COFFEE BY DI BELLA, BKC
This one was like finally!! I had wanted to try waffles from here for pretty long time, and every time I made a plan, some way or the other it ended up getting cancelled! Blame goes to my sister, because we were to go here together. Only, she did, I didn't. When ever I go to restaurants, I always tell myself, I am going to have dessert, but I am so full by the end of the meal that now-a-days there is no room for it. As much as I love eating, I do not believe in over eating. Courtesy my Fat days. I still am, but not all that much. Factoring all of this in, I realized it better to go here some where between late and early evening, and not having a very heavy lunch (Waffles, can be heavy!) and dragging my two girls along, because these are two people, who more than follow my orders. This was also the start of a very special weekend, because it was re-union with my best girls, who are all scattered in different parts, and by luck some-how we all managed to get together for this weekend. So before everyone arrived, me, my cousin and my best friend who had come down from Poona decided to head here, for an early snack.
This place is right in front of my house, oblivious though to me. I knew its some where near by, but didn't exactly know how near, so we decided to hail a rick and let google maps rescue us. (Word of Caution - Don't ever completely depend on Google Maps!). My Cousin and me were both accessing navigation and where as mine was pointing straight, hers was pointing at the back, so we had a great time arguing which way to head (Not!), finally we used mine, and we were standing right in front of probably the next building as we step out of my colony. This can't be it. It can't be here, where exactly is it, back and forth we went, till one of us finally had the good sense to just go and ask, and Voila! It is indeed located just in the Business Park. Hindi mein kahavat hai, "Bagal mein chhora, sheher mein dhindora". :P The rickshaw wala must have thought we are crazy and rich girls, I mean who else is that rich that they would take a rick to go from one building to the next?! Apparently Us! (Disclaimer: We are not rich! I am still waiting for my dad to announce that I have never needed to work, and he just wanted to show me what being humble means! :P.) The line might be borrowed, but it stands true to a fault.
I had forced both my friends to have light lunch, because we were to have waffles, and we won't be having them, if they are full, which happens almost all the time whenever someone says lets have dessert. They were more keen on ordering more Main Course or at-least meals, which would give them the satisfaction of having eaten real food, but cruel old me, told them no, waffles, waffles, waffles! The place is quite small as per my expectations, and hardly has place for seating 15 people at one time. I guess this one is especially for the people working in the Business Park as they are closed on Saturdays and Sundays. Seriously, who closes on Saturdays and Sundays! The place is really simple in decor and you can see that it is pretty standard, nothing extra-ordinary. The service, if not good, is not bad either, and it sticks to taking of orders and bringing it to your table, nothing more to it. Again, nothing to write home about.
The Food. Well, since every one on the table was craving food and not just dessert or breakfast as such, we ordered for one multi-grain chicken Baguette, 2 waffles - Chocolate Explosion and The Rocky Road, a red velvet shake and a chocolate one. The Multi grain chicken Baguette,well, was ordinary, not that it was bad, but I have come to understand that when you go to cafe's especially, most of the times sandwiches, puffs and other items such as these are not their specialty. In Di Bella's for example, their specialty is Waffles. The Chocolate Shake, was good enough, but again, I would prefer the one at Cafe Coffee Day any time of the week. The Red Velvet Shake, again, I liked quite a bit, if it was not named Red Velvet Shake, because the quantity of red velvet in it is almost negligible, you get just a hint in the taste, but it nearly ain't enough. When I think Red Velvet Shake, I see the shake to be complete red and generally it is. This is another reason why I was excited to be here, because I had really wanted to have an actual red-velvet shake. Probably, if you remove my expectation factor, it was good and I would give it a good rating even. Before talking about the waffles which were also the highlight of the evening, Why would you not have whipped cream in stock, Cafes are place where Whipped Cream just has to be there, it is used in almost everything, and because of that more than anything else, I felt a tad bit disappointed. :( Because my red velvet shake was supposed to have whipped cream, but it was given with ice-cream and ice-cream is good, I agree but it is not whipped cream is it???!!! Even the waffles were to have whipped cream but they gave extra ice-cream instead. The Waffles???!! Let me just tell you, I have been looking for reasons to go back, in fact I did, only it was a Sunday and upon reaching there I was informed that the place remains shut on Sundays! *sigh* So yes, if you head here, do it for the waffles, do it for the utterly butterly melt-in-your mouth Waffles, the softness of it mixed with chocolate sauce takes you to heaven and makes you wish that you stay there. Probably, why such food is called comfort food because it is like staying in bed, wrapped in the comfort of your blanket while it is raining heavily outside.
WHAT WE HAD - Multi-grain Chicken Baguette (Ordinary)
Red Velvet Shake - (Needs more Red Velvet)
Chocolate Shake (If you like Chocolate!)
Chocolate Explosion Waffle (Heaven!)
Rocky Road Waffle (Heaven!)
DAMAGES - Rs 900/- (We were 3)
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