If you do not have a sliced finger or burned knuckles, you are not cooking right.
Everything is better with butter.
Cooking cliches crop up unexpectedly in conversations and elicit a quick laugh before moving on to other topics. Another one springs to mind - chocolate makes everything nice.
Okay - that is completely made up. But then it is the truth. There is no mood, no occasion, no celebration that chocolate cannot ingratiate itself into and make it all the more better. And chocolate cake - oh sweet heaven in my mouth and currently the only food that has given an almost out-of-the-plane experience.
I should rephrase that - the dark chocolate cake at Hard Rock Cafe is currently responsible for that almost out-of-the-plane experience.
Remember the cards that they hand you for feedback and the categories they contain - HRC gets a check of excellent in all of them. Ambiance[the muted browns with paneled floors and mahogany finishes studded with rockstar paraphernalia], Acoustics[the music echoes and harmonizes with conversations around the room], Service[personable attendants who go over the menu choices with you] and the food[the tastes just swirl around your mouth and linger for long afterwards]. They have a variety of food choices that are prepared and served well. The signature 10oz burger that takes dedication to finish, the potato skins that are pure sin, the rich mac and cheese and the very indulgent creme brulee.
But the chocolate cake they serve is - well at that time we had no words. We just kept eating in mutual delight and discovery. Right now when I am writing this post I still remember the textures and flavors - the double layer cake with a layer of chocolate cream in between and covered with melting chocolate ganache. It is served with a scoop of vanilla ice-cream with a dash of chocolate sauce. In a phrase, this is chocolate heaven.
The cake is soft and warm - the feel of that warmth with the cold ice-cream ricochets in your mouth sending your taste buds into overdrive. The chocolate ganache is smooth and rich bringing an additional layer of chocolate into the mix and simply making you want more. And I will stop before I go into spasms of cliched praises and do great injustice to the cake. I shall end with this-
The music, the conversation, the rain outside - they all slide around you as you and the cake form a bubble between yourself and the world which only faded away when the last forkful is finished.
Location: Hard Rock Cafe, GVK Mall, Banjara Hills
Food to die for: The chocolate cake, The Jumbo combo platter, Creme brulee, The signature 10oz. Burger
Rating: 4/5
Everything is better with butter.
Cooking cliches crop up unexpectedly in conversations and elicit a quick laugh before moving on to other topics. Another one springs to mind - chocolate makes everything nice.
Okay - that is completely made up. But then it is the truth. There is no mood, no occasion, no celebration that chocolate cannot ingratiate itself into and make it all the more better. And chocolate cake - oh sweet heaven in my mouth and currently the only food that has given an almost out-of-the-plane experience.
I should rephrase that - the dark chocolate cake at Hard Rock Cafe is currently responsible for that almost out-of-the-plane experience.
Remember the cards that they hand you for feedback and the categories they contain - HRC gets a check of excellent in all of them. Ambiance[the muted browns with paneled floors and mahogany finishes studded with rockstar paraphernalia], Acoustics[the music echoes and harmonizes with conversations around the room], Service[personable attendants who go over the menu choices with you] and the food[the tastes just swirl around your mouth and linger for long afterwards]. They have a variety of food choices that are prepared and served well. The signature 10oz burger that takes dedication to finish, the potato skins that are pure sin, the rich mac and cheese and the very indulgent creme brulee.
But the chocolate cake they serve is - well at that time we had no words. We just kept eating in mutual delight and discovery. Right now when I am writing this post I still remember the textures and flavors - the double layer cake with a layer of chocolate cream in between and covered with melting chocolate ganache. It is served with a scoop of vanilla ice-cream with a dash of chocolate sauce. In a phrase, this is chocolate heaven.
The cake is soft and warm - the feel of that warmth with the cold ice-cream ricochets in your mouth sending your taste buds into overdrive. The chocolate ganache is smooth and rich bringing an additional layer of chocolate into the mix and simply making you want more. And I will stop before I go into spasms of cliched praises and do great injustice to the cake. I shall end with this-
The music, the conversation, the rain outside - they all slide around you as you and the cake form a bubble between yourself and the world which only faded away when the last forkful is finished.
Location: Hard Rock Cafe, GVK Mall, Banjara Hills
Food to die for: The chocolate cake, The Jumbo combo platter, Creme brulee, The signature 10oz. Burger
Rating: 4/5
Damn you for making me want that cake again!! And I was just beginning to get over it!
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