UK’s only Indian Bengali restaurant Posto, has launched its nationwide delivery to beat the Coronavirus blues, especially for the homesick Bengalis.
Posto’s journey started with founder Pritha Mukherjee’s first supper club at her small flat in north-west London. She soon started a home cooked tiffin and catering services called ‘Kolkata Kitchen’ that swiftly evolved to a sit-down restaurant called Posto.
The word Posto in Bengali means ‘poppy seeds’- an important ingredient in traditional Bengali cuisine. In Italian, Posto means ‘meeting place’ and the restaurant in leafy suburbs of London with Kolkata-like ambience soon gained its dedicated clientele. But then the pandemic hit.
Speaking to Asian Voice, Pritha said, “Last one year has probably been the toughest time for restaurants. Constant closures and tough restrictions made it difficult and challenging. But we soon launched our ‘Stay-at-Home Meal Box’ with free delivery to people who were self-isolating with Covid.
“Posto also launched special meal boxes to celebrate different key occasions and festivals.
While these were a huge success and managed to satisfy the local Bengalis, it still wasn’t enough as hundreds lived away from London and with travel bans had no access to their comfort food.
“Being the only Indian Bengali restaurant in the UK, we wanted to ensure that anyone who loves Kolkata food can get it ‘on demand’ no matter where they live in the UK. And this gave birth to the idea of Posto@Home.”
On 15 February, Posto started 6 type of exclusive ‘meal boxes’, freshly cooked, packed, sealed, chilled and delivered straight to your home, no matter where you live in the UK.
“We are very excited to announce this initiative,” added Pritha. “We hope to deliver everywhere in the UK. Hurry and place your order through our website www.postolondon.com”.
