Sen Mahasay

The journey of Sen Mahasay started as a small shop in Fariapukur in the late 19th century by Ashutosh Sen. Not a confectioner by profession, he still made different kinds of delicious sweets as hobby, such as ratabi sandesh and abar khabo. The owners claim that the shop was frequented by well-known Bengali novelists like Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay and Tarashankar Bandopadhyay who named the shop Sen Mahasay. The sweet shop is famous for delicacies such as ratabi sandesh, abar khabo, golapi sandesh, desh gourab, dorbesh, monmatano, monohora, malai chop and pink pera. All these sweets are prepared according to time-tested recipes that too in a traditional manner. Do remember to enjoy seasonal delicacies such as aam sandesh during summers and noler gurer (jaggery) during winters. At present, there are four outlets of Sen Mahasay in Kolkata besides Fariapukur—in Salt Lake, Gariahat, Bhawanipur and Lake Market Area.