schokolart

After our rather disappointing start to the day, we headed over to Solaris hoping to salvage the rest of our Sunday with lunch.

Remembering an article a certain friend by the initials of KHC featuring Schokolart, we decided to check it out and lo and behold, another major disappointment.

Located on the same floor as Tenji, Schokolart is located close to the escalators one floor up from Haagen Daaz. We were instantly excited about the prospect of lunching there especially when escaping the horrid heat into this pretty cafe.

What greeted us was promising. The large glass showcase of chocolate, praline and ganache instantly made us crave for the fix of the day.

Most of the tables were reserved for groups celebrating Mother's Day so we were ushered to be seated on a raised platform behind curtains. I must say that the chairs were very funky with a high arch back for one to lean back and enjoy.

The service was bad, completely inadequate although they have only a few tables occupied then and many more waiters milling around. They did seem busy but doing what, this remains to be a mystery. Anyway, our service was bad.

Next came our food. The Caesar was badly made. The salad was yellow, there were no croutons but the only saving grace was the grilled chicken and the hard boiled egg (seriously how can one screw this up). The sauce was horrible and it had some weird stale oil taste to it.

The Rosti with bacon was great but not good enough for me to get rid of the taste of the Caesar. The salad accompanying the dish was not fresh and I would have preferred them not to include that in the dish.

Being adventurous and hungry, we also ordered the tea set for two (if we had known that the quality was this bad, trust me, we would have bolted soon after the Rosti).

The set came with 3 pieces of chocolate from the counter, 2 scones, 4 biscuit, 2 sandwiches and a piece of cake also from the counter. Drinks, either coffee or tea was also included.

The chocolate was stale (why am I not surprised), the biscuits were ordinary and so were the scones. The sandwiches - turkey ham with cheese and chicken mayo were ordinary bordering on bad coz the salad was bordering on going bad.

We were given two cups of chocolate drink in addition to our tea as compensation but wasn't good enough to compel us to come back.

It is sad that a place with so much promise failed so miserably but it was pretty damn good that my friend decided NOT to take his mum to Schokolart for Mother's Day coz he would have killed me!