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For evenings lit up by lights strung around trees, scented with coffee and peppered with great food, The Fresh Roast Café is the place to be, saysSandhya Ramachandran.
The Fresh Roast Café is tucked into a cosy gully, but you just might miss it if you aren’t looking for it. This three-month old café is a part of the Heritage Hotel in Paldi whose history dates it back to 1922. With 33 rooms and 18 suites to boot, all it needed was a place where guests could have a quick bite, which led to idea of starting the Fresh Roast Café .
While you could munch on your starter seated in the Burma wood panelled interiors, you could also choose to lounge in the lovely outdoor area with its constant hum of water from the fountains. We decided we wanted to capitalise on the pleasant light breeze before the scorching summer really hit us. The outdoor area merrily beckoned to us with its pretty white wrought iron furniture, and twinkle lights wound around tree barks.
So as the evening crept up on us, the rich and strong Espresso Americano (Rs 65) woke us up for the meal ahead. We also sipped on a rich and smooth Hazelnut coffee (Rs 85). A creamy nutty flavour kissed with the heady taste of coffee, we were slaves to its smooth taste to the very last sip. Order the Caramello Mocha (Rs 80) for a bold caramel flavoured coffee, that you wont forget easily.
Our salads for the evening – the Peach Mozzarella Salad (Rs 130) and the Fattuce Salad (Rs 130) turned out to be wise choices. The Peach Mozzarella Salad was an exquisite combination of sliced peaches tossed with mozzarella cubes, mixed with basil and lemon vinaigrette, laid out on iceberg lettuce and garnished with herbed croutons.
The fruit-vegetable combination salads could easily turn out to be a disastrous affair but Fresh Roast Café’s Peach Mozzarella Salad sailed through brilliantly, the sweetness of the peach and the sour creamy taste of the mozzarella cubes complimenting each another beautifully.
The Fattuce Salad, with diced tomatoes, cucumber, red and yellow peppers, lettuce, olives, feta cheese and Parmesan cheese, was a tad salty but great overall. Refreshing to taste, we feel that the dish makes for a great contender for the perfect brunch award (with far less salt though).
The Feta cheese Cucumber Tomato Basil Panini (Rs 155) that we ordered next was a good eat- the cheese holding together the vegetables and herbs well. The next item on our night’s meal was the Pizza Milano (Rs 250). Made with jalapeno peppers, olives, onions and capers, this thin-crust pizza was served with three delicious homemade dips. We’ve never had pizza with dip before, but decided to give it a shot. While the mustard dip was pungent enough to give the wasabi a run for its money, the herbs olive oil dip was a perfect add-on for some health and taste. The third part of this potent triad – the chilli garlic dip proved to be a mix of flavours that was sure to be a crowd pleaser here.
Fresh Roast is definitely one of the better cafes in the city in terms of both food and ambience. One visit surely calls for more (psst! We have already made three). The quality and quantity of the food is a great value for money option. So trust us blindly this time and order anything on the menu. It sure hasn’t disappointed us so far!
Must try: Peach Mozzarella Salad, Rich n smooth Hazelnut coffee, and the three homemade dips
Meal for two: Rs 700 + taxes
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