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Fooza – The New Food Delivery App Launched In Kolkata

July 4, 2022

June 2022: Good news for foodies in Kolkata as the city gets a new food delivery app – Fooza!

Kolkata is known for its vibrant food culture where cuisines from different parts of the world have always contributed to and enriched its culinary heritage. Fooza has partnered with 500+ restaurants that serve meticulously crafted meals prepared by expert chefs.

The app brings a perfect combination of innovative technology, renowned restaurant partners, and a dedicated delivery network known as ‘The Purple Riders’ that allows consumers to choose from an array of delicious food with no restrictions on order value. Currently, Fooza is operating in Kolkata and Howrah.

From quintessential Desi chaats to Tandoori, Bengali, Mughlai, Chinese & Continental – Fooza allows you to explore a wide range of dishes and cuisine from handpicked restaurants. The wide range of meal options with a dedicated delivery network that allows customers to order from a much wider area will open new economic opportunities for delivery partners as well as restaurants.

Fooza is an entrepreneurial venture of Reena Lath, Kapil Lohia, and Kuruvind Lath. Reena Lath is the Co-Director of Fooza Foods Private Limited who says, “For our customers, food is happiness! At Fooza, we focus on delivering this happiness at your doorstep with the push of a button.”

According to Kapil Lohia, Co-Founder & CEO, “Fooza is built for the love of good food and great customer service. The app will allow customers to order from a much wider area. So, they don’t have to compromise when it comes to ordering food from their favourite restaurant.”

Kuruvind Lath, the Director of Fooza says, “We have invested our time, energy, and money on building the technology that will simplify the food ordering process and grow a loyal customer base with offers, rewards, and reliable, convenient service.”

Fooza brings together multi-cuisine and speciality restaurants, experienced chefs, cloud kitchens, and home kitchens all under one roof. With endless options to choose from, easy payment methods, and LIVE order tracking – Fooza is ready for an exciting journey benefiting consumers, restaurants, and delivery partners.

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The Bakery at Lalit Great Eastern Kolkata receives Culinary Heritage Recognition

June 16, 2022

One of Kolkata’s oldest bakeries, at The Lalit Great Eastern Hotel, established in 1830, has been awarded the Culinary Heritage Recognition plaque by the Kolkata chapter of the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH). Asia’s first luxury hotel, The Great Eastern Kolkata has a beautiful structure, rich history, and a great legacy of visitors, delectable food, and the iconic bakery. The Lalit Bakery is the oldest traditional bakery in the city that offers authentic sweets, multi-cultural selections and has lived through decades of changes and revolutions.

David Wilson, who built Wilson’s Hotel, opened the bakery in mid-1830 before he built the hotel, which was inaugurated on November 19, 1840. It was the only popular bakery for Britishers. To keep the sense of history about the hotel, the huge Side Flue bakery oven, which replaced the old beehive oven, has been used in bits and parts in the present bakery. Back then, there used to be a multiple shops or a departmental store on the ground floor. To quote Rudyard Kipling’s description of it in The City of Dreadful Night, “a man could walk in at one end, buy a complete outfit, a wedding present, or seeds for the garden, have an excellent meal, a Burra peg and if the barmaid was agreeable, walk out at the other end engaged to be married”.

Today, The Lalit Great Eastern Kolkata is not just a great luxury hotel in the city, it is a heritage landmark as well. Famed for the longest consistently operating hotel for a span of 165 years, this heritage hotel and has been given different names like the “Best Hotel East of the Suez” and the “Jewel of the East” by its popular guests that include the likes of Queen Elizabeth, Rudyard Kipling, Mark Twain and several imminent personalities from the 19^th century. The striking architecture is a mix of Victorian, Edwardian, and Contemporary styles.

On receiving this recognition, General Manager, Mr. Dilip Mishra said, “We are both humbled and grateful to receive this recognition by INTACH. The Bakery is a special part of the city’s culinary experience. Our high teas to other gourmet/bakery delights are frequented by locals and visitors in the city alike. We hope to continue the legacy and raise the bar for our patrons.”