Tree of Treats, a weekend dwelling cafe situated at Kowdiar, Thiruvananthapuram, involves life at 5 on Friday evenings. The fairy lights wrapped across the identify board, patio furnishings organized on the entrance porch, and wobbly puddings soaked in sauce or coated in toasted coconut welcome clients to this makeshift eatery.
The place is an extension of Treesa Joy and Arun Antony’s dwelling. If you pay attention rigorously, you possibly can hear three-year-old Anthoy as he runs across the residence.
Arun and Anthoyi at Tree of Treats
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The night cafe, as Treesa describes it, started in July, 4 years after she began a takeaway service solely for puddings. “Initially, we sold puddings just on the weekends and then we hired an employee to meet the demand during weekdays,” says Treesa, who can be a full-time company worker.
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Her resolution to arrange puddings, whereas staying away from the “baking trend,” has an emotional motive. “I am from Ponkunnam in Kottayam. At home, we used to serve puddings to our guests, especially caramel pudding, which my mom made often. She passed away in 2020. She was a very hospitable lady and with Tree of Treats, I feel her presence,” says Treesa, who was not notably fond of cooking earlier.
Puddings accessible at Tree of Treats
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The Tree of Treats menu has caramel pudding, tender coconut pudding, and sticky toffee pudding. They additionally put together ginger-lime concentrates and brownies, on pre-order.
The puddings are offered in two portion sizes, 100ml and 500ml, with costs ranging from ₹65. The substances are regionally sourced, and Treesa is helped by two workers. Around 20 litres of every pudding are made each day.
The tender coconut pudding, topped with bits of toasted coconut, at the moment sells like scorching truffles. Gelatin is used because the setting agent to offer slight firmness to the pudding. The jiggle of the pudding in the spoon is adopted by a delicate style of tender coconut and slight crunch from the toasted coconut crumbs. “I made the tender coconut pudding for the first time on my first wedding anniversary in June 2020,” says Treesa with a smile.
Tender coconut pudding from Tree of Treats
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The sticky toffee pudding, which has sticky, date cake soaked in caramel sauce, topped with a scoop of vanilla ice cream, can be standard. The ice cream with the moist cake make for the proper chunk. “I prepare this cake, while the other desserts are made without my supervision sometimes,” says Treesa, who joins her workers in the kitchen earlier than logging in for work and jumps again in proper after obligation.
Sticky toffee pudding topped with vanilla ice cream from Tree of Treats
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“I don’t have a sweet tooth,” says Treesa, who makes use of Arun to check out her “experiments”. “He was working in Bengaluru before he moved to Thiruvananthapuram. He helps with the business side of the cafe, and his move is what allowed us to start a dine-in facility,” says Treesa.
“I want to introduce fruit salads and other fruit concentrates in our menu; we also plan to look at sugar-free dessert options moving forward,” says Treesa. She provides, “Ultimately, we aim at a small outlet of our own, where takeaway and dine-in are possible.”
Tree of Treats is open from Friday to Sunday. Time: 5pm to 10pm. Contact: 9169666866
