Percussionist Bickram Ghosh mulls over fusion in cuisine

In a fusion initiative blending typical Bengali cuisine with sea squid fried in mustard oil, famed percussionist Bickram Ghosh will love to tickle the taste buds of the gourmet Bengali with his Rthythmscape beats played in background.
"Sea food happens to be my all time favourite. And no one can beat the mom-cooked 'shorshe ilish' or 'chachhori', which you can now get in speciality Bengali cuisine restaurants. Then why can't we try another fusion experiment where squid can be fried in typical Bengali style and served on platter," Bickram said.
"The marriage between Goanese and Bengali genres of cooking can be quite natural considering lots of similarities between people of the two frontiers," Bickram said.

"And since music is called the food of love, Rhythmscape or any other beats or tunes, live or played in background, will liven up the atmosphere. Call it fusion between food and music. I will pass on the suggestion to them," he said turning to celebrity chef Sushanta Sengupta of 6 Ballygunje Place.
"Great musicians always happen to be afficionados of food, music is an art form, so is rustling up dishes, at home by our family members or by chefs," Bickram said.
Tracing back to his childhood days "When there was only one speciality Bengali dining restaurant Suruchi," Bickram said, "Now the proliferation of Bengali eating places proves how passionate we are at the end of day to retain our Bengaliness."

Actor Kunal Padhi, a known name in Tollywood flicks, said he missed typical, centuries-old delicacies like grandma's 'kumror chechhki' which had been vanishing from the platter of Bengali households off late.
"We want to popularise Bengali cuisine as a brand in world culinary space. The feedback from Bickramda and others will help in introucing never before fusion dishes retaining our Bengaliness," Chef Sushanta of 6 Ballygunje Place said.