Blue Moose, Lake Market Area, Kolkata

Restaurant Name: Blue Moose, Lake Market Area, Kolkata
Phone: +919830509356
Address: 12, SR Das Road, Lake Market Area, Kolkata 700016 West Bengal India
Time: 09:30 AM – 21:30 PM
Meals for two: Rs. 1,200
Cuisines: Continental, Pizza, Fast Food
Facilities: Home Delivery, Takeaway Available, Indoor Seating

Blue Moose, Lake Market Area, Kolkata: Decor

For years cafés have symbolized the freedom from formal settings and freewheeling food concepts. It’s only recently that the concept has come full circle with each new place vying for coveted space, overmuch decor and complexities in the menu. So when we come across yet another new “café” space in the heart of Kolkata, we are tempted to check out more fun.

Blue Moose, the café, captures the essence of cozy confidence lounging in a quiet residential part of south Kolkata. The glass façade throws life into the brightly lit space with a single sweater, trailing twos in a unique chequered floor rendezvous lane and a group sofa seats bang at the entrance. The marble tops and jewel toned bucket seats add comfort to lounging, in fact a bit cringeworthy with guests sitting at ample ease with folded legs at more than one table. Especially with the doyens of Indian and international performing arts adorning the walls this seems a little disrespectful. A highlight coffee bar with a vending machine and a house trained barista make instant connection.

Blue Moose, Lake Market Area, Kolkata: Food

The menu leads the way starting with all day breakfasts, eggs selection to soups, salads, sandwiches, burgers, pizza, pasta, loses its way to palate pleasing Asian rice, noodles to Chinese gravy items finally circling back to Stroganoff, grilled fish and peppercorn steak. We begin with an adventurous take on pub grub Scotch eggs (₹415), Chilli prawn and Mandarin salad (₹295), a classic Lamb and cheese burger (₹365) and emphatically a vegetarian Khow suey at (₹275). Of course we dare to order the most trending coffee habit of a cold brew, however my Cranberry cold brew order comes as the barista’s recommended Honey cinnamon blended cold brew (₹175).

Plus & Minus:

The scotch eggs are quite a vision, perfect for a picnic, four pieces of hard boiled eggs in halves, wrapped in minced meat and bread crumbed, deep fried to a nice crunch outside to look almost pear shaped. Wee bit overdone though it seeped all the moisture out of the mince making it dry and crumbly, it comes with a mustard mayo dip. The cold brew is amateurish, laced with home ground coffee dust and warmth of cinnamon and touch of honey. The Iceberg greens tossed with delicate fresh grilled natural sweetness of prawns, bejeweled with tiny cherry tomatoes comes with a light mayo dressing instead of the enticing citrusy mandarin one and is sprinkled with peanuts, chilli flakes and chopped coriander garnish. The lamb burger has intense efforts with a juicy thick patty slapped with sliced cheese and veggies between too soft halves of bun bread and loads of French fries. Finally our take away order of Burmese khow suey is premixed making the noodles soggy and dunked in coconut milk, perked up with veggies and fried onions, chillies and a wedge of lime.