World's Best Food Destination 2023: Kolkata Topped the list in India

By Gkbooks 14 January, 2023 Photo credit: @calcutta.stories

Kolkata is the only Indian City Featured On World's Best Food Destination 2023 List.

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Popular food website Eater has released its list of the world's best food destinations in its 'Where to Eat' report 2023.

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The 'Where to Eat' report 2023 lists the 11 best food destinations around the world.

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Kolkata secures its place as the only Indian city among the 11 best food destinations in the world.

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Not just Bengali food, the capital city of West Bengal offers a taste of almost every cuisine from different cultures of domestic and international origin.

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The city of joy not only boasts of delicious Bengali food but also offers Anglo-Indian, Armenian and Mughlai cuisine.

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Kolkata Biryani is served with boiled egg and boiled potatoes, which gives it a distinct taste that is different from the rest of the Biryani in the country.

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Some of the popular street foods of Kolkata are kathi roll, phuchka, biryani, televaja, ghugni, egg devil, and jhal muri.

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