Monday 01 / July / 2024
The Chocolate Room is a well-known and well-loved dessert destination here in Oman, and this week the Hi team headed over to have our editorial lunch meeting there and to sample the new Lindt Chocolate Festival menu (available through the end of November). Decadence was the name of the game in this over-the-top menu of five desserts and four luscious drinks featuring world-class Swiss chocolate made by the famous Lindt chocolatier company, which has been making chocolate since it was founded in 1845. It was a hard job, but we tried each-and-every dessert to help you choose. — hiweekend@timesofoman.com
Mobin’s Pick: Lindt Trifle
The delicious Lindt Trifle is perfect for sharing, with tasty layers of fresh berries in raspberry sauce, vanilla sponge cake, and Lindt chocolate mousse are topped with crunchy cookie crumbs for a trifle that is at another level indulgence. OMR3.500
Salim’s Pick: Lindt Cookie Shots
Let’s start by saying that I’m a sucker for cookies and chocolate, and at this cocoa palace, I found a dessert that combines both perfectly. Cookie shots, as the name suggests, are firm-yet-delicate, crumbly cookie cups filled with hot, melted Lindt dark chocolate and caramel syrup, served alongside a scoop of premium vanilla ice cream. Although savouring it might get messy, it is an unparalleled delight. OMR2.500
Gautam’s Pick: Lindt Brownie Sundae
There are ice cream sundaes, and then there is the Lindt Brownie Sundae, which is a totally next-level kind of dessert. From the gooey, fudgy brownies at the bottom of the bowl to the wispy, delicious whipped cream spire at its top, the sight of this fantastic treat made my inner child react with glee. Every bite of chocolatey, creamy yumminess—brownie-on-ice cream-on whipped cream—was punctuated by a swirl of chocolate sauce and a generous sprinkling of crushed nuts, in what might be the best brownie sundae in Oman. OMR 3.500
Shruthi’s Pick: Lindt Layer Cake
What would a cloud in a chocolate wonderland taste like? It’ll probably taste like this Lindt chocolate cake, or so I hope. This is possibly my most favourite item on the Chocolate Room’s Lindt Chocolate Festival menu. It is a spongy multi-layered cake that will innocently lure you towards it, even if you’ve overeaten and don’t have space left in your tummy for even a drop of water. Three layers of banana-Lindt chocolate sponge, yummilicious mousse, and chocolate cream are topped-off with luscious ganache for a melt-in-the-mouth sugar rush. OMR 2.000
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Ashish’s Pick: Lindt Divine Pancakes
A stack of dark chocolate pancakes are topped with fresh strawberries, chocolate sticks, and served with strawberry ice-cream and Lindt chocolate sauce for an amazing chocolate twist on a classic comfort food. OMR3.000
Swati’s Pick: Lindt Zesty Orange
Lindt Zesty Orange is a chocolate milk shake with a hint of orange, orange zest, and topped with velvety whipped cream. This smooth, cool chocolaty drink is deliciously sweet, and the flavours of the bittersweet dark chocolate give it a level of flavour sophistication. OMR2.400
Ashish’s Pick: Lindt Caramel Delight
A real thick shake made by blending a half slab of pure chocolate with ice-cream and caramel sauce before being topped with whipped cream and a piece of chocolate. This drink is heavy, filling, and worth drooling over. A meal by itself. OMR2.400
Lindt Mocha Latte
Small OMR 1.700/ Large OMR 1.900
Signature Lindt Hot Chocolate
Small OMR 1.900/ Large OMR2.100
Go Get Your Chocolate-On:
The Chocolate Room
Locations: Mirbat Tower 1, Ghubra; Oasis Mall in Al Khuwair
Contact: +968 2449 9922 (Ghubra); +968 9933 0247 (Oasis Mall)
Online: thechocolateroomoman.om;
Instagram and Facebook - thechocolateroomoman
Hours: 11am till midnight weekdays; 11am till 1am on weekends
