Posts Tagged ‘dessert’

Anmitsu @ Sobaya

Tuesday, April 20th, 2010

Anmitsu

Sobaya is an authentic Japanese Teuchi Soba noodle restaurant in East Village. Soba is Japanese buckwheat noodles, and Teuchi means that noodles are hand-made at the restaurant. Sobaya is famous for its variety and authenticity of soba noodle dishes, but they offer other dishes and desserts as well.

Anmitsu is a popular Japanese dessert consisting agar jelly, sweet red bean paste, Shiratama (soft mochi ball), variety of fruits and often a scoop of ice cream. Pour some Kuromitsu (brown sugar syrup) over Anmitsu before eating!

229 East 9th St. New York, NY 10003
Phone: (212) 533-6966

http://www.sobaya-nyc.com

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Chocolate Hazelnut Torte @ Pastiche

Sunday, April 11th, 2010

Chocolate Hazelnut Torte – $5.95 (1 slice)

Creamy, but not thick hazelnut chocolate ganache is sandwiched by a light hazelnut sponge cake. The sponge cake is airy providing a nice bounce with each bite into the cake. Finished with a hazelnut buttercream on the outside. The lightness of the ganache doesn’t make you thirst desperately after eating it, but a nice cup of tea or warm milk goes well with it.

92 Spruce Street, Providence, RI 02903
Phone: (401) 861-5190

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Key Lime Pie @ RL (Ralph Lauren) Restaurant

Thursday, September 3rd, 2009

Key Lime Pie RL Ralph Lauren Restaurant

Key Lime Pie – $8.00 (lunch)

For those who enjoy the combination of sweet and sour pie, you can add this to your repertoire of dessert must-haves. The Key Lime Pie’s filling is sour topped with whipped cream and a relatively thick gingersnap crust. The crust was done soft enough for your spoon to gently scoop up both crust and filling in every bite.

115 E Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL
Phone: (312) 475 1100

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Macarons @ L.A. Burdick

Sunday, August 9th, 2009

Macarons LA Burdick

Macarons – $0.75 (each)

Often this French pastry gets confused with its American counterpart macaroon another sweet confectionery. L.A. Burdick is one of the few places in the Boston area that offers this yummy dessert. Although not the finest in the world, but definitely beats anything in Boston. It is basically sweet icing sugar sandwiched by chewy sweet almond cookies. The macarons come in a variety of flavors: ginger, chocolate, coffee, citrus, lavender, and raspberry. When I enjoy these cookies at this cafe, I prefer to enjoy a cup of tea to balance the sweetness of these macarons, personal preference.

52D Brattle Street, Cambridge, MA
Phone: (617) 491-4340

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Milk Chocolate Jasmine Sweet Tofu @ Kyotofu

Sunday, August 9th, 2009

Milk Chocolate Jasmine Sweet Tofu Kyotofu

Milk Chocolate Jasmine Sweet Tofu – $9.00

Kyotofu is a specialist at tofu as you may notice in the restaurant’s play of the word tofu in its name. The restaurant’s dessert selection was my main motivator to seek out this unique destination. Their Milk Chocolate Jasmine Sweet Tofu is a delicate blend of Jasmine infused sweeten tofu and a soft gelatinous form of milk chocolate. The two quintessential  mixtures are layered together and still separated in a glass cup on a cold plate with genmai shortbread cookies. Extremely light and satisfying dessert for those who don’t want overdo. Tofu as a dessert is fairly common in Chinese cuisine, but at this Japanese fusion restaurant, they definitely take tofu to the next level.

705 9th Avenue, New York, NY
Phone: (212) 974-6012

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Banana Mille-feuille @ Asana at Mandarin Oriental

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009

Banana Mille-Feuille Asana Mandarin Oriental

Banana Mille-feuille

This French dessert is made with soft crispy pastry sandwiching banana and a sweet cream in a repeating pattern. On top of all the goodness is a scoop of vanilla bean ice cream with actual grainy vanilla bean  still apparent. The sweet cream and banana mixture is also cool in temperature giving you an all encompassing experience.

776 Boylston Street, Boston, MA
Phone: (617) 535-8800

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Cupcakes @ Kickass Cupcakes

Tuesday, July 14th, 2009

Cupcakes Kickass Cupcakes

Cupcakes – $2.75 each
Top Left Clockwise: Green Monster, Super Chocolate, Bananarama, Red Velvet, Movie Matinee, and Lucky Cupcake

Cupcakes from this interestingly named vendor are made with all natural ingredients for those more health conscious individuals. They claimed to use no preservatives, artificial flavors, hydrogenated oils, and trans fat. The cupcakes from Kickass Cupcakes are the most innovative in the Boston area. The mental assurance of more-healthy ingredients sure makes you feel better after eating one or two of these.

Note: Kickass Cupcakes has limited edition cupcakes that change every so often.

Ltd. Edition Green Monster – Chocolate cupcake with a chocolate beer ganache center and Sam Adams Cream Stout frosting
Super Chocolate – Chocolate brownie cupcake topped with bittersweet chocolate ganache and covered with chocolate shavings
Lucky Cupcake – luscious lemon cupcake with white chocolate buttercream and candied ginger, comes with a fortune
www.kickasscupcakes.com

378 Highland Avenue, Somerville, MA
Phone: (617) 628-2877

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Crepes Suzette @ RL (Ralph Lauren) Restaurant

Monday, July 13th, 2009

Crepes Suzette RL Ralph Lauren

Crepes Suzette – $10.00

A thin and chewy crepe with sweet tangerine hot sauce, powdered sugar, and whip cream. The sauce is a made from liqueur, caramelized sugar, and some orange derivative, typically orange juice.  The final steps of preparation for this dessert is done in front of you where the sweet liquid concoction is lit on fire while the sauce is slowly poured onto your Crepes Suzette.

115 E Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL
Phone: (312) 475 1100

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Crème Brûlée @ RL (Ralph Lauren) Restaurant

Monday, July 13th, 2009

Creme Brulee RL Ralph Lauren

Crème Brûlée – $6.00

The dessert is made with bourbon-Madagascar vanilla with a few raspberries and blackberries. The custard has an extremely rich vanilla taste and it is still very airy. The caramelized crust is thin enough for you to break the crust into small pieces for every bite.

115 E Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL
Phone: (312) 475 1100

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Chocolate Souffle @ Sakagura

Monday, July 6th, 2009

Chocolate Souffle Sakagura

Chocolate Souffle – $7.00

The hard-to-make Chocolate Souffle has raspberry sauce and vanilla ice cream to accompany it. It has a crispy crust on top and filling chocolate cream mixture on the bottom. The preferable way to eat this is to break the souffle crust on top and pour the raspberry sauce in and dig into Chocolate Souffle with the vanilla ice cream.

Basement 1, 211 East 43rd Street, New York,  NY
Phone: (212) 953-7253

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