What Is Your Favorite Restaurant Dessert?

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And I detest port. At least we can eat Ham & Cheese together though!

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I rarely order creme brulee in restaurants because they almost always fuck it up - usually by caramelizing the sugar in advance and letting it get soggy. I make my