Velvet café & gallery, Dežmanova ulica 9.
As this previous week was filled with work and got me somewhat
tired (better try: like a lot!) just the way I like it (maybe even more than
that), adding the fact that Saturday doesn't mean that work is done, I'm
reminiscing about my last week which had its later half in relaxing, enjoying
and most of all, eventful tone. Just last Saturday morning I've met with my
friend with intention of trying off newly opened vegan place in Zagreb. We got
quite disappointed when we came there and saw that they had only one, still
frozen, cake in display and only one piece of another cake ready to be served.
Outrageous and sad because there is nothing worse than
hoping for some kind of food and not getting it, in this case not trying it
out, we decided to go for a coffee, preferably good one. As we were already
downtown we wanted something near. Just like that, thought hit us: we weren't
at the Velvet café for so long.
Velvet is one of the most authentic places in Zagreb
for so many reasons. Maybe I haven’t seen so many places, but as far as I did,
this declaration stands. First of all, there is its location. Still very close
to all the fuss of the city, but still secluded too. As soon as you take a turn
to Dežmanova Street, you enter another world. All the noise lowers down and just
a few steps further you see green landscapes. On the house number 9 you reach
our destination. You’ll notice two entrances, one to the café and another to a
gallery, the difference is almost irrelevant to you as a customer for coffee
and cake since both places hold both. First space is sort of simple and bright,
while the second is somewhat darker and with more decorative details, but both
with special atmosphere.
Then, there is terrace practically around the corner,
in function only during spring, summer and early autumn days. Light green
tables with flowers on top, old concrete stairs and nature… give me the same
feeling I catch up from watching pictures of French cafes, maybe that’s why I sympathize
this place so much.
One more thing that differentiates the Velvet from
other places is that they don’t serve instant coffees, but do provide white
coffees with flavors such as almond, hazelnut, toffee, coconut…
Interesting enough, even though we came for a coffee
we decided upon a cake. We never had a cake there before and the cakes are the
only reason why you might want to take a second glance as which of their two
spaces to choose (besides the different interior, that are both lovely so I don’t
think you’d mind ending up at either) since they carry out different types of
cakes.
As we haven’t had a cake in mind when we came, we
situated on terrace and were ready to order coffee but somehow the cake slipped
in our order too.
Raspberry cake with oats could be your sole reason to
come there for the first time and again. Coffee was nice (since I tried out
Elis, no other can compare so I won’t go into it any further), and I like how
they serve it with brown sugar (although I take my coffee without it) and a
biscuit. It’s nice and thoughtful, makes me feel more welcome.
Once we finished that first cake we thought about the
other two displayed and we had to try them out too.
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| Lemon&Orange cake |
This is the lemon-orange zest cake and is one of the
best cakes I’ve ever tried, no doubt. So soft, light and tasty.
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| Chocolate cake with orange |
This one is chocolate cake with orange and as
delicious it is, it might have a bit too strong flavor for my liking, but other
than that it was good.
I was really delighted with the offer of cakes (along
with everything else) so once again, I can’t wait to go back there. Due to my
overstretched schedule I guess it’ll have to wait. There are other places only
waiting for my first visit! However, the next time I’m around and in need of a
good cake in unique surroundings, I’ll certainly go to Velvet.
A.
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