[Neversaygbye]

Last Sunday, i.e. on 13th Feb some of us BHPians got together to have a breakfast of "kochuri-alu'r torkari" (kachori-potato curry) at one of the hole-in-the wall outlets in North Calcutta.



While North Calcutta has a certain old world charm that is unique and walking down its lanes and bylanes is like walking through the pages of history, the reason for selecting this particular rendezvous point was its proximity to one of the most famous Bengali sweet shops in Calcutta - the over a century old Girish Chandra Dey and Nakur Chandra Nandy, which till this day churns out authentic gastronomic masterpieces masquerading as Bengali sweets.







Mile_Breaker's Hexa parked in front of the sweets shop.



We had our fill of kochuris and bought sufficient amount of sweets to last us for at least a few days.





Breakfast done, turboNath and I decided that we would visit the Vintage and Classic car show that was happening at one of the clubs.



You can read about the event here:

https://indianexpress.com/article/ci...lkata-7820110/

In case the article goes missing, here is the gist of it:

"The Eastern India Motoring Group (EIMG), in association with Ace Commercial, on Sunday organised an event showcasing vintage cars in Kolkata, highlighting the city’s automobile heritage. This event was hosted in the city for the first time and the vehicles were judged by curator Shrivardhan Kanoria, an eminent vintage car collector/restorer who is also the founding president of EIMG, along with his ‘Concours Restorations’ team.

Around 80 best heritage vehicles of Eastern India, including five vintage Rolls-Royces, were selected by Kanoria for the event, the release said."

BHPian turboNath and I attended this event. To be honest, the event surpassed our expectations. We had never imagined that there would be such a line up of vintage cars and even motorcycles. There was a pristinely maintained Triumph, many RRs, Plymouth, Buick and even a Standard Herald! The bikes were mostly BSA.

Over to the photos of the event.









BHPian turboNath admiring one of the beauties



















Yours truly in front of one of five Rolls that were on display.













One of the cars refused to start when it was time to go home. Maintaining these cars and keeping them in running condition must be a difficult task indeed.





BHPian turboNath and I



All photos courtesy BHPians ABHI_1512, turboNath, Mile_Breaker, HornNotOkPlease, ron82x3 and yours truly.

[turboNath]

Last Sunday was absolutely delightful! Right from the delicious breakfast to spending time amongst these timeless and legendary vehicles, it ticked off all the right boxes for a perfect t-bhp weekend ! We got to feast our eyes on so many priceless classic & vintage cars and my favourite ‘exhibit’ was the Triumph Spitfire4. What an absolute beauty !

[boniver]

Lovely, can't wait to be back home in the summer and join you guys!

[ABHI_1512]

It was a super Sunday .. double whammy of meeting some wonderful people and delightful chit chats over cups of tea, that too in a by lane of Calcutta that has nostalgia written all over it. We should do these meet ups more often, another exploration awaits. Some pictures from my side too and I am taking the liberty to add some pictures from my evening sojourn across the Hoogly river.













The below pictures are from the Maidan and Hoogly riverside areas. Fortunately, even though I couldn’t make it to the vintage car show, I did get the chance to see one in flesh chugging along Strand Road in all it’s glory.












Hopefully, next meet up will see some more participation

[sayakc]

So the South Calcutta folks went up North to devour what is one of Kolkata's iconic dishes at an iconic shop
What a superb meet and the photos I must say give the real feel of vintage North Calcutta. Before the summer comes out with all guns blazing, lets have a Nakur Chandra repeated!

Best Regards,
Sayak

Originally Posted by Neversaygbye

Last Sunday, i.e. on 13th Feb some of us BHPians got together to have a breakfast of "kochuri-alu'r torkari" (kachori-potato curry) at one of the hole-in-the wall outlets in North Calcutta.

[haisaikat]

Wonderfully documented meet with beautiful photos, and old Calcutta looks nostalgic and majestic as ever. The vintage car show is a bonus. Please count me in for the Fish Kochuri meet next time.

[Neversaygbye]

Originally Posted by turboNath

Last Sunday was absolutely delightful! Right from the delicious breakfast to spending time amongst these timeless and legendary vehicles, it ticked off all the right boxes for a perfect t-bhp weekend ! We got to feast our eyes on so many priceless classic & vintage cars and my favourite ‘exhibit’ was the Triumph Spitfire4. What an absolute beauty !

Indeed it was an excellent day. The lineup of classic cars far exceeded my expectations!

Originally Posted by boniver

Lovely, can't wait to be back home in the summer and join you guys!

We can't wait to have you back either. Guess the much postponed Dada-Boudi Biryani meet will happen once you are back

Originally Posted by ABHI_1512

It was a super Sunday .. double whammy of meeting some wonderful people and delightful chit chats over cups of tea, that too in a by lane of Calcutta that has nostalgia written all over it. We should do these meet ups more often, another exploration awaits. Some pictures from my side too and I am taking the liberty to add some pictures from my evening sojourn across the Hoogly river.

Those are some amazing pics! The place across the river seems to be a place really worth visiting. Is it a public place? It was great to meet everyone and am looking forward to the next meet. Thanks a lot for sharing the pics of our meet - as you have seen, I took the liberty of using some of your photos in my post.

Originally Posted by sayakc

So the South Calcutta folks went up North to devour what is one of Kolkata's iconic dishes at an iconic shop
What a superb meet and the photos I must say give the real feel of vintage North Calcutta. Before the summer comes out with all guns blazing, lets have a Nakur Chandra repeated!

Best Regards,
Sayak

Let's have that. Fish Kochuri with Nakur's sweets should be a deadly combination indeed. Too bad you couldn't attend this meet. Btw, I saw your Deomali post but am yet to go through it in detail. Will do that over the weekend.

Originally Posted by haisaikat

Wonderfully documented meet with beautiful photos, and old Calcutta looks nostalgic and majestic as ever. The vintage car show is a bonus. Please count me in for the Fish Kochuri meet next time.

Of course we will count you in Saikat! The more, the merrier. For the meet photos the credit goes primarily to Abhi and the others - many of the pics I posted were clicked by them.