An Evening at Mangosteen…

Mangosteen cafe is a roof top cafe themed with an environmental touch by using recycled materials to give you an amazing ambiance and refreshing experience that is rare and worth exploring.

Resource- Zomato

This is one of the trending cafe in Indore with a classy look. Here you will never see the cafe is empty,every time some or the other party is in progress with lots of laughter and fun. This is recently renovated and in the pictures you can clearly see the things they have used are Eco-friendly with the best interior. This cafe is all over the social networking like Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat with lots of selfies and group pictures.
It was an cold evening with the blue sky and all the bloggers were again gonna meet for some exciting things.This meeting was again planned by Mr. Dawani just to know about the last bloggers meet. We talked about all  dishes that we ate and which one was the best. In middle of our conversation, the owner of mangosteen came and said ” we will be serving you special desserts that will make your day amazing “.  The first thing which they served was  “HERB SOUP” , it was made with all the vegetables and the aroma which the soup had was of oregano … so soothing . It had mushroom , broccoli , capsicum , tomato, etc. Usually i don’t like soups but that changed my mind :D. 

As soon as we finished our soup the next thing was a surprise to us.. the moment i saw that dessert, i was totally mesmerized. It had all the fruits in it with whipped cream and chocolate with a some brown sugar, it was called the “jar of desserts“.it had mango, pineapple, apple, banana, strawberry,pomegranate, papaya. Before  eating this, mix it to the bottom of the jar so that all the layers get fused and then eat it you will get a unique smooth taste. 

We were thinking that they haven’t served us anything chocolaty and guess what i saw something coming right away towards our table and that was the “CHOCO BOMB” which was served with a scoop of vanilla                ice-cream . The bread was so soft and it had melting chocolate inside it, but that was not like the choco lava cake which we usually eat, but still this dessert was good, i didn’t liked it  much.

Last but not the least the show stopper dessert of the evening was ‘California Shake ‘. It was full of chocolate and whipped cream with the garnishing  of strawberry and chocolate bread. The heaviest of all shakes, like after drinking it you can not eat anything else,  it was so delicious and yummilicious 😉

Well to every great ending there is always an perfect picture that actually makes your day even more special and yeah another great captured moment is added to our hearts. And yes these are the young energetic beautiful minds which will take the food of Indore to the next level

The only thing I like better than talking about Food is eating.

                                                                             John Walters

Till then stay tuned to my blog, will be sharing more exciting and exotic food that you will surely relish reading about and will be eager to eat it….. 😀

                                        HAPPY WINTER’S

Christmas with the “Cake Smith”

While preparing for my exams, a thought sprang in my mind. Since it was Christmas Eve and I was missing home and the spending Christmas morning with my family, it gave me afrisson to write a post for those who are away from home and are feeling home sick just like me.

There was a time when my mother used to make cakes and cupcakes for me for Christmas and I also helped her with utter excitement and happiness. (Major missing happening here!) Who doesn’t love Christmas goodies as a child?

It’s just the best time of the year. 🙂

Since, I am a hostelite, living in Indore from the last three years especially this time of the year, being all alone and seeing everybody going home for Christmas whilst I prepare for my exams is pretty disheartening!

With all the missing happening and childhood nostalgia,I walked up to“Cake Smith’s Alley “that is just two blocks away from my hostel. I sat there deep in thought, trying reading my book, my mind felt messed up and the chef came up to me and asked if everything was okay?

He could point out really easily that it was the feeling of being away from home that caught me up like a lost child. He asked me to wait for some time. I saw him going back to the kitchen making “Plum cakes” (made by soaking dry fruits in rum, brandy and wine and mixed aromatic spices)  He served me plum pudding with freshly made sabayon. And my happiness gleamed from inside, and the gesture“Made My Day“.

We than sat down and started talking about all those things that are made on Christmas….

1. Gingerbread house, this is made with fresh homemade butter, fresh ginger, molasses, cinnamon, sugar and caramel.Blend in the flour and water to make a stiff dough.
   

   Gingerbread House

   

   Gingerbread cookies

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2. Mincemeat pie, Like fruit cakes, mincemeat pie is a holiday culinary tradition that inspires more skepticism than excitement among most Americans today. This dish, traditionally made with meat (usually beef or venison), suet (beef fat shredded from the animal’s loins), cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, fruit, sugar and—of course—brandy or rum, all baked together in a pastry shell, has a history almost as flavorful as its long list of ingredients.

