Sugar & spice and all things nice... Flurys (http://www.flurysindia.com/) was a fairy sugary doll land in the midst of chaotic Calcutta! I personally breathed a sigh of relief when we entered this legendary bakery cum cafe on Kolkata's Park Street, and felt like home amongst the almond slices, black forest pastries, chocolate chip cookies and smell of espresso.
"Founded in 1926 by Mr and Mrs J. Flury. The tearoom was known far and wide for its exotic cakes, creamy pastries, rich puddings and perhaps the best Swiss chocolates outside the European continent, and in no small measure to the relaxed and cheerful atmosphere that it provided." Just reading this on the website makes me want to take the flight right back to Kolkata and sit in one of these chairs with a copy of The Telegraph, sipping a cappucino and eating a vanilla slice! Soft and moist inside, with a crispy, perfectly glazed icing!
To my biggest astonishment, my mom ordered a rum ball (in Bulgaria, she never let me eat this delicacy as she suspected bakeries use leftover pastries to make these) and it was absolutely delicious with a Flurry Viennese Coffee. Gurtaj ordered a chocolate pastry. And Mini struggled with an ice cream soda determined to set free from its tall glass.
Other yummy things spotted: meringues with cream, rich puddings, apple strudel, fudge...
Heavenly sugar rush!
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