[Rating:3.5/5]
It’s happening again! Dessert parlours seem to be making a comeback and The Sweet Tooth Company is the latest entrant. Well located in the PVR Anupam Complex, Saket, The Sweet Tooth Company is a venture of two young entrepreneurs, Saurabh and Sarvdeep. Coming from marketing and sales backgrounds, Saurabh and Sarvdeep are the founders of The Sweet Tooth Company and quite the gracious hosts. I doubt there’ll be many grumpy customers with their welcoming presence. Deepinder (Foodiebay.com), Cherie (my daughter) and I visited the duo’s maiden venture to check out all they had to offer.
Talking of customers, being rude seems to be in fashion these days, with a good squeeze of bad attitude. While I was in dessert heaven, in walks this lady with a supercilious smile on her face, and asks for the menu. When asked if she was looking for something specific, she says, “Oh, I just want to see if I’ll ever come back in here”. I had a brief dialogue with her which ended with my offering her a business card. She takes one look at the card, which had a picture of a shrimp and rocket salad on it, and says with an I’m-so-witty smile, “It looks like something died in there”. Of course something died you silly goose, did you expect to find live prawns in a salad? “Anyway, I don’t read blogs”, she said, as if she were making a profound statement and asked for a certain ice cream. On learning that it had been sold out, instead of taking it as a sign that the venture was doing well, she says “Okay, I’m not coming back here”, and waddled out. I’m fairly sure she won’t be missed.
While The Sweet Tooth company has a good overall location, it may be a little tough to find, as it’s nestled inside a complex of shops with a hairdresser and a tattoo artist for neighbours. Don’t let that worry you however – you’ll hear neither snips nor screams when you’re inside. In any case, once you’ve sampled Saurabh and Sarvdeep’s wares, you won’t care even if you do. The secret to their delectable desserts is their pâtissier, Ashok Sharma, who comes with all of 30 years experience in baking, desserts and confectionary in addition to Italian food! Now that you’re assured of the quality of stuff here, shall we get to the meat of the matter? Perhaps that wasn’t the right phrase.
We tried a few of their desserts – Chili Ice Cream, Baked Ice Cream, Fried Ice Cream, Sizzling Brownie and a Marble Cheese Cake. The Baked Ice Cream, really a Baked Alaska is made with a dollop of ice cream, covered with a layer of sponge cake, which is then coated with a stylized layer of meringue (essentially egg whites beaten with castor sugar) and baked just long enough for the meringue to harden. It was delicious, well executed and their only dessert that uses eggs. The Fried Ice cream was a bit of a disappointment as the fried shell was barely there – it was delicious however. The marble cheesecake was a misnomer as it was made with yogurt. I couldn’t tell though, it was scrumdidlyumptious, which is a much better than scrumtious and a little more than didlyumptious.
The Chili Ice Cream, which seemed to be a mixture of vanilla ice cream with green chili peppers was hot. Well actually, it was cold and sweet, and became hotter with every bite, while still remaining cold and sweet. You know what I mean! The Chili Ice Cream at the Sweet Tooth Company comes with a scoop of Vanilla Ice Cream and for now, just for now, the founders supply free water. Yessir, they sure do, but not for long! Our final dish was their sizzling brownie, which is currently being tested. Though it isn’t there yet, it did taste good and I’m sure they’ll perfect the process soon.
Did I mention every item on their menu is priced ridiculously low?
On the negative side, the place is a little hard to find, seating is restricted, facade is inconspicuous (I couldn’t make out I was there even when standing in front of the shop) and the mise-en-place should be hidden from view as it can get a bit messy considering the nature of their creations. That’s that and it isn’t the end of the world. Cherie pronounced the Marble Cheesecake as the best of the lot while Deepinder’s and my choice was the Baked Ice Cream. Should you go? Definitely! The Sweet Tooth Company doesn’t have the most extensive menu in town, but what they do have, is good.
-Sid
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Chile Icecream sounds divine…I love sweet and hot!
By the way the “….something died in there” line has been wrongly used by the lady in question. One uses the phrase to bring an obnoxious odor to notice.
Oh she was probably having a bad day or something and well said vinnykhullar
@Indian Takeaway: Dunno, she seemed to be quite smug about it.
Then again, perhaps.