   

   Mincemeat Pie

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3. Nougat, it is a family of confection made with sugar or honey, roasted nuts, whipped egg white and sometimes chopped candied fruit. 

                                                                  Resource- capsicumcooking.com

Mr. Deepak the proud owner of his alley is a well trained chef and has worked across globe from Delhi, Mumbai to Dubai, U.S.A and Jamaica. His forte is bakery and he himself bakes his bread and the cakes.Now Cake smith’s alley will soon be starting Wood fired Pizza’s that is situated right when you’ll enter the amazing dessert place. It has been given a vintage look and the pizza’swill soon be baked live. This will be called “Pizzeria” and will get started around New Year’s Eve.

Coming soon….

WoodFired Oven

How can I forget praising this place for being a highly recommended bakery to go to and dig in your spoons in cream and fluff, if you want to have something exotic in desserts and to make your day special?

It did for a lot of people I know!

 

Merry Christmas People!

Have a Helluva year ahead!

 

Until my next post,

Stay merry and bright!

The food fanatic.

Food Bloggers Meet 2015 by Indori Zayka @Vidorra

 

“INDORI ZAYKA” a venture by Mr. Rakesh Dawani was established in 2013 to promote Indori food,restaurants, cafes and lounges etc.  We all are pretty familiar with the know how’s of making your venture successful, the first need being Social Marketing and that is how he began his idea and took it to the next level. Eventually it grew up to be 2 years for Indori Zayka being followed by almost 50,000+ people all over India on Instagram and facebook.

Then he came out with an idea called FOODWALK. A walk was led by people that covers 9-10 restaurants all over Indore that includes your food from Breakfast to supper. By this people got to know about the taste and variations in food. Again it was time he came out with an interesting idea called “FOOD BLOGGERS MEET” and this is how my journey started :).

He selected 15 bloggers across Indore who are enthusiastic about food. The 15 bloggers are of different categories, some being food enthusiasts, some writing about cafes and restaurants while some about lifestyle and food. The meet was held at VIDORRA,a highly fabled rooftop restaurant that has different varieties of food along with the best chefs and staff and a mesmerizing ambiance. How can we forget the view of developing Indore? We all gathered there and tasted 27 special dishes that were not being served by vidorra and that included cuisines of 4 countries i.e Thai, Mediterranean, Chinese and Lebanese. We were told to taste the food and rate it on a score 1-10 with the following review of the particular dish.

We ate salads, 9 different dips, soups, and vegand non-veg starters with main course serving different breads, rice and desserts. All the cuisines were explained by “Chef Lucky”, who is a proud owner of PARATHA ON WHEELS.

Talking about my experience of tasting the food

-We started with tasting the 9 Dips with breadsticks including pesto,      mustard, honey chili, tobasco , hummus, and so on.

1. Chicken Coriander Thick Soup, was minced chicken & coriander white thick soup with wine flavor. Before drinking a soup, just smell it feel the aroma. This actually tasted so well, the taste of coriander with chicken was perfect.
2. Cottage Cheese & Pineapple Salad (chilled), this is a very simple salad to make. It had cottage cheese with pineapple cubes in creamy dressing. A very cold salad though very tasty and smooth.
3. Chicken Chinese Salad, the best chicken salad I ever tasted. It was made with shredded chicken & vegetables with the flavors of red chili and vinegar.
4. Crispy Lettuce Wrap, a starter new to me, was well presented and we were actually said to eat this with our hand without any forks and knife. We wrapped that lettuce and then told to take a bite, it was mesmerizing and it tasted so well. This had tossed water chestnut, corn & mushroom served on bed of fried vermicelli and fresh iceberg lettuce: D “highly recommended dish in veg “
5. Cheese Onion Chili Seek Kebab, a very smooth and cheesy dish. As soon as you eat this, it melts in your mouth and it has a very calm taste that everybody will be liking it. This had a charcoal taste that made it tastier.
6. Hara PyaazKa Paneer Tikka, another one from tandoor and really tasted like a tikka. The marinated green chili got perfectly mixedwith paneer and it also got melted in the mouth.
7. Mutton KaPanja, by eating this dish my expectations from vidorra got so high that I can’t even explain. The best mutton dish I ever had, very soft and the mutton was well marinated with the Indian spices. It was a gravy starter that tasted very good. “highly recommended dish in non-veg “
8. Steam Egg Foi, this one was made with steamed egg with sambal sauce, the sauce was sweet that made the dish very different. This dish was so well presented and all egg lovers will definitely love this dish.
9. Bhuna Paneer-E-Kozambo, a kerela cuisine. This was the starting of the main course which was served with breads of your own choice “garlic cheese nan “will be best suited with and still according to your own choice. A very different taste from regular paneer dishes.
10. How can we miss the  stunning mocktails that totally added up to the complete menu and we have 4-5 varieties of it. They were creamy pie, Cranberry and Caribbean mock tail, and purple rain.
11. Kaeng-Kiew-WahuPhak(ThaiCuisine), which was served with plain white rice and a curry that was made out of stirred vegetables in green curry paste with coconut milk, young aubergine and thai herbs. A very different dish from your regular food that tasted so good and was not spicy at all.
12. Mutton BhuttiKaNeelgiri, a very differenttype of mutton dish that is not usually seen in any normal restaurants. It is made of mutton curry cut in mustard seed and spinach spices with Indian gravy, a green color mutton is a unique thing to see and taste.
13. Coconut Pancake, very well made pancakes. They were soft and were so tasty with equal amount of sugar. At the end this made my day, it was like cherry on the cake.

