Tuesday 19th January, 2010: We threw a farewell party for one of my good friend Aisha,who is leaving Ogilvy, at Cafe Flo. It was just me with 5 chicks at Cafe Flo! Yes people! It is so!
The place was a little hard to notice, being nestled away inside a 'gali' past Abdullah Shah Ghazi Mazar. It was actually pretty nice in terms of outlook, it was pretty cozy. I decided to order a "Number 31", its a name I still have trouble pronouncing, Paupiettes Du Poulet Farcies (saved the name in my phone at the bequest of Mahreen). Smoked veal wrapped inside chicken breast with musrooms and for my drink I had a 'Bango', just because the name has a certain ring to it :)
The Bango came early, and I have forgotten what it tasted like. Why, is probably what you are thinking and believe me I have a pretty darn good reason.
It took forever for our food to arrive and we had a bit of a run in, over the extremely late starter salad, with a waiter who seemed to be in a bad mood. Points subtracted immediately! The STARTER salad actually came after the main course was already on the table and people had already started eating.
With all the grief we endured waiting for our food, the taste of the Bango, it all disappeared when I dug into the steak. It was heavenly! The mushrooms, the veal and the chicken blended seamlessly to make this beautiful creation which I recommend everyone to try atleast once before they die. The sweet potato on the side, should have been replaced with more of the steak! The meat was very well cooked all the way through, and properly marinated, and did not have that fake "steamed chicken" texture that other places have.
It is refreshing to finally have eaten a meal which I can find absolutly nothing wrong with. Bravo to the cook! Flo can try paying their staff a little more just to keep them in a good mood. That is the only territory where Flo loses points.
Cheers,
Z
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Monday, January 18, 2010
Ce'st la vie mon ami!
January 18, 2010: After the toughest job looking for the place Owais and I finally found the advertised Cafe La'vie. If I had not been hell bent on finding this place we would have given up half an hour into our search.
Nestled away in Gulistan-e-Jauhar, right behind the airport runway, Cafe La'vie, was a small and unimpressive place. Owias and I had walked in with expectations of French ambiance, with French music and a rustic chateau like setting. To our complete and utter disappointment, it looked like a random ice cream parlour. We could actually point out where corners were cut in the space like the cheap chairs and the false ceiling and the awful wall paper.
In short, the first impression of the place was not that inspiring. The menu was an orgasm of chocolate and the prices were reasonable. I would like to point out here that Cafe La'vie carried only desert, shakes, coffee and juices. I ordered a slice of cake called Black & White (see picture below) and it looked like a cake with fudge plopped all over it. However, taste wise, it was pretty ok but it kept growing on me the more I ate and at the last bite I was convinced that it was divine. No desert has ever managed to give me the feeling and it felt good! From the fudge to the the white chocolate, the mesh of the different tastes of chocolate, was quite literally like having a party in your mouth.
For my drink, I wanted to be adventurous and chose something called Black Velvet. A milk shake made in combination of chocolate and bananas. Sounds odd and that was my rationale for giving it a go. It tasted like walls chocolate ice cream and a banana shake. The two flavours were very distinct and were enough to put anyone off, however after paying 93 bucks for a shake, I was not going to leave it in the middle. Towards the end a flavour of chocolate fudge set in and that is when I started appreciating the drink. It was disappointing that it was only at the end, but it left me with a good memory of the shake but in retrospect, going through the awful taste at the beginning was not worth it.
Overall, Cafe La'vie, deserves a pat on the back for effort, but it just manages to stay off the black list because of the cake. It's a place I would recommend to give it a go if you live close by but coming from a distance, the trip won't be worth it!
Regards,
Z
Nestled away in Gulistan-e-Jauhar, right behind the airport runway, Cafe La'vie, was a small and unimpressive place. Owias and I had walked in with expectations of French ambiance, with French music and a rustic chateau like setting. To our complete and utter disappointment, it looked like a random ice cream parlour. We could actually point out where corners were cut in the space like the cheap chairs and the false ceiling and the awful wall paper.
In short, the first impression of the place was not that inspiring. The menu was an orgasm of chocolate and the prices were reasonable. I would like to point out here that Cafe La'vie carried only desert, shakes, coffee and juices. I ordered a slice of cake called Black & White (see picture below) and it looked like a cake with fudge plopped all over it. However, taste wise, it was pretty ok but it kept growing on me the more I ate and at the last bite I was convinced that it was divine. No desert has ever managed to give me the feeling and it felt good! From the fudge to the the white chocolate, the mesh of the different tastes of chocolate, was quite literally like having a party in your mouth.
For my drink, I wanted to be adventurous and chose something called Black Velvet. A milk shake made in combination of chocolate and bananas. Sounds odd and that was my rationale for giving it a go. It tasted like walls chocolate ice cream and a banana shake. The two flavours were very distinct and were enough to put anyone off, however after paying 93 bucks for a shake, I was not going to leave it in the middle. Towards the end a flavour of chocolate fudge set in and that is when I started appreciating the drink. It was disappointing that it was only at the end, but it left me with a good memory of the shake but in retrospect, going through the awful taste at the beginning was not worth it.
Overall, Cafe La'vie, deserves a pat on the back for effort, but it just manages to stay off the black list because of the cake. It's a place I would recommend to give it a go if you live close by but coming from a distance, the trip won't be worth it!
Regards,
Z
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