I am not a big dessert person. In fact I am not a big fan of sweets in general. I get my sugar from things like sweet tea. However, occasionally I feel like getting dessert when I go out to a nice meal. My choices are almost always the same. If there is something involving apple or pear that is probably first. Next is probably something like creme brulee. After that maybe some other fruit concoction (minus banana or coconut which I abhor). And after that, much farther down on the list are things like chocolate, peanut butter, etc. (unless I have had the place’s dessert and it rocks).
Long story short . . . what do you guys like? Why?
My go to is usually creme brulee with a selection of fresh berries, pots de creme or an assortment of cheeses. I most always finish with a bottle of sauternes so these selections work well for my tastes.
Seldom order dessert - unless there’s bread pudding or panna cotta on the menu, both of which which I find nigh impossible to resist. Also a bit of a sucker for the unusual-to-bizarre, like the (Japanese fermented) red bean (paste) ice cream at Repast or the black (Forbidden) rice pudding at Shaun’s.
I’m with you on the dessert at Repast Bob. MF has some excellent desserts as well. Lisa is a very gifted pastry chef. I really love the black sesame/green tea ice cream parfait thingie she does.
If neither of those are on the dessert menu I find it very easy to pass on dessert (I don’t have much of a sweet tooth, but do have an insatiable salt tooth). If either of those are on the dessert menu, it’s virtually impossible for me to pass. I like that both of these options aren’t heavy, and I am a sucker for vanilla.
I’ll join the crowd and also nominate a well-done cheese plate. Some restaurants really get into putting together nice selections of cheeses, whether from local farms & dairys or imported, and I almost always like to finish a meal like that.
Big sweet tooth here but not a chocolate fan. Baked Alaska or Bananas Foster or Pineapple Upsidedown Cake or Bread Pudding or well-made Souffle will all get my attention.
Best desert I’ve had in a good while are some hazelnut meringue cookie jobbers with burnt caramel and seasalt gelatto enjoyed with Madeira or Vin Santo.
Regularly on the menu at Perbacco. If it sounds at all good to you, do yourself a favor and try it. Two people can split it it, not too big, and damn, it’s that fucking good.
It used to be stuff like Chocolate Souflee, or crepes w nutella and strawberries. But then last year I had really good flan, and now that has become my favorite… And before I used to despise flan. It was life-changing flan! Go figure.
Also, am a fan of specialty ice creams. There’s a restaurant that makes their own Caramel/ Fleur de Sel ice cream, and another that makes Spearmint Ice Cream with Vanilla bean. Pretty awesome.
Whatever they have that goes with Sauternes.
Creme Brulee and cheese are usually my go-tos too.
Parcel 104 used to do an awesome tapioca pudding that went well too.
I am not a Sauturnes guy. I would rather have Port or a dessert wine from somewhere like Austria or Germany. And any of those in lieu of dessert honestly.