Having an ice-cream, especially in the winter, offers a different kind of joy. In fact, one seldom needs a reason to have an ice-cream, and if you happen to stop at the ‘Art of Delight’ ice-cream parlour, you are in for a treat. 

Situated on Residency Road, ‘Art of Delight’ is a combination of an ice-cream parlour and a cafe gallery.

With a rustic chalk board menu, ‘Art of Delight’ serves crafted ice-creams, desserts, brownies and beverages like milkshakes, tea, coffee brewed off a French Press. It’s a semi-open kitchen where ice-creams are freshly made.

The desserts include premier and regular flavours. Among the regular flavours, they serve Aztec Hot Chocolate, which is a dark chocolate ice-cream with cinnamon and chilli; Chocwork Orange, which is a dark chocolate with orange flavours; Mint Condition, Strawberry Ecstasy, Wyanad Vanilla, Sitnah Bliss and Strawberry Yoga. In premier, there is ‘White Chocolate – Kaju’, ‘Cranberry Cheesecake Swirl’, ‘Rocher Supreme’ and ‘Passion Cream’.

‘Rocher Berry Fudge’, ‘Orange Choco Cookie Crumble’, and Classic Lemon Cheesecake with strawberry are popular among the customers. ‘Art of Delight’ was started by young and spirited Ayaaz Hammed. “We make our ice-creams from scratch, we use fresh and natural ingredients and the shelf life of our ice-creams are only two to three days. So it’s freshly made with innovative flavours, our menu changes on an everyday bases as we are constantly experimenting on our ice-creams, to churn out the best and authentic ice-creams,” says Ayaaz.

Ayaaz plans to introduce a launch pad for young and creative artists to exhibit their photographs, paintings and other art works. Besides this, he also plans to have a few gigs at the parlour. Darius, a customer says, “I really liked the cheesecake with strawberry, it is a unique combination and enjoyed every bit of it.”

Meera, another customer adds, “The ice-creams are amazing especially the Hazel-Choco-Cream, where I could literally feel the hazel melt in my mouth. Also, this parlour is a nice place to hang out over a scoop of ice-cream.” For details, call 9739506907.

source: http://www.deccanherald.com / Deccan Herald / Home> Supplements> MetroLife / by Preethi Ravi / DHNS – December 06th, 2014