Review: The COCOA Room
The innovative masterminds behind Kuwait’s most successful food joints a la Burger boutique, Slider Station and Open Flame Kitchen invited p0ach to their latest creation, THE COCOA ROOM.
The COCOA Room is an extension to SLIDER STATION, they serve desserts/sweets/chocolaty dishes ALSO Exclusive salty menu – You’ll see the dishes below.
My review has non dessert dishes too – why ? well because these dishes might show up in Slider Station/Burger Boutique or Open Flame Kitchen as NEW NEW NEW items on the menu. However, the desserts are ALL part of THE COCO ROOM. *PSSST – A birdy just told me that the salty dishes you’ll see below are part of the COCOA ROOM exclusively*
I threw that line in just to make sure ya’ll don’t get confused & twisted.
The place was too dark for me to snap pics that pleases you guys – I did my best.
*HEAVY POST – BE PATIENT*
The Atmosphere
Intimate. I don’t care what you think, the place screams intimacy/Closure/Private Talk/Hush down-grab-me-later conversations. Dark, low down, rough edges, throw-me-over-there divan/sofa/settee, candles float on tables, feathers, wood, metal glide by as you reach your table. I dont know why music is always attached to my brain cells, when I was there, all I could think of was J’s “thats the way love goes”
Exclusive, thats how you feel. Although you semi-hear people/glasses and dishes somehow mingling from across the room – these sounds – barely have anything to do with you. You are in another room, another atmosphere. Figuratively and literally speaking.
You feel exclusive because you are in a secluded room while all the heat – boys and girls out there – are looking down on you from above – in a good way though. They want your place.
Its beautiful how deep the seats are. Its like your’s sheltered/away/taken from what’s out there, finally having the time to really sit down and honestly focus on whats infront of you.
In my humble opinion, I kept wondering, why would there be a Red-Indian Chief up there on the wall ? What is the purpose ? My friends went with an artistic view, they think an indian chief represents heritage. I disagree, I thought his presence is soulful – thats how the food was – full of escapism and thats how it should be. A huge part of visiting any joint revolves around a “lets get away from it all” perspective. Thats how I see it. Most importantly, thats how I felt.
Dress Code
You know how some places flame popularity for a while then die down ? Slider Station is the exact opposite. I like to call it THE HOOK UP.
Now don’t get me wrong, its just filled with heated madness when people are in question.
Since food is affordable by all, you’ll see folks from all walks of life with maybe a hint of maturity.
Ladies were very los-angeles/laid-back/let me look at you for a while shades/independent/Destiny’s Child “I don’t think your ready for this jelly” trainings/”I know you but way3a don’t say hii” attitude to each other – see I loved that. I love to see that happening from a distance.
Boys are much calmer, their eyes speak/take orders and focus, then double focus on objects that are not necessarily food items, yet edible.
Some lads act all stubborn, they cant handle the heat, that hair flip and definitely those shoes. They drown in their blackberries trying to find a contact to talk to just to destress – hell – some come with panadol extras shoved in their cars – heart ache heart ache heart ache – diktoor 3alijnee mess.
On a serious note, go casual smart. Thats what most people go by.
Interior details
Food
Starters
Flat Bread
Phuket Salad
Shooting Stars
Bacon Wrapped Shrims
Southern Fried Chicken
Veal Rosti
Main dishes
Dinamite Hot Dogs
Bangkok On Fire
Purple Gnocchi
Red Spaghetti
The American
P0ach’s Favorite startes:
- Flat Bread, we all loved it.
- Phuket Salad, one of the best most unique tastes that graced my tongue. SPICY.
- Veal Rosti, I told Mr.Rahoul to keep it next to me, never ever take it away from me, EVER ! LOVED IT !
P0ach’s Favorite Main Dishes:
- Bangkok On Fire. *sigh* – What can I say ? Grilled, spicy, tender with a hint of coconut splashed on the side, why ?? why do you do this to me ? why ? Do you think I have no feelings ? not human ? why ? i just ,, I just cant ,, I .. i
Red Spaghetti – My friends loved it and thought its the highlight of all the dishes. Not my case, however, variety is beautiful.
