Sharing an entrance with the equally excellent Indian restaurant Zaranj, this stylish spot, with freshly renovated and expanded interiors, is our choice for top Asian restaurant in West Bengal. On offer is an eclectic and wildly exciting selection of well-considered dishes. Start with traditional tom yam kai, a spicy hot-and-sour chicken broth flavored with kafir lime leaves, lemon grass, and chili paste.
Nonmeat-eaters should opt for kaeng phak, a Thai preparation of seasonal veggies cooked in a spicy curry with galangal, lemon grass, and kafir lime leaves, topped off with coconut milk. For your main course, favorites include ginger chicken, Shanghai-style tangerine chicken, coconut prawns with bamboo shoots, crab in a zesty Penang curry, and drunken fish made with Bay of Bengal bekti grilled in red wine.