Lakshmi Narayan Shaw And Sons - Dessert shop in Kolkata - Kolkata, India

Welcome to the Telebhaja king of Kolkata. Khedu Shaw started this establishment in 1918. Yes, Kolkata was different back then. The freedom movement was at the peak and this shop was known to be the den for information exchange. While many would think that people were having their evening adda with telebhaja from this place, the freedom fighters exchanged information. And it was during that period, Mr. Shaw first met Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose. He was so much impressed by the personality, that still today, Lakshmi Narayan Shaw distributes telebhaja free of cost on 23rd January each year- on the birthday of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, a practice started from 1942. Even today, many locals refer to this shop and its fritters as Netaji r peyaji. Telebhaja, or fritters, is anything quoted in Besan and deep-fried. It can be boiled potato mashed with spices for aloo chop or sliced onion as peyaji. The besan batter is generally spiced with nigella and seasoning. Items are dipped in it and deep-fried. Voila, the magical evening snacks for Kolkata is born. But the thing is not that simple at Lakshmi Narayan Shaw. they have many varieties. In fact, some of their most loved items are quite unique. For example, the aamer chop (made with seasonal raw mango to impart the tangy flavor) and soyabean cutlet are quite famous.

A legendary snacks shop. It was frequented by Netaji and thus became popular. The quality of the snacks are quite good and a plethora of options are available if choosing the right one is taken into account.

All Chop and fry quality is Good. Detail video available at our YouTube channel: The baangaali Mind

Nice snack shop. Best place for chop lovers. We took soyabean chop, and chesse chop. Soyabean chop was too yummy and tasty. Cheese chop was also good, but we get it as cold condition, although it wrapped with foil paper.

Foods are very tasty and in a good location. Many famous characters are there to test the food

A family favourite! They serve a variety of fried food. Their pyaji (onion pakora) is a must have. Try it with a slightly sweeter vegetable chop and cheesy chop for a delicious experience. A cold bottle of coca cola or choco milkshake just completes it for me. Was too hungry to take pics before gobbling it all down.

One of the few shops that reminds the nostalgia of childhood days and still continuing serving good snacks. On every trip to Kolkata, this is one of the must to have stops. For the uninitiated the shop serves various kinds of fritters (telebhaajaa - cp). One of the tradition that it has - it serves free snacks on the morning of 23rd January, birth anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose , as he used to have snacks from this shop.

Best evening snacks, piyagi and panir cutlet is best