With a bar-style seating, sexy purple walls and seriously super electronic beats, the brand new Kalypso is a coffee house for grownups, we thought. Until our coffee arrived, that is: milky and overwhelmingly sweet, it reminded us of the special treat our mums made us when we were little and had the sniffles.

Occupying a miniscule outside section – it’s practically a sidewalk cafe- of tiny restaurant Asia Wok, Kalypso offers a limited coffee selection and a showcase stocked with dessert  as well a few pre-packed sandwiches. From next week, you’ll also be able to order from the salad and momo menu, and a dubious sounding selection of “farsan” – samosas, dal kachori and aloo tikki. Why?

Macchiatos with Mood Swings

We got there early enough to grab two of the three seats at the mini bar, which is obviously not designed for lingering.  Inexplicably, the two cappuccinos we ordered tasted completely different – one was too sweet, the other watery. Accompanying these were a not-so-cold cold coffee and corn-spinach and chicken tikka sandwiches. The former was surprisingly fresh – as fresh as a pre-packed coffee chain sandwich can be – bursting with bitter spinach and sweet corn, and making for a delish oxymoron. The chicken tikka filling was disappointingly lacklustre.

Four Me? Why, Thank You

The inexpensive and interesting dessert was predictably, the best part of our meal. Unfortunately, Kalypso was all out of the yummy-looking blueberry cheesecake we spied here last weekend and cute Tiny Little Chocolate Cakes from the specials board. Amply making up for these was warm and gooey Chocolate Fudge and a deliciously elaborate four tiered dessert flaunting a vanilla top, slim pineapple sponge cake, cream and chocolate cake base. Four stars!

Take a Wok

Even as we write this hours after our departure, the taste of pineapple and chocolate lies on our tongues, and we hope that Kalypso grows up soon, offering a larger selection of their delish desserts,  leaving this (taro) nest and moving into a space of its own. And while they’re at it, make that coffee black.

Getting there: Kalypso Coffee Bar, outside section of Asia Wok, Gagangiri apartments, off Carter Road, Bandra W (second branch at Link Road, Malad), call 65255447, Rs 200 for two.