The Chocolate House, Bhubaneswar

The Chocolate House, Bhubaneswar:-

The chocolate house is a recently opened cafe cum choco parlor for all dessert lovers and coffee geeks. One cool place to hangout ,with wonderful interiors and authentic coffee, and cold and hot beverages like hot mocha, hot cappuccinos, snacks, sandwiches, pizzas and so on. 

Starting with the interiors,

mini wooden house

I went to the outlet in Saheed Nagar, opposite BMC Mall. The place is a small,cozy, wooden furnished and wood themed place. A very soft and comfortable place for people to relax and make themselves comfortable when they want a doze of relaxation from their daily chores and moreover from their everyday schedule. The Chocolate house has wood covered walls with shelves carved along one side of the house. The shelves have cubicle divisions in them with small wooden toy houses, boats and other miniature toys, kept to grab your attention. A very well themed plan for a chocolate house. 

wooden shelves with mini wooden toys

Since I was in the place during the valentine's week, I found the house decorated with red heart shaped balloons and red and white spirals and ribbons all around. This gave a lovely look to the place and enhanced the beauty of the chocolate house.

The tables were wooden tables with a circular glass top and with a unique pebble and shiny black sand layer in between. The tables also had some comics and the regular salt and pepper tubs for the snacks.

Coming with the food :-

We ordered the following :-

1-Irish cappuccino

2-hazelnut Mocha

3-caramel cold coffee

4-white sauce pasta

5-hot dark choco brownie

1-Irish cappuccino:-

This was a treat. Since I am a coffee lover, I really appreciate good, well blended and well brewed coffee. And nothing else other than the aroma is enough to judge this. The Irish cappuccino was served in a frappe glass, hot, thick and foamy. It had a rich blend of cream,milk and freshly crushed coffee. No fancy recipe to this beverage though, the coffee was served with a topping of chocolate sauce and separate bowl of sugar, since I ordered my cup without sugar. My friend had her cup with sugar mixed in it before serving, and trust me it tasted nothing but sweet. No coffee, no aroma, no choco sauce,no hazelnut,.... just sheer sweetness. So I would suggest, you order your cup of coffee without sugar added to it. And add the amount you desire later , after it is served.  

Irish cappuccino and hazelnet cappucinno

2-Hazelnut Mocha:-

Coming to the Hazelnut mocha, this tasted similar to the Irish cappuccino, and did not have any essence of hazelnut nor the taste of mocha. The coffee was mild yet had the same creamy and foamy texture. This already had sugar added to it, so I could not get the blend of the flavors very well even after tasting it twice from my friend. My friend enjoyed her drink and was quite satisfied with it. So this beverage would be a good select for coffee beginners or those who like mild and milky cups of coffee

3-White Sauce Pasta

white sauce pasta

The cafe gives two options for pasta sauce- red sauce and white sauce.

The red sauce is a mix of chillies, tomatoes and other spicy flavors. It is the sweet and spicy mix version. So I didn't prefer ordering the red version. 

We went for the white sauce. The pasta was served in a medium sized wooden bowl with a garnishing of some bell peppers in it. It was not spicy but was sprinkled with black peppers and chilly flakes. It was white, creamy and saucy. It had ample amount of mayo, fresh cheddar cheese and fresh milk cream in the white sauce. The veggies(broccoli,yellow bell peppers, red bell peppers, green bell peppers, peas, sweet corn and finely chopped ginger) were boiled and then partially pan fried. So they were slightly chewy but not as much as to hamper your taste and love for them. The pasta will be liked by people who are not very keen about spices or chillies yet like a hint of spiciness in their food sometimes.

4-Caramel Cold Coffee

As the name suggests, this dish was again a blast of sweetness. The drink was a rich blend of fine coffee,chocolate, salted brown caramel, milk, cream and crushed ice. It was a thick milk shake with a lot of cream and caramel enhancing its taste and beauty. So if you are a cold, milk, dessert lover, you can go for this any time and in any mood. The drink will instantly refresh your taste senses with its salty and sweet caramel, chocolate and coffee fusion and will uplift your mood in seconds. A must try for dessert lovers. One glass of this, and you are done with the sweet sin,  for the day. 

5-Hot Dark Choco Brownie:-
This was the core of our evening snack and a definite show stopper. The dark choco brownie was pure dark chocolate cake, served hot with a rich choco sauce heavily swirled over it. The brownie is a must try in the choco house. The brownie was soft at the center and slightly hard and crispy on the margin. It was a chocolate cake with choco fudge in each layer and choco chips on the top of the garnish. The topping also had some white chocolate cream on it but the rich dark chocolate and steaming chocolate syrup dominated it all. A complete delight for any chocolate lover. 

I also got a mini choco box from the chocolate house costing Rs 150 for 8 pieces of mini chocolates. That's a bit expensive though , but a chocolate lover wouldn't mind giving it a try. It has a collection of milk chocolates, dark chocolates and other flavors as well, packed in a cute silver sandstone glitter box. 

These were all the dishes that I tried. I am planning on focusing on the cold beverage collection the next time I visit the place, since they have a wider variety of cold frappes and shakes rather than the hot ones. The pizzas and sandwiches are also yet to be tried, so if any body has tried them, they can give me a review on it in the comments. It's good to see that Bhubaneswar is coming up with such innovative and teen based places. This shows that the city is indeed modernizing and upholding the smart city concepts seriously and so are we.