Cream Centre ..
I did not have a very brightly appealing
start when I first visited Cream Centre, Guwahati. It took me almost a year to
forget my experience and maybe reluctantly, I gave it a second shot.
Being a foodie/food writer, I
should be able to express my feelings for different types of food without being judgmental or feel particularly inclined towards only one thing. The first
thing that comes to my mind when I think about Vegetarian food is what it would
take for my mind or my taste palette to make me forget the awesomeness of
having seductively delicious non
vegetarian food. However, I can never come up with anything remotely close that
will satisfy my own eagerness to know the answer.
Leaving all my inhibitions behind,
I decided to go for another meal to this restaurant. Firstly, before I add
anything about the food, the service at this restaurant is good. The servers
have a fair share of knowledge of what they are serving to their guests. The
service too is quite quick and efficient.
The menu is extensive and
appropriately generous. They have a wide selection of food items that should
satisfy any kind of foodie. However, upon insisting, I decided to have nachos
and corn cheese balls. The corn cheese balls were a pure delight. It had this
wonderfully crispy exterior and melting gooey cheese oozing out with every
bite. This is one of the must try items on the menu. I would say it pleases and
satisfies every food sense inside you but it lacks the quality to please your
eyes. The nachos, too, were wonderful. They were light and crispy without being
greasy but it was under seasoned. The sauce was extremely creamy on the palette
but it was a bit bland. The oomph was missing. Maybe a wedge of lemon served on
the side would be able to revive the appetizer to full glory. The salsa tasted
sweet and the delicate balance was missing. Again, a lemon wedge would do the
trick.
I was absolutely elated by the
mains. The paneer lababdar was a perfect balance of creamy and spicy with a very
moreish aroma that gelled together with the piquancy of the tomato, onion and
cashew gravy and freshness of the paneer. The Takatak sabzi too was a pleasant
affair. The mix vegetables in it were well done with a little bit of
crunchiness left it in to give it a bite. I paired the curries with kulcha
which again was perfectly done and soft chewy butter naan. The Jeera rice was a
little under done according to me. Maybe a minute in the steam would have
sufficed to push it to perfection. However, overall it was very satisfactory.
I have a special soft corner for
desserts and in this case I must say it was the star of the whole meal. The
brownie with chocolate sauce and ice cream is the one of the best I have ever
tasted. The in-house made brownie was soft, fudgy and indulgently gooey. The
sizzling hot chocolate sauce was velvety and made the brownie even more devilishly
scrumptious. Instead of traditional walnuts, cashews were used which again was
a good choice.
An end to a fantastic meal. I
recommend the corn cheese balls, paneer
lababdar, kulcha and the brownie. With a pure lust for chocolate, I must
put forward a suggestion that this is undoubtedly the best brownie in town!!
