July 3 : Chocolate has always been the sweet note at the end of a meal. This World Chocolate Day, Fabelle reimagines that idea entirely, weaving cocoa through an entire dining experience rather than saving it for last.
At Ottimo, ITC Royal Bengal, guests are invited into an exclusive seven-course Cocoa Journey from 4th to 7th July 2026 — a limited-edition menu that carries chocolate well beyond dessert and into the realm of contemporary fine dining. Designed for the curious and discerning, each course pairs premium cocoa with seasonal ingredients, artisanal technique and unexpected combinations: think Marinated Burrata topped with Dark Chocolate Curls, Beet Carpaccio finished with a White Chocolate Drizzle, a Jerusalem Artichoke Soup deepened with dark chocolate, Homemade Fettuccine with a Dark Chocolate Crumble and the experience’s signature closing act, the Fabelle Cocoa Trail. Select courses also offer non-vegetarian alternatives, allowing guests to personalise their journey.
Every course is composed to reveal a different mood of chocolate—bold in one moment, delicate and quiet in the next—so the flavour unfolds gradually rather than arriving all at once.
“World Chocolate Day gave us a chance to imagine cocoa beyond dessert,” says Chef Darshani Harikrishna. “Across this seven-course journey at Ottimo, we have paired chocolate with unexpected ingredients—savoury, spiced, even smoky—letting its versatility shine. Each course reveals a different mood of chocolate: bold, delicate, surprising. It is not just an ending anymore; it is the entire story.”
That philosophy runs through the entire menu, transforming what could have been a single indulgent dessert into a thread that connects every course, quietly present in the background or boldly stepping forward, depending on the moment.
This World Chocolate Day, settle in for a menu that treats chocolate not as a finishing touch, but as the story running through the entire meal.