGS CARDS
CAFE COFFEE DAY COFFEE PUB
OYZTERBAY READY-MADE GARMENTS
SWEET CHARIOT SWEET SHOP
MARRYBROWN RESTAURANT
HIDESIGN READY-MADE GARMENTS
INDIGONATION SHOWROOM
KHAL'S FOOT WORLD SHOE WORLD
VJ'S HOME DINNER DINNER SHOP
GLITTERATI READY-MADE GARMENTS
LEVIS SHOWROOM
CREST JEWELERS PVT. LTD.


And that's about it! So probably not worth visiting unless you are specifically looking at some shopping in one of the above shops or you want to meet someone in a place easy to remember without too much crowd!