Well, frankly I was never really a foodie, its only after
coming to Bangalore and after being subjected to the cruel punishment of living
away from home, ‘stereotypical mess food’ did I learn to appreciate food, and
while many would say that my petite physique takes away my right to be called a
foodie, I’d like to clarify that being a foodie means appreciating food in its
most appealing and appetizing form. Therefore, shifting a little from the
cliché I’d like to be called a 'food aficionado'. A word which I learnt from this
friend in Stephen’s who roamed and explored every nook and cranny of Delhi
discovering the best and cheapest of food places, and drawing my inspiration
from him..Here I am on a jaunt to explore some of the places in Bangalore,
which apart from being known as the IT capital, pub capital and what not of
India is a budding place for a lot of eateries.
Having being addicted to zomato lately, I discovered and
came across this place Huckleberry in Indra Nagar. Huckleberry reminded me of the
book by Mark Twain, which Id read while growing up.
So, this place is located in the heart of Indra nagar on 100
feet road,a nice small space, which has a tendency of getting over shadowed by
Toit which is right next to it. With a staircase leading you to your location, the
ambience is perfectly set, wooden furnishing and flooring, walls painted in
nice bright hues with cool, quick witted messages adorning it and well, the
most important thing, they are very welcoming of pets and depending on the dog
and the owner, they are more than happy to whip up something for the dogs to
eat, that too free of charge.
We settled in for Creamy chicken mushroom pasta and a Fettucine
Carbonara pasta, the presentation of the food was nice with a light sprinkle of
herbs and tasted pretty nice however the drawback which we faced was the
service timing, the restaurant was pretty empty and it was a weekday, in spite
of that the food took a lot of time to come. On the whole, I felt the place was
a little too expensive for the quantity and quality of food, considering I’ve
had better pastas, although the bad service is something they need to work on, it
could almost be a mood killer.
Post this, we went to the Cupcake Company, which is very
strategically located right next to Huckleberry, so all those who are stuffed
till their throats, it makes sense to make a little room for those yummy
delectable cupcakes which easily melt in your mouth. We chose two cupcakes ‘Cookie
and Cream’ which were Vanilla cupcakes with butter cream on it and ‘Death by
Chocolate’ dark chocolate muffins with a sinful nutella centre and choco icing.
As the old idiom says ‘Our eyes were bigger than our bellies’, their custom
made cakes were adorable, a few of them included the angry bird cake, the fondant
being molded and carved out so nicely.
By the time we were out of these places, our pockets were
empty, our bellies full and a wide smile stretched across our faces.
On the whole, one Cupcake from the Cupcake Company is a must for anyone going to Indra Nagar and ambience wise Huckleberry gives out a nice cosy feel, but service and food wise, they need to improve on.
