Ultimate Telebhaja Snack Trail Across Kolkata
Deep-fried to perfection and featuring a variety of vegetarian and non-vegetarian ingredients, Telebhaja is a snack every true-blue Bengali loves. The city of Kolkata offers up a variety of Telebhaja at myriads of shops and stalls across the city, making for the ultimate snack trail for those who love lip-smacking goodies paired with chutneys and more. Take a look at this ultimate Telebhaja trail.
*Some restaurants listed in this trail serve non-vegetarian food, but have been added because they have good vegetarian options on their menu as well.
Machhli Baba Fries
This small eatery serves one of the best chaaps out there. The taste will surely take you back to old Calcutta. Their mochar chop and Phulkopir Singara will make you crave more!Lakshmi Narayan Shaw & Son
This location used to be a gathering place for freedom fighters after Khedu Shaw founded it in 1918. One such notable youngster who frequented this shop was none other than Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, hence why this shop is famously called ‘Netajir chop-er dokan’. To this day, Netaji’s birthday is celebrated every year by serving telebhaja for free!Kalpataru
The quality of this place is extremely good. The ingredients used here are also fresh, and the taste is delicious. So, make sure to visit Kalpataru the next time you want to satisfy your chaap cravings.Dilkusha Cabin
This is probably one of the best cabins in Kolkata. It is easily accessible and economical. It has some of the best fish fry out there. A plus point is that all the portion sizes here are huge!Kalika
This eatery is a legendary shop in Kolkata, famous for its chaap. Located in the busy lanes of College Street, their food preparations are definitely something to drool for. The hype of this place shows up in the taste of its food!Mukharuchi
Legend has it that Thakur Ramakrishna used to have telebhaja from this shop, which used to be a mere shack back in the day, run by Fagulal Shaw. The shop is now run by the fifth generation of Fagulal’s family. To this day, they have stuck to what the place was originally known for: being a pure vegetarian restaurant. The telebhaja here is nothing short of a souvenir.Kashiramer Telebhaja
Kashiram Shaw used to work as a nut seller on the same road where he started his telebhaja business. This shop, which is over 60 years old now, has aloo chop, peyaji, veg chop, and much more, most of which cost less than Rs. 250!
Jihobar Jol
A gentleman named Amal Das opened this store 40 years ago in order to make some extra money during the Rath Yatra. With extremely positive feedback, he decided to go into the business full time, and thus Jihobar jol came into existence. All the chop served here is under Rs 6!Potlar Dokan
Though this shop is the personification of roker adda, the owner of this store is a no-nonsense man who means business. The shop was started almost 92 years ago, and to this day it maintains the legacy by serving telebhaja on shalpata plates.