The American, this burger is delicious. It has a southern, home-made feel to it, juicy patty, gracious fresh toppings, perfect just perfect. I wonder how it’ll be like if it went low carb. HEAVENLY.
Dessert
C.M.P Monday
Fondue Pops
Oreo Crusted Molten
Red Velvet Pancake
Doughnut Holes
Nutella Souffle
P0ach’s Favorite Desserts:
Fondue Pops – I love how this piece was displayed, uber artistic and people, it has GOLD in it. Dip the pops in coco, you’ll never know what’s in there, sometimes its Mango, Strawberries, keep guessing, my favorite so far is the WHITE CHOCOLATE POP with GOLD on top.
Oreo Crusted Molten – PERFECT.
Red Velvet Pancake – My friends loved this dish the most, they were fighting over the last piece till I interfered and ate the last bit. Now you know what happened – all hell rose up – Then again, We were all high after that sky rocket sugar intake, our brains, bodies and laughs were so high we didnt even mind doing a bit of this
Overall
We all had a beautiful experience. We ran away from reality to another world for a while. The atmosphere was all I needed to shift my mind set off of work and cluttered material in me.
The joint, no doubt, a future hot spot with a beautiful success before it even officially opens, I know this because friends who were with me, all come from different backgrounds and for them to receive it as well as they did gives me a pretty good idea on how things will shape up here.
This place should be called the “Baby Maker” cuz thats what it does. Natural fertilizer, if the chocolate does not do it, the atmosphere does.
The TEAM
THANK YOU
You guys have been beyond generous, I have no words to describe your kind hospitality. Bless you all.
Contact
Slider Station – Sea Side.
COCO ROOM is not open for the public yet.
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- Bangkok On Fire
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- Purple Gnocchi
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- Red Spaghetti
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- The American
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- C.M.P Monday
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- Fondue Pops
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- Oreo Crusted Molten
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- Red Velvet Pancake
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- Doughnut Holes
Awesome review! Thanks, P0ach ;D
Can’t wait to try Bangkok On Fire! *drools*
Bitawfeeq inshallah to the entire B+F, Slider Station, OFK and Coco Room team! Ya36eekom alf 3afya for all your great work. Minha w lila3la inshallah
Well Well Well, look who passed by ! Oh and that bangkok BANGS !
You were so high when you wrote the dress code part!!
”I know you but way3a don’t say hii” < THIS! +1!! yebt-ha thab6!!
Food: I only went to slider station once, ma3endi ay fekra 3an their dessert bs fe nas wayed emda7aw something… but I dont remember what it is!
Haha! trust me I toned it down as much as I could, I mean i really really did ;P
Dally’s pudding is what they recommended for sure. It takes 15 minutes to prep up, 3ajeeb ;D
LOL I know you did! Sheft eljaw 3endhom.
Ymken, it could be Dally’s pudding. Yabelah wallah ajarba alkhames
hahaha ;P
lama you try it, lemme know how it goes ok ? ta7arash fenee ib twitter ;P
Khala9 inshallah at7arash feek when Im there
*wink*
@p0ach when does it open!? It looks amazing!
im not sure yet, but it will very very soon ;D
@ilmoonz Hey monmon – very soon – i’ll inform you guys when it does ;D
@p0ach
too bad I can’t have them cause I’m not in Kuwait …. Damn that Oreo crusted molten looks good!!
look at the bright side, its not open yet, by the time your’e here you’ll know all the famous dishes, so you dine bil best bits 3ala 6ool ;P #guaranteed ;P
@ONE4ALSARRAF OREO = to die for
Fly in the sky is that enough !? , god bless you and your lovely creations , best of luck all mangments and staff of obf , slider and coco room , and i have to say i love it p0ach , and really I’m shocked on the way you write it ًI need to go Now !!
, you deserve an Oscar on that review , ya36eek el 3afyaa
HAHA – awwww ur too kind Mohammed – really pleased you liked it ;D THANK YOU !!
Abdallllllaaaaaahhhh ;”"”"(((((
I hateee youuuuuuu !!!! Why dont you take me for once to try sumethin’ with uuuu???? Im dying nowww okaayyy?? I wanttt Nutella Souffle nooooww !!!! Amazinng revieww ;****
Halla, Halla walla oo ghalla – Nawwar Nawwar // Sorry cant take you ma3ay – itghasheen 3alainaa o 7altich 7ala ;P
oh my, the desserts….
