Hyderabadi Cuisine is famous for its rich Heritage and had developed over the years under the Nawabs of Hyderabad. The cuisine has borrowed a lot of influences from Mughal, Turkish, Arab and Telugu and Marathwada cuisines.

The Madras Pavillion at the ITC Grand Chola has an ongoing showcase of the 'Hyderabadi Ghizaayat' for a week ending the 1st of September as a part of the lunch and Dinner Buffet.

I have listed out the dishes I had a dekko at during my visit to the Madras Pavillion.

Desserts
Kaddu ka kista (Bottle gourd cooked with clarified butter)
Anjeer ki kheer
Sabut khubani ( Stewed dried Apricots)
​Rabdi

Chef Sandeep was kind enough to explain the dishes and the history behind most of them. One of the interesting take aways from the festival was that there were plenty of options for the Vegetarians too as I was always under the misconception that Hyderabadi Cuisine is an exclusively Non vegetarian affair.

The fetival is on till the 1st of September and is available as a dinner buffet and is priced at Rs.2200 plus taxes.

Fabelle the exclusive Chocolate boutique at the ITC Grand Chola turns ONE this week and I was there as a part of the celebrations. 
They have created a few exclusive desserts for the anniversary which I tasted.

We were first served with a Fabelle Platter which consisted of ...
​•Madagascar  chocolate sour cherry mousse
•Parmesan short bread
•Mendiants ( dark chocolate squares with pecan nuts
apricots, pistachios and charoli nuts

We were served a couple of Entremets

Dulcey Almond Crunch
Caramelised white chocolate crème balanced with an exotic caramel coulis and an 84% ganache

Madagascar Espresso Sphere
Single origin 67% Madagascar chocolate paired with espresso gelee on a cocoa crisp

We were then served a beverage Mint cooler which consisted of Mint infused  dark chocolate beverage paired with chocolate chip cookies

Finally we were served with the Plated Dessert 'Show Stopper' 64% Dark Ghana Terrarium which was made up of 64% Dark Ghana cremeux paired with lychee confit and cocoa almond crunch

Fabelle has never disappointed with its Offerings. They have an excellent range of entremets, Plated Desserts and 'Take Away' offerings. 

Deepthi Joji the Pastry Chef was kind enough to run us through the offerings. 

The special Anniversary menu is on for a couple of days.