Their tag line catches your attention and the yummy custards make you happy!
Fruit Salad Custard and Gulkand Custard
Café de Custard is an interesting cafe in Kothrud near MIT College with variety of tasty custards with few other snacks as well. Though decor is minimal with few polycarbonate tables and chairs, the food more than makes up for lack of plush ambiance. The cafe is air-conditioned, so it is comfortable on summer days as you enjoy your desserts there.
Back to the menu, the custards are quite reasonably priced and they are very beautifully presented as well. They are great VFM, in fact - they are great desserts anyway!
Among their custards, we tried Fruit Salad Custard and their newly launched Gulkand Custard (not on the menu yet)and they both turned out quite delicious. Fruit Salad Custard with its beautiful presentation, lots of fruits and Gulkand Custard with its heavenly taste, I was a bit concerned that it would turn out too sweet, but it was just perfect!
Tempting Fruit Salad Custard
We also tried Devilled Mushroom and Schezpaneer sandwiches and Green Apple Ice Tea there. The tea was little bland and diluted but both the sandwiches were really tasty and had the right amount of filling in them. Loved the sandwiches as well! However, after watching the beautiful custards, I was expecting equally beautiful presentation for custards as well - but we were a bit disappointed, we just got 2 grilled triangles of sandwiches and a bottle of ketchup! I hope they can add some salad - maybe lettuce, cucumber, tomato slices and a nice dip with their sandwiches to make them equally attractive. The sandwiches are quite tasty themselves, but better presentation will make them more attractive to the customers. I hope they take this feedback and make the changes soon.
The Café de Custard is run by young and hospitable Pratik who can help you to select the right custard to suit you mood. I had a brief chat with him about the menu, and he mentioned that he is not allowed to have Gas Stove there yet, and that is putting some restrictions on the menu items he can offer. I hope it gets resolved soon so that they can offer more tasty dishes there.
Overall, a nice and innovative cafe with some really delicious custards and snacks! Definitely worth visiting if you're in Kothrud, or if you're a real foodie - worth visiting for its custards from anywhere in Pune!
Overall rating - 4/5 (Everything factored in, food is the winner!).
