Sunday evenings at the Sharma household are a rather melancholic affair. Grim images of the harried hustle bustle endemic to Monday mornings and the prospect of spending yet another week confined within office cubicles buried under piles of work flash incessantly, leaving us in a state of utter despair. This time however, we decided to get a grip on matters and kick the blues in the guts.
A decadent six- layered chocolate fudge cake, dripping in raspberry sauce, studded with rich dark chocolate chips and flanked by strawberry halves was our answer to the tragedy that is Monday morning.
P.F Chang’s, one of our most frequented Chinese restaurants in Austin, Texas loyally whips up delicacies like Mahi-Mahi and crab fried rice to please our palates. What was not known to us till very recently was that it also offers some very delectable desserts to put the proverbial cherry on top of a good meal.
The Great Wall of Chocolate, true to its name, is a monstrous mountain of chocolate, ready to be vanquished by keen patrons. Six thick slices of rich chocolate cake are slathered most liberally with chocolate fudge and put together to create heaven on a plate. The chocolate fudge is perfectly sweetened such that it is neither sugary nor bland. With each mouthful, as a wonderful medley of chocolate and raspberry explodes in your mouth, all thoughts of calories, Monday morning blues, catastrophic workloads, a tyrannical supervisor etc go poof into thin air (and I say this out of personal experience).
Be warned though that it takes a person with mammoth capacity to finish one helping of this sinful treat. If you are small eaters like us, it would perhaps take two people almost two days to polish it off. Nevertheless, like a slice of happiness in a take-out box, it will find its place in your refrigerator and just the thought of it will bring good cheer to a tough day. As for me, each time I fish out the box and guiltily scoop spoonfuls into my eager mouth, I feel like breaking into a somersault and taking on the world…..that’s not bad for 8 dollars and 50 cents now, is it?
Preeti Sharma is an MBA from Symbiosis Institute of Management Studies and dabbles with creative writing. As she stepped into the hectic and mundane routine of corporate life, her writing became her stress buster. Her insatiable wanderlust and need for change prompt her to travel as much as possible.