About Tamara in The Pipal Tree, Kolkata

At Tamara, we offer a unique cooking style with global accents and nuances. Our ingredient-driven cuisine focuses on simplicity and purity of flavour. The menu, comprised of small and large plates, starters and sides, is intended for sharing and to encourage a lively social atmosphere. It is an expression of the finest available vegetables, meats, seafoods & spices, nearly all of which we procure locally and at the peak of season. We draw inspiration from each corner of the globe, from America, Italy, and France, to China, Thailand, Japan, and beyond. Utilising these influences, we offer a dynamic menu thus creating a diverse and exciting experience for our guests.

Tamara means spice..Tamara is an experience rather than a dining.. Inspired by the food we enjoyed while travelling in Southeast Asia & other parts of the globe, Tamara’s menu authentically uplifts its inspirations while offering guests the additional delight of family-style dining – food comes continuously throughout the meal and is placed at the centre of table for all to share. With each new dish, patrons are transported to the idealization of a Vietnamese street market or a Thai food stall. Regional curries, aromatic sauces and spices are tweaked to tantalizing effect in our dishes.
Spices have been important to mankind since the beginning of history
Spices are very important as food and as medicine. They bring out the unique natural taste of cuisines and could be use to change the look of food to make it more attractive in colour.
They were important in ancient times as well as modern times and so today we cannot do without them. They come in different flavours and aroma.
They are simply food enhancers use to give cuisines that strong taste and smell. Some spices are boil in water to make tea.
Spices have been important to mankind since the beginning of history
Spices can improve the palatability and the appeal of dull diets or spoiled food. Piquant flavors stimulate salivation and promote digestion. Pungent spices can cause sweating, which may even cause a cooling sensation in tropical climates; on the other hand they can add a sense of inner warmth when present in cooked foods used in cold climates. Local and inexpensive herbs and flavors, such as garlic, onion and horseradish, sufficed for the poorer people of old Europe, but influential, rich hosts would wish to impress or politically intimidate their guests with the liberal use of rare exotic spices.
That is the speciality of Tamara. The experience is magical because of the flavor and aroma of spices in its delicacies.