Admit it! Chocolates are unconditional and honest and we fall for them naturally. It is our go to, be it Monday morning blues or heartbreaks or just sudden sweet cravings. There is nothing chocolate can’t handle with ease. Every year July 7 is celebrated as International Chocolate Day. What better way than to celebrate the day by indulging in loads of chocolate? If you are in Mumbai, here’s where you can celebrate International Chocolate Day 2019.
Kale and Kaffe – For Gluten Free Gooey Chocolate Cake
Celebrate a ‘guilt-free indulgence’ with a special menu curated for all the health freaks at the Kale and Kafe Bandra outlet. To mark International Chocolate Day, the health café is offering ‘Gluten Free Gooey Chocolate Cake’ sweetened using organic jaggery and ‘Keto Peanut Butter Nutella Pie’ sweetened using erythritol. Both the desserts are flourless and costs between Rs 300 and Rs 350.
Where: Kale and Kaffe, Brightland CHS, 14th Road, Linking Road, Bandra West
Derby – For Chocolate Skillet Cookie
Celebrate the chocolate day at Derby with freshly baked ‘Chocolate Skillet Cookie’. It is a fudgy chocolate chip cookie dessert, topped with chocolate and hazelnut ganache, and served with a scoop of caramel and cheese popcorn ice cream.
Cost: Rs 325
Where: Derby, The Capital, Plot: C -70, Block G-1 Behind ICICI Bank, Bandra East
Invincible Boudoir Et Jardin – For Petit Chocolat Gateau
Petit Chocolat Gateau at Invincible Boudoir Et Jardin in Bandra is a must try. The dessert is prepared using a vanilla sponge, pears compote, basil seeds, pear, and chocolate.
Cost: Rs 550
Where: Invincible Boudoir Et Jardin, 164, Hill Road, Bandra West
The Kettlery – For Choco Infused Tea
It's always tea time and there's never a bad time for chocolate either. The Kettlery which has an endless list of creatively infused teas brings you a special menu of several tea variants that have been infused with chocolate. A few of the many delicious infusions include - White Chocolate Fondue, Toffee Brittle Nut, Cacao beans and many more. It's World Chocolate day, so just another excuse to indulge keeping the guilt at bay!
Where: The Kettlery Specialty Tea Boutique- G12 - The ORB, J W Marriott, Sahar, IA Road
SHOR – For Rocky Road
Celebrate the chocolate day at SHOR in Santacruz with its dessert named ‘Rocky Road’. The dessert is a chef special and basically a chocolate Brownie in a bed of rose infused kheer foam and pistachios.
Cost: Rs 345
Where: SHOR, Sujata Rajpipla, Santacruz West
Radisson Mumbai – For Chocolate Brunch
Radisson Mumbai is hosting a chocolate day brunch on July 7 that will feature a chocolate chaat counter which will serve mouth-watering delicacies like chocolate pani puri, chocolate Sev puri, chocolate bhel puri, chocolate dahi puri, chocolate ragda patties and much more. There will also be chocolate making workshop for kids.
When: July 7, from 12:30 to 4 pm
Where: Radisson Goregaon, S.V. Road, Veer Savarkar Flyover, Udyog Nagar, Goregaon West
Love & Cheesecake – For Pastries with Discount
Love & Cheesecake is heaven for dessert fans and on World Chocolate Day, the café is offering their selected bestselling pastries for Rs 100 only. Enjoy their chocolate sin, chocolate tiramisu and double chocolate truffle with French Nougat.
Where: Across all Love & Cheesecake outlets
Toro Churro – For Choco-lots of Love
Are you ready for a chocolatey Sunday? Head to Toro Churro and indulge in loads of chocolate. You can pick from a selection including single-piece cinnamon sugar, maple, dark chocolate, milk chocolate, and white chocolate.
Cost: Rs 40 for a single piece
When: July 7, 12 noon to 1 am
Where: Toro Churro, Ground Floor, Sukh Sagar, Building, N S Patkar Marg, Sea Face, Chowpatty
Happy House Kitchen – For Chocolate Bomb
Happy House Kitchen, a quaint café in Girgaum Chowpatty, is celebrating chocolate day with ‘Chocolate Bomb’. The dessert is a French mini mousse cake layered with dark chocolate, French chocolate biscuit, whipped cream topped with cherry sauce.
Where: Happy House Kitchen, Next to Sukho Thai, Kilachand Garden, Ground Floor, Loyalka Compound, Dadi Seth Lane, 1, Walkeshwar Road
Sante Spa Cuisine – For Dark Chocolate Cakes
To celebrate International Chocolate Day, Sante Spa Cuisine has come up with a heavenly range of chocolaty cakes. Their mouth-watering Valrhona chocolate pie with an oat flour base, and topped with rich dark french chocolate is the patron favourite. Their whole wheat flour based, Salted Caramel Mud Cake is a delightful blend of jaggery, caramel, and pink Himalayan salt. Vegan and gluten-free, their Dark Buckwheat Slab made of home-made almond butter, raspberry puree, chocolate, and matcha, definitely takes the cake. Head over to splurge on decadent cakes and chocolates without feeling guilty.
Where: Sante Spa Cuisine, Unit 6, Ground Floor, First International Financial Centre, BKC Road, G Block, Bandra Kurla Complex, Bandra East
L’Eclair Studio – For the Goodness of Chocolates
Located in the by-lanes of Khar, L’Eclair Studio is all set to take us a trip down memory lane. Eclair is one such pastry that has been a childhood favourite and most of us remember having them at the local bakery as a kid. The very mention of it always makes us drool - the sweet memory of biting into the chocolate glazed choux pastry which then makes way for the light cream filling. The studio champions Eclair shape in all its glory - eclairs, tarts, and cakes. They also have eggless versions – which are the éclair tarts. Some of the flavours they offer are dark chocolate, lavender, caramel with pecan nuts, coconut with chocolate, craquelin with hazelnuts and many more.
Where: L’Eclair Studio, 11 E, Parvati Building, 2nd Floor, Khar West