AMAzing stuff and wonderful presentation
the veal kan 5ayaaal 5ayaaaaaaal and the purple potato nioki is out of this world !
awafiqqq 3000% 3ala el veal. I dont know – was it the melting potatoes ? dont know what it was – it was just perfect !
perfect indeed, everything is mouthwatering. luckily the seating was comfortable and there are pillows 7ag ilsad7a after all this scrumptious food
HAHAHA saadoo7 ;P
RT @p0ach: Review: The COCO Room http://www.p0ach.com/2011/01/11/review-t… @sliderstation @dally77
;D
khayaleeee 3ad el 3obed e3zemnaa eshda3waaaa :****
awal ma yeftaaa7 inroo7 yemee3 killina ;D
@p0ach thanks for the review. No one can write a review with humour as much as you do ! p.s. it will be shut down briefly for expansion
@SliderStation AWWW thank you guys – glad you liked it ;D
I loved your review!
Do you know when it will officially open to the public?
I “laughed out loud” at the dress code part
THANK YOU MAY ! – im not sure when it’ll open up officially – however, i guess its soon.
Haha – trust me I toned it down. Glad you found it entertaining ;P
Inshalla soon!
You’re always pleasantly entertaining to us.
THANK YOU ! your’e too kind !
7araaam 3alaik wili msawy rijeem shthanbaa
Yasbir awo ikharbi6 shway ;P
purple and gnocchi together how cool is that, im so gonna try it. thanks for the review :thumbup:
Yeah it was pretty new to me
heheheh it cant be better than that .. I called my husbad, told him to check out the post and told him they have purple gnocchi what do you think is happening to me right now?
he said ” DIE ” ala Rachel Zoe
Thanks god my testing session is on this SATURDAY Wohoooooooooooo
Will try that and tell you about it in details.
MAN, WHAT A POST !!!!
EYE POPING, MOUTH DROPPING plus my heart is aching. i wish my stomach is as big as my room so that i can eat it all at once. i know fsha7a bs the way you presented it and the pics… OH MY *faints*
HAHAHA glad you liked it 3aisha hanim ;P Im really pleased ;D
great post!!!! pissed that you didnt take me, instead marait 3ala baitna 3ayabt oo drove off ;p
but this phrase:
“Boys are much calmer, their eyes speak/take orders and focus, then double focus on objects that are not necessarily food items, yet edible.”
actually made me laugh!!! hahaha keep up the amazing work!!! true critique which makes every man/womens mouth water… and im using that in a clean minded way!!! haha
See baby *sigh* trust me I toned it down as much as I can HAHA!
AWWWW im so glad you liked it, means alot – coming from you – almighty-ILOVEMYSELF-Sulaiman ;D haha
Abdulla I have some questions .. what is your email?
Hey there Sara, check the contact section, send me your msg ;D
oooo can’t wait can’t wait!! c’mon Saturday
how was your experience ? ;D
Killish killish maa eshaaweg, w killish ma yaw3ni :s
mashallla SHAKLA FI3LAN 3AJEEB!
Thank you Nizakah for dropping by ;D
First of all madreee shasaaaaweeeeee akooookeeeees wellaaaaa assaaaweee shaaaqlaabaaa bel air wellaaaa WHAT :hammer
Thaneeyaaaaaan take om anmaaaaar for dinner 3ashan e66eb Anmar bel chocolate o naaakeeeeelhaaaaa :supermaho
DOOOODDAAAA !!!!! MISSS YOU !!!!
oh! i missed this post, can’t wait till its officially open!!!! sounds KHA6EEEEEEEEEER!!!! yumyum! bel3afya, and i trust ur taste in food, after trying some restaurants because of ur previous restaurants reviews about it.
I rarely read reviews! urs is fun fun fun! i actually felt i was there..I’d like to add something, i heard somewhere that the Indians are the first to use Cacao as a sour drink or medicine I’m not sure. We’ll have to look into it.
Can’t wait to try it!
Wow wow wow!!! Great post, great job! You really made me wanna try it for Futoor/su7oor although I just ate and I’m full!!! LOOKS DELISH!