Lonely Planet India - August 2016

GREAT FROM

Mumbai Jaipur Chandigarh

GREAT FOR

Sugar and spice and all things nice

GO NOW

While the storm clouds are rolling in.

TURN OVER FOR ALL YOU NEED TO GET THERE

1. The Artful Baker
   smells like Eau de
   Hot Buttered Toast


2. The Vitrine
   Waffles at Di Ghent
   are waffle-y good!


3. Sugarama’s
   macarons packed
   in tin boxes make
   for sweet gifts


4. Oozing whiskey
   the All Things Jaipur
   bar will keep
   you warm in more
   ways than one
   (see Shopping)

Café linger over the coffee and the

Vitrine Waffles (` 410) coated with

wild berry compote almond shavings

and served with mascarpone and vanilla

ice cream gleaming with diabetes.

If you haven’t fully ballooned up

squeeze into hip Shahpur Jat’s Sugarama

Patisserie for little blobs of sugary

goodness. The Salted Caramel Belgian

Chocolate and Peanut Butter macarons

are delicious (` 70). If you’re having

trouble scarfing down all that sugar

get it together eat some chaat

and start over.

words alisha wadia

photographs vaibhav mehta

It’s impossible to go through the rains
without that Indian sweet staple the jalebi.
For a bizarre twist try Café Lota’s apple
jalebis – slivers of the fruit fried golden
crisp and served with coconut rabri
(` 140). They’re strangely moreish
and go well with a cup of Attikan coffee

a Chikmagalur roast (` 120). At spitting

distance from India Gate in the National

Crafts Museum it’s very atmospheric

in here with raindrops thrumming down

on the latticed bamboo-and-glass ceiling.

Be prepared to lose another chunk

of your day to the warm and wee confines

of The Artful Baker. Skip the millefeuille

and dive instead into the Monte Cristo

a concoction of Belgian chocolate and

hazelnut chocolate on a bed of almond

sponge (` 245). Also try the flaky buttery

croissant – you won’t waste a bit not even

the crumbs that fall onto your lap (` 75).

Besides it’s cheaper than going to France.

It’s also cheaper to go to Gurgaon

than Belgium for waffles. At Di Ghent

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