i love my coffee. it’s the perfect fix for a bad day and the perfect start to a good one.
so when i heard there was a new café in town, i had to pay my respects.
the location
kaffeehaus is aswisscafé on mp appan road, vazhuthacuad, tucked into the ground floor of a corner building in this quiet neighborhood.
parking is a problem. you need to find a spot to squeeze your car into, on the narrow lane. my suggestion would be to take the first option you see on the road and walk down.
the interiors
it’s a small cozy space, very well laid out. attention has been paid to keeping the interior minimal and still in keeping with the theme.
a bold black color scheme with a dash of red, calling your attention to theswisscross on crockery, and other flourishes on the walls.
seating options need a mention here with one of the few places in town with outdoor seating and also a long bar counter style option for those ‘single and not ready to mingle’ customers.
the food
we made 2 trips to the place. the menu is limited and servesswissclassics, many of which were new to me. on the first occasion we tried the choc brownie with ice cream and a good old cold coffee.
both were spectacular. soft spongy warm brownies topped off with vanilla ice cream and the cold coffee was frothy and well balanced.
on the second occasion we dug deeper into the menu. we chose the “soup of the day” – potato and carrot soup accompanied by a veg pasta salad.
the soup was creamy and a tad salty but still flavoursome. the veg salad was quite wholesome topped off with toasted pumpkin seeds and crotons – read yum!
for the mains we chose the rosti – aswissclassic dish, similar to hash browns. shredded potato, fried and topped with cheese. very rich and quite filling. they have variations with chicken and bacon toppings.
we followed this up with the grilled chicken in lemon garlic cream sauce, grilled vegetables and potato. this didn’t go so well. there was way too much cream on the fried chicken breast. the texture of the sauce was completely off the mark with the sauce literally holding its shape when you scoop it on a fork! the vegetables were over salted and burnt.
nevertheless we decided to give dessert a try and opted for the chocolate fondue. the order took close to 15mins to arrive. cut fruits served with melted chocolate should not have taken that long. but the wait was well worth it. the fun of dipping long forks into a bowl of cut fruit and dipping it in chocolate brought us all out in giggles. it was delicious.
the cost
pricing is moderate-high. a meal for 3 cost us 1200.
the verdict
it’s a great addition to the café scene in trivandrum. the only grouse i have is with the speed of service which on both occasions was extremely slow. but the food well makes up for it.
well worth a visit and wish the team every success!