Other variations include The Original cone that has fresh fruit and brownie at the bottom covered with a mountain of vanilla ice cream, but this one’s topped with fruit, chocolate sauce and nuts. Then there’s the Dream Cone that again has the same brownie and Nutella base under loads of vanilla ice cream, but topped with walnut, wafers, caramel and chocolate sauces.
The calorie-conscious might want to stay away because one really needs to have one of these cones on a partially empty stomach. Devouring it is also a bit of a (messy) task which the owner told me he was working on to rectify. The cones are not just alarming for the waistline, but heavy on the pocket too; they’re priced between Rs420 and Rs460, but this is one dreamy treat for those with a sweet tooth.
Another fun item on the menu is the doughnut sandwich. These are soft, slightly crispy, freshly baked doughnuts filled with your choice of an in-house gelato flavour, drizzled with Nutella sauce and sprinkled with chocolate chips and crushed waffle. This finger-licking dessert could get a little messy to handle too, but totally worth the effort for around Rs250.
The soft, crispy doughnut holes – eight in a bowl for around Rs300 -- are drizzled with Nutella sauce, sprinkled with waffle crunch with a scoop of French vanilla ice cream on the side.
Belgian waffle, classic molten lava cake, melt-in-the-mouth Belgian chocolate brownie with French vanilla ice cream and an assortment of shakes are some other of the offerings at Doughlicious. Though I had no complaints with the amount of sugar I was consuming, I did miss a cup of freshly brewed coffee after the cone and sandwich. The menu may need a little expansion to that side, but they’ve just started out and as of now what they offer is distinctive, delightful, gratifying.
Published in Dawn, March 4th, 2018