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Finding Sujan Sarkar

IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHERE SUJAN SARKAR’S CAREER AS A CHEF has taken him, crack open the leather-bound cocktail list at Indienne, where each drink is named for a stop on his culinary journey. The beverages on the left (Kolkata, Mumbai, Goa) show he has cooked around his native land, while those on the right (New York, San Francisco, Dubai) point to his international postings. He tells his story, and does it well. His menu includes call-outs to regional Indian specialties and also offers a cosmopolitan sense of fine dining.

But I’m surprised there’s no cocktail called London, where Sarkar spent 11 years, because that’s what I

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