In Conversation With Fairy’s Touch, Mysore

Hey There Readers !
Hope you guys are having a lovely week !

Monsoon has finally arrived in Mysore, so its the perfect weather to curl up in a blanket and pamper yourself. Talking of Pampering whether its your lover, mother , best friend or yourself, a home-baked Aussie cupcake (or cupcakes) will definitely work.

I had mentioned earlier about ‘ Fairy’s Touch’, the Melbourne Cupcake place I discovered recently – run by this amazing couple with a passion for doing what they do.

So, here’s a little ice-breaker with Mrs. Poornima, the co-founder at Fairy’s touch .

 

Introduce yourselves.

Australian trained couple settled in Mysore, who love to bake delectable homemade cakes and cupcakes.

Tell us something about your journey.

They say it is never too late to learn! Our passion for learning culinary arts got us to pack our bags and fly across to Australia. At the age of 37, Som graduated out of Kangan Batman Institute of tafe, Melbourne. While Som had his heart and soul into commercial cookery, I (Poornima) had the opportunity of attending a workshop under the guidance of Miss Jennifer Graham, who is known as the ‘Cupcake Queen’ of Australia. We were also a part of various courses at the Savour chocolate & Patisserie school, run by Miss Kirsten Tibballs.

Why call it ‘Fairy’s Touch’?

Till date I really do wonder if it is a myth or reality that a dimple in the chin refers to as the fairy’s Touch. I am blessed to have a dimple on my chin. Hence the name.

How Do you function ?

At Fairy’s Touch, Som does the baking and I do the frosting. They say a cupcake is at its best only when it is frosted. We are home bakers, who believe in bake fresh method. We do not store cakes or cupcake as we bake on order.

So, do you guys do orders ?

Yes, we do. We also conduct exhibition and sale of cupcakes every fortnightly.

What would be your FAVORITE kind of cupcake ?

Our favorite cupcake is the Red Velvet cupcake filled with cream cheese

Which is the most loved cupcake from your menu ?

It’s hard to choose any particular flavor as we keep experimenting and bring out new flavors with each passing day. Best selling ones are our chocolate cupcakes topped with Rich chocolate and Choco Mocha.

 

What is the hardest thing about making your passion your job ?

Making your passion your job does not give enough time for ourselves, more so because we are home bakers it becomes difficult for us to differentiate between home and workplace.

What’s Next ?

Fairy’s Touch aspires to introduce to Mysore delicacies from across the world at affordable prices so that our customers do not have to travel miles to savor them.

Where Do you see ‘Fairy’s Touch’ 10 years from now ?

Our cupcakes must and will taste the same. We look forward in maintaining the quality, freshness, taste and hygiene for years to come. We will also be the one stop destination for authentic desserts from around the world in Mysore. We also look forward to the love and affection from all our customers.

(answered by Mrs. Poornima via email)

I promise, you will be able to taste their love for baking in each bite – as the mellow flavor of the cream tickles your taste buds, the soft light heart-ed cake will balance it all , giving you the right kind of sugar rush.
Being Home-baked, the cupcakes are Honestly Delicious. We all know the usual bakeries in town do not serve cupcakes which are fresh or promising ; unless pre-ordered and sometimes even then.

Their Chocolate Ganache frosting is probably the best frosting I have had over a cupcake – The flavor being so rich and the texture thick and creamy. I feel what I notice most generally in any dessert is the sugar balance – and their cupcakes ace it.
If you like fruit flavors,  you have a lot of options to choose from. They even have Blue Curacao frosting over Blueberry cupcake – well that’s something ?!

In an informal conversation with her, I learnt that they specialize in New York styled Sliced Pizzas as well. Let’s hope beside desserts, we get a taste of their other culinary masterpieces in the future.

