The Oriental Room
The Best of the East
 
Executed in dramatic red and black, the Oriental Room is a gourmet's delight. Apart from the selection of Southeast Asian cuisine, it specializes in Schezuan and Cantonese fare. Children can come in here and dress regulations are accordingly relaxed. Considering its very British beginnings, the Club has a remarkably broad-minded view of its dress code. Jeans are not allowed in the dining or bar areas, neither are churidar-kurta with slippers. But the dhoti and kurta are welcome, with their accompanying footware, and on big nights it is as if the Calcutta of a hundred years ago had come back, with the flowing dhotis and designer shawls worn by the men competing for attention with the rich silks and gossamer jamdani sarees of the women