A get together is incomplete without photos and all the fun. The event was a huge success with all the creative and foodoholic minds of Indore. Last but not the least, we always end our lunch or dinner with a pan, so in place of that we had PAN SHOTS which made the meet wonderful.

 

Part of the secret of a success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside.

                                              – Mark Twain

 

 

Cafes in indore

Mocha cafe

Mocha has never seen itself as a conventional cut and paste model chain of coffee bars – each one like the other. With each new Mocha, something new evolves in its decor, its menu and ambiance. Mocha does not replicate itself but follows a continuity of design through all its outlets. Each Mocha is as individual as you are.

The places it is situated has Mumbai, Pune, Hyderabad, Ahmadabad,Delhi (NCR) and so on…..and now it is in Indore.

it is known for its special coffees,continental food and various dishes. This cafe has a very big menu and you must try each dish and platter from each section, the food is worth. According to recent reviews that i have seen is that this has 

-best ambiance and hospitality
-sizzlers are good (shashlik sizzler)
-best coffees(de-cafes, brazilian coffee)
-shakes(kitkat, rocher shakes)
-desserts(chocolate avalanche)
-starters(hush puppies)

visit this page for photos ” mocha pictures ”

At the end… for all the lovers it is the best place to take your partner and have a cup of coffee or a glass of shake, ” it will be memorable”

Address: G-1 & G-2, Prakrati Corporate Building, Race Course Area, Yeshwant Niwas Rd, Indore, Madhya Pradesh 452003

Cafe Terazza

I have been in indore from last three years and this is the only cafe on the rooftop which in known and liked by everyone. We can have dj parties, birthday parties and lots more for fun. This cafe has a variety of food and is a bit costlier.

The food has chinese, italian, mexican with veg and non veg both. The ambiance of this place is terrific, we can sit inside which has couches, sofas, chairs… and outside they have huts, sheds, and open sitting too that makes it even more sexier.

You must try these dishes that will make your visit to that place more memorable

-white sauce pasta
-spaghetti pasta
-lasagna
-kitkat and rocher shake
-garlic breads
-nachos with cheese....

The best place to go with friends and your love partners... if you love visiting cafes.. " MUST VISIT " 
visit this page for photos " terazza pictures "

LOCATION

vijay nagar

10th Floor, Airen Heights, Opposite C 21 Mall, Vijay Nagar, Indore

 

  Mangosteen Cafe (eco-lifestyle)

Mangosteen cafe is a roof top cafe themed with an environmental touch by using recycled materials to give you an amazing ambiance and refreshing experience that is rare and worth exploring.

This is one of the trending cafe in indore with pleasant atmostphere. This cafe sometimes have the live screening of cricket and football matches and literally at that time the cafe is jamm packed.

I have been to this cafe many times just for having a good tasty food and playing ” Foosball “. The sitting of this cafe has variations , one floor has normal arrangement and the above one has sitting on floor very comfortably and we can even relax 😀

This cafe has variety in foods as great coffees, Italian, Mexican which has recommended dishes as

-white sauce pasta
-exotic garlic bread
-smoothies and shakes
-burrito
-satellite sizzlers

Exotic Garlic Bread

White Sauce Pasta

Best place to come with friends for birthday parties and for hanging out.
Must visit place at a reasonable cost with best food and ambiance.

LOCATION

new palasia

4/5, 5th Floor, Pushpratna Solitaire, New Palasia, Indore

 

for furthur photos ” mangosteen ”