Happy to have attended my first Indiblogger meet!
OK partial attendance...
I had to leave mid way,that's what happens when you come to visit the parents on a limited budget(number of holidays.)
I just attended the "Head Banging" and the Introductions and stayed on till a wee bit after lunch...Food!
The food at the Hyatt,New Delhi is regular hotel stuff-Me, I adore the stuff that comes from their ovens.
They are supposed to have the best of the Chef Patisserie's and bakers.
The muffins and Danish pastries and croissants served with cappuccinos were awesome!
And if I had not been too busy chatting up with fellow bloggers ,I would have taken a few pics.
But,wisdom only dawned when I remembered my raison d'etre-or the reason why I am a food blogger-so I skipped the food and concentrated on the desserts.
Some one was picking up his desserts and my camera and I stressed him out.
The layout.
I missed photographing the Mango and Passion fruit Mousse.
But on the menu were Blueberry Cheesecake,Baked Coffee Cheese cake and Chocolate Truffle cake.
That was my plate.
The chocolate truffle cake was standard bakery stuff. Simple chocolate -light chocolate sponge made with cake emulsifiers/gels and a chocolate ganache.My standards for Chocolate truffle cake are high.
Sugar and Spice -the patisserie in Oberoi ,Delhi
This was the best they offered though.The most sought after platter from the dessert table.
The biggest disappointment offered. The base of the Baked Coffee Cheese Cake was soggy marie biscuit type crust, no flavor of coffee or of any mascarpone cheese.Made mostly wit non dairy cream and cornflour.
Sad!
Not worth the single bite worth of calories.
The worst offering of the lot.Blueberry Cheese cake. Soggy spongy pastry base. The cheesecake, a gelatinous un wobbly non dairy cream mixed artificial blueberry topping and preserve.
The one that most bloggers scorned.
This is something that even amateurs get right.
All in all ,the meet was better than the desserts.SO the next Indiblogger Meet in Delhi,that I am able to attend,I am going to switch off my phone and tell all and sundry that I will only surface after the Meet.
So cheers to you guys at Indiblogger. You were great.
I will be incommunicado for the next few days,off to visit the in laws-the last leg of the holidays.Internet connectivity is zilch there.
So back home next week...
Till then-
So what are you baking today???
