From November through December 20, 2025, Fusion Fantasea offers a month-long celebration of India’s native culinary customs.

This month-long event, titled “From Forest to Flame — A Tribal Feast Born of Earth, Fire and Heritage”, takes visitors on a sensory and cultural tour of India’s tribal kitchens, where cooking is both a ritual and a source of food, and the flame serves as a storytelling device rather than a technique. Through texture, smoke, grain, and ceremony, the festival delves into the nation’s unique culinary landscape, honoring food that is innate, shared, and closely linked to the earth.

Debasri Sen Ghosh, the current owner and managing director of Fusion Fantasea, threw light on the concept of the month-long celebration.

The concept is straightforward and aspirational. Fusion Fantasea has combined the hallmarks of an earlier, more subdued kitchen—dishes made by fire, carried by hand, and intended for sharing—instead of creating novelty plates for ephemeral attention. These delicacies are sculpted by method and vessel: bread produced from rice flour and egg, desserts constructed from the most basic elements of grain, jaggery, and sesame, and meat and red rice boiled within chunks of mutton. Instead of romanticizing the past, the festival awakens it, enabling great dishes to speak to modern diners once more with sincerity and respect.

Fundamentally, From Forest to Flame offers seven carefully chosen pairings, each intended to capture the spirit of a traditional dinner. Depending on their appetite and preference, guests are able to mix and match. Unlimited soft beverages and Soru Chakli, an exquisite tribal flatbread, are served on each platter, promoting the casual, leisurely group dining that characterizes traditional tribal hospitality.

Festival Menu & Prices

Thali 1– Tanka turani 1 glass, Bansa pora Chicken, Roll2pcs, Jhupu Pishi Mutton – 2pcs, Jadoh Rice, Onion/Prawn Kheer, Tribal Paan- Rs 649

Thali 2– Tanka turani 1 glass, Bansa pora Mutton, Roll2pcs, Jhupu Pishi Mutton – 2pcs, Jadoh Rice, Onion/Prawn / Shahi Kheer, Tribal Paan- Rs 699

 Thali 3– Tanka turani 1 glass, Patro Pora Mutton, Bansa Pora Chicken Roll 1, Wild Red Rice, Kori Gassi/ Kukuraku Masoo / Arsa Chum Chicken- 4pcs, Onion/Prawn Kheer, Tribal Paan- Rs 649

Thali 4– Tanka turani 1 glass, Nagatok Fish 1pc, Bansa Pora Chicken Roll 1, Wild Red Rice, Kori Gassi/ Kukuraku Masoo / Arsa Chum Chicken- 4pcs, Onion/Prawn Kheer, Tribal Paan- Rs 599

Student Thali –Bansa Pora Chicken Roll 1, Wild Red Rice, Kori Gassi Chicken – 4pcs, Onion/Prawn Kheer, Tribal Paan- Rs 399

A distinct shade of tribal flavor—smoked, spicy, fermented, or sweetened—is captured on each platter. From the tribal kitchens of Odisha to the hills of Meghalaya and the valleys of Manipur, they collectively paint a picture of India’s tribal kitchens.

The festival is the result of months of fieldwork and research. To make sure the food stays faithful to its origins, the Fusion Fantasea kitchen crew studied tribal cooking techniques, read ethnographic materials, and collaborated closely with local chefs. Traceability and community benefit have guided the ethical sourcing of ingredients, including bamboo shoots, forest spices, and wild red rice, through local farmers.

With bamboo installations, soft ambient lighting, and tribal beats that mimic the pulse of the kitchens that served as the festival’s inspiration, the restaurant subtly pays respect to the forest.

Address- Fusion Fantasea, 14B Anil Roy Road, Hemanta Mukherjee Sarani, Lake Terrace, Kolkata – 700029.

Priyanka Dutta