(Image Courtesy: Jishna G. , Induja B.V. )

You are Invited for their upcoming Exhibition on this Sunday  (22nd May.2016)

And Guess What ? Let Me Spell it for you C-H-U-R-R-O-S Giveaways  for Happy Customers 🙂

 

FYI : A Churro is a fried-dough pastry—predominantly choux—based snack. Churros are popular in Spain, France, the Philippines, Portugal, Ibero-America and the Southwestern United States. (Wikipedia)

After Enough convincing … Here’s How you Get there 😛

 

 

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Thank You For Reading !
Hope You find this helpful, let me know what you feel about this place.
I wrote this review in May of 2016, the place might not offer the same by the time you visit it. If you want to ask me any questions or give suggestions, please feel free to share your thoughts at the contact page or you can inbox me at wingsiwrote@gmail.com

 

 

 

Review: The Old House, Mysore

The Old House is an Organic Italian Cuisine Restaurant located in Mysore, Karnataka (India)  The Restaurant promises pizzas, pasta and pâtisserie, the subtitle reads.

 

 

I have visited this place quite a number of times now. Previously known as Maya Bistro, after the adjacent located Maya Boutique. Besides the name, the management also seem to have worked on the quality and service.

Name: THE OLD HOUSE

Address: 451, Jhansi Rani Lakshmi Bai Road, RTO Circle, Near Big Bazaar, Chamrajpura, Mysore
Contact: 0821-2333255

Ambiance:

Classy Wooden Furniture surrounded by little pieces of art and greens, with options of sitting indoor and outdoor. By Late evenings- Dim Lights, bright trees and light-hearted music all add a romantic feel to the place. Although, its equally amazing to visit this place in the day – sunshine filtering through leaves,all around you – You know what I mean.
The Kitchen seems to be outdoor, so you can actually see them using fresh ingredients  and placing (or, shoving) the pizza in the wood fired oven. Also, the desserts are put on display refrigerator, so you can choose what you’d like.
The Indoor sitting area is air conditioned and well lit. A Wall of Graffiti art and cozy sitting arrangements gives the place a young yet sophisticated appearance; I could sit there sipping a smoothie in a good conversation, for hours.
Eventhough its labelled as a Restaurant, it has more of a café feel to it.

Service and Staff: 

Usually, the order takes the normal expected time to come. But, on weekends and comparatively crowded days it might take time. The staff is quite decent, generous and most importantly well versed with what’s on the menu. They know what they are serving and will take special interest in explaining the dish.

The Menu Spread:

As I said earlier, the place has a café feel to it. The menu reads-“La Cucina Italiana”, the dishes are well described and incase you are wondering the staff is quite helpful to suggest and elaborate.
Initially, on the menu they have usual continental breakfast dishes – Pancakes, Omelettes, Sunny side up, Croissants etc. Then, they have appetizers like Bruschetta, Garlic bread, Crostini. Also, they have various variety of breads available to order and to take. Surprisingly, they also have Hummus on the menu, incase you are a bit mediterranean with your breads. Then, there’s decent selection of Pasta and Risotto dishes. Followed by, their much advertised- Wood Fired Pizza – the options are plenty and there’s no doubt on the quality, quantity and variety of the toppings. They have options for vegans like Soy milk smoothies, Vegan Brownie and Soups. The menu also has Sandwiches, Mocktails, Smoothies, Juices, Hot beverages and of-course Salads. There’s actually a good number of salad dishes and not just the usual fruits or Caesar. So, if you are avoiding carbs and cheese – this could be your place. Dessert options of Cheesecakes, Apple Pie, Brownies, Red Velvet cake, Muffins, Black Forest Pastry, Banana Walnut cake etc are on the menu, served according to availability.
A Daily Chef’s Special Menu is also put up, you could consult your waiter about it.
Additionally, they also do breads and cookies on order.

For Complete Menu list, Click Here.

 

The Food :

What I have had :  Mushroom Bruschetta, Pink Sauce Penne, Capitoline Pizza, Heaven’s Garden Pizza, Virgin Pina Colada, Red Velvet Pastry and Chocolate Cake. 

Quality wise I feel the food is amazing. The Portions were Apt, The ingredients were fresh, the pasta was al denté , the homemade sauce had no artificial taste, the bruschetta and the pizza didn’t lack toppings, Pizza had the right proportion of cheese, sauce, dough and veggies, the pina colada was refreshing and the red velvet was satisfying.
On the other hand, The Chocolate cake was sad because it tasted more or less like a walnut brownie topped with Hershey’s syrup.

The Pocket:

700-1000 rupees For Two People (approximately)

 

The Experience:

For Mysore, this place is one of its kind. In my three years here, I have hardly seen a place with such quality and service.
Being a vegetarian place (serves egg), the kind of popularity and attention it has achieved is outstanding; but once you pay a visit- you would know how they did it. The Management wasn’t wrong in advertising the wood-fired pizza, it actually makes the cut. And as I mentioned the ambiance is so welcoming, I could sit there for hours. Besides the coziness, The flavors were fresh and balanced- honestly that’s how I see Italian Cuisine.

The Ambiance will lure you but the food will make you come back.

 

Thank You For Reading ! Hope You find this helpful, let me know what you feel about this place.
I wrote this review in Summer of 2016, the place might not offer the same by the time you visit it. If you want to ask me any questions or give suggestions, please feel free to share your thoughts at the contact page or you can inbox me at wingsiwrote@gmail.com

 

 

Why Food Is Your Best Friend?

Hello Readers!
Here comes the First Post for the New Section: ” 8it “!
Who is a Best Friend? Somebody you can trust, somebody whose there for you, somebody who knows you, somebody you love to spend time with… well, the list of qualities are endless. So, Here’s what I found on Wikipedia –

“Friendship is a relationship of mutual affection between two or more people. Friendship is a stronger form of interpersonal bond than an association.”

Being in Hostel most of my life and having my heart broken by a lot of friends, I have successfully come to a conclusion – Food is the Best Friend that You’ll ever have.

LET ME CONVINCE YOU:

 

1. Best Friends never Leave you alone

Food is your best companion in everything. Whether, it watching a movie on a lazy Sunday or anything else on the lines of “Today I don’t feel like doing anything…I just wanna lay in my bed.”

 

2. Best Friends get you through your bad times

How many of us have had a tub of frozen dessert for dinner with tears in our eyes?

 

 

3. Best Friends listen. And Don’t Judge You.

The days you are really upset about something and you just need someone to talk to – who won’t judge you. So instead of picking up the phone, you just talk to yourself and you didn’t even notice that jar of cookies listening to everything. And it would taste just as delicious as it did before. Food doesn’t judge you.

4. Best Friends love you unconditionally

Proof: Your Love Handles

5. Your Perfect 2 a.m. Friend

So, you had a really bad fight with your boyfriend in the middle of the night or maybe you just can’t fall asleep. That Belgium Dark Chocolate Ice cream is your perfect mate to get you through.

6. Best Friends understand.

Somedays, I prefer butter to cheese. But, cheese doesn’t mind. its never bitter.

 

 

7. Best Friends Don’t let you do stupid things, alone.

Sitting in a theater with big popcorn tub in your hands, you decide to bug the guy sitting infront of you.

 

 

8. A Friendship That Consumes you

All those foodies trying to shed a little flab.
Need I say more?

9. Best Friends Nurture You

The day you decide to be fit, healthy foods are ready to help you do that.

 

 

10. Best Friends bring Out the Best In you

The Night before your big math test and you are super drowsy. If it wasn’t for that cup of coffee and the munchies. Or, If you ask me I need to have my all time favorite dish right before, I am about to do something BIG.

11. Your Perfect Companion in almost everything and anything

Whether its that Awkward dinner date or that huge family get together. You can look at your Plate and you will know you are not alone.

 

 

12. Tags along with all your pals, School buddies, workmates, neighbors etc.

Everybody likes food. And, Food likes everyone.

 

So, Don’t you worry if you are doing a lot of things alone,
And DON’T YOU DARE FEEL LONELY.
The sight of which brings a smile on your face and makes your belly crumble with joy – eventhough its not an actual person, but its sure to keep you company no matter what. Love the one who loves you. Amen.

Love,
J

8IT : The Beginning

Hello Readers !
Food is one of the favorite parts of my life. I could talk about food 24/7, infact comparing Dominos with Pizza Hut is my regular hobby. So, during one of these conversations about food with a dear friend, She asked “Why don’t you blog about that?… I think you should totally blog about it.”
Here we are today, Please Welcome the New Section – “8IT” ! This one is for all those foodies out there. Everything about Food. All that I know, All that I learn, Places to eat and basically about anything that needs to be tasted. Once a Foodie said, “Food demands to be TASTED.” 😉
Hope You guys will Enjoy this new section !
If you guys have any ideas or suggestions on this new section, please feel free to share them.
Eat On,
J