Fabulous Foods:: The Bandra Desert Garden!

     A Sugar Rush Day!

Hey guys!
So I know this post has been overdue for quite sometime now but I've been a little swamped. Anyway here's my review on the Bandra Dessert Garden:

Held on 1st August, 2015 Bandra Dessert Garden brings to you the first of its kind, exclusive dessert exhibit in Bandra. The event organisers, Chrome Entertainment witnessed a phenomenal response with people streaming in even at 5;45pm, just a few minutes before the event ended.The event served as a great exposure platform for new start ups and several home bakers looking to enter the market. Here's something about each stall and what they brought to the table:

1) Sweetish House Mafia: 

Having created quite a buzz with its 'Secret Mafia' approach to launch the venture, Sweetish House Mafia has already gained quite a huge fan following over a very short time period. Needless to say, their desserts are well baked, delicious and  melt-in-the-mouth good so if you happen to be a chocolate lover like me, this place is going to soon turn into your happy place!

With her love for chocolate, Ms. Ritika uses Belgian chocolate to prepare her goodies, most of which are chocolate - based. However, she does bake for those who don't like chocolate as much as well.

The stall was filled with her famous cookies, milkshakes and cookie jars to take home. When you visit Sweetish House Mafia, be sure not to miss out on the Nutella filled cookies with sea salt and The S'MORES cookies stuffed with Nutella-coated marshmallows and from-scratch graham crackers.

To place orders or know more, contact:

Ritika: 9022765966

Smores Cookies

2) Baking Bridges:

Bringing you to a unique range of perfectly made delicious cheesecakes, there's no doubting why Baking Bridges sold out so quickly! Coming out with a new concept of "Teascake" i.e. a Teacake combined with a cheesecake and combinations such as a Lemon Cheesecake stacked over Red velvet sponge and a Mocha cheesecake stacked over a Fudge brownie, it was hard to believe that almost all of these scrumptious cheesecakes were egg less! If you're looking for something a little lighter or safer, you could always opt for their Oreo cheesecake, Hazelnut cheesecake, Peanut butter and salted caramel cheesecake, lemon-berry and many more!

Contact: 

Rhea - 9920994052/ 9820835555

3) Caramella:

Located in Khar, Caramella offers to you a diverse range of combinations to satisfy your sugar cravings. Not only is their taste incredible but so is their presentation. I would personally recommend that you try them out if you're looking for something new to soothe your taste buds. The Red Velvet with Cream cheese cake jar was absolutely delightful with its freshness adding to the taste. The Molten Chocolate Jar is every chocolate lovers dream with 3 layers of excessively sinful chocolatey goodness in every bite. The stall featured a kitkat chunky with nutella ganache jar, a raspberry & ganache in white jar, a snickers and chocolate jar and a sea salt and caramel jar. Needless to say, this stall had my mouth watering with its variety and oozing sweetness!
Contact:
Ketki -  9820352213

       

Red Velvet Jar

Molten Chocolate Jar

   

4) The Dessert Street:

With the most out-of-the-box cookie innovations and ideas, the Dessert Street blew me away with their Seven Heaven cookie, a cookie made of seven layers of ingredients and crumbles. They also had a delicious cookie in the bread which resembles a croissant, only better and much more fresh and cookie cups (yum!). The team was incredibly hospitable and despite the overwhelming crowd, they did not lower their service quality. This place is definitely going on my top cookie joints, I hope you guys visit it too!

Contact:
Dhawal Shah - 9819927987

Seven Heaven Cookie

 

Cookie Cups!

5) Mix It Up:

As the name suggests, this start up brings to you a wide range of mock-tail mixes that can take you to paradise. The flavors ranged from a tangy Green Apple to a sweet Peach-Apricot blend or even just a simple Blue Curacao, Black Current, Pina Colada and many more!
Contact:
Aakanksha 9920425482

6) Fluffy Candy Floss:

  

For all those people whose inner kid is as dominant as mine and who haven't outgrown this delicious cotton ball, Fluffy Candy Floss is a must visit. They have a wide range of flavoured cotton candy options to choose from including Strawberry, Orange, Kachi Kerri, Green Apple, Pineapple, Butterscotch, Mango and many more. Yes, you did read that right, we now get to eat flavoured (and not just coloured) candy floss! They also have 24 varieties of popcorn variations and flavors to choose from, just to compensate the sweetness from all that yummy cotton candy. Forget sweet and sour, go for sweet and salty instead.
Contact: 9833436322

7)  Harsh Chocolates:

Here with an innovative invention, Harsh chocolates presents to you, "The White Pot'. A blend of gooey chocolate syrup and chocolate crumbles that draws out a delicious balance between a creamy mousse and a crumbly cookie wrapped up cutely for you to take away.
Contact:
Anuja Jain - 9867080093

8) The Cake Pop Company:

A stall full of personalised, customised and adorable egg-less cake-pops, they had the cutest designs ranging from minions to sponge bob to pandas! However, their offerings are not limited to cake pops only and include Jars, Brownies, Chocolates and more.

Contact:
Simrin 9820101291
Aafiya 9819781613
Nausheen 9833741438
  

9) Divine By NC:

Bringing to you a range of healthy, wholewheat & egg less cakes, Divine by NC had a wide spread range of cakes options to choose from including dry fruit and fruit cakes like Apple Cinnamon, Pineapple and Almond and also chocolate cakes like their Nutella Pound cake. They also have a range of delicious home-made chocolates for order and a Chocolate Pizza just for you.
Contact:
Naina Chibbar 9819361991

10) Flakes:

This stall had the best mousse I have EVER had. Their Fererro Rocher mousse and Truffle mousse are just to die for. Not to mention the Oreo Mousse and the Oreo  Mint Mousse! Apart from their irresistible taste, they are uniquely served to you in a tube kind of shape that intrigues you. This baker has put in much thought into her wrapping & much love into her baking. Their logo rightly says, "No one can have just one'!

Contact:

Pooja Sethia 9820884356

                 

11) Nice-Kream:

Bringing back with him from New York the concept of Liquid Nitrogen Ice-creams, Janam was more than happy to explain to us how instead of selling factory made ice-cream they make fresh ice-cream in front of the customer using Liquid Nitrogen. The entire process is so designed to let you design a customised ice-cream for yourself based on your moods. You can choose everything from the base to the the toppings and also the "inject-in" sauce flavour! The smooth velvety texture of the ice-cream just adds to its delightful taste.
Contact:
Janam 9167594951

                              

12) Cup-a-licious:

No dessert pop-up could be complete without our favourite cupcakes and macaroons and here they were. Cup-a-licious lets you choose from a wide variety of flavored macaroons to soothe your senses and fall in love again!
Contact:
Priyanka 9833182460

                   

           

13) Deliciae Patisserie:

A stall which provides you with exquisitely designed cakes for all occasions. Their cakes are consistently well made and beautifully customised to make your day even better. Don't believe me? This Game of Thrones speaks for itself.

14) Fat is Flavour:

Here with their quirky customised cakes and Chocolate soil, Fat is Flavor sold out incredibly fast. Up for grabs was their sea salt cocoa, a new launch that hits just the right taste buds!
Contact:
Pratik Kukreja 917738076793

15) The Cupcake Factory:

Ever felt like maybe the Red Velvet Cupcake would taste better with a Chocolate frosting? Have you ever wanted to just design your own cupcake to overload it with a particular flavour? Because I have. And I finally got the chance to make my own cupcake mix right here at The Cupcake Factory stall! They had their very own Make-it-Yourself Cupcake Bar filled with different frosting flavours, decorations and more. Some of the frosting flavours included were Nutella, Oreo, Peanut butter, Strawberry and Cream cheese Vanilla. Decorations weren't limited to just chocochips or sprinkles but also had edible glitters, sugar initials and Disney characters  for the child inside you! I don't you about you, but the mention of a Make-It-Yourself Cupcake Bar is all the motivation I need to go visit this place over and over again.

Contact:

Trisha 9820382534

16) Yo Brownies:

This stall had a beautiful assortment of brownie and brownie variations to choose from including Walnut, Hazelnut, Oreo and Choco-chip. We've all had dessert in a jar and velvet in a jar but this stall presents to you a nutella & white chocolate Brownie in a Jar. This stall was just oozing chocolate!

Contact:

Neha 9821890624

      

17) The Dessert Cart:

The Dessert Cart came stacked with Tarts and Pies in so many options, I couldn't pick just one! They had a fantastic Mississippi Mud Pie, a variety of tarts including a Salted caramel, Chocolate passion fruit, Raspberry lychee and Lemon meringue. They also came up with the concept of "Pie on a Stick" in 3 flavours Nutella, Strawberry and Apple Cinnamon and a Peanut butter chocolate pie jar! Yup, we now get to have pies in a jar as well. Their Salted caramel chocolate tart with Fleur de sel, with its dark, rich chocolate base filled with smooth chocolate ganache, salted caramel and sprinkled with just the right amount of sea salt, blew me away.

Contact:

Shraddha Agarwalla 9930398884

18) Polka Dots:

Polka Dots had their very own installation of a Chandelier cake at the event and I must say, I never even thought there could be something like this! It's such a sight.

Contact: 08454002202

 19)  Out of the Blue:

Last but not the least, we had the dessert counter from Out of the Blue itself offering a beautifully made Crème brûlée, waffles with maple syrup (or just a waffle) and a peach and walnut waffle. These warm, freshly made for you desserts just melt in your mouth.

Contact: Out of the Blue restaurant at Carter Road, Bandra.

 Apart from all this sugar to get you pumped, the event organisers were nice enough to have a Photo Booth for us. Photos and a day of Chocolatey Gooey Sugary Overdose with my friends! There's nothing more that I need to make my day. Thank you Chrome Entertainment for this much needed exhibit. Until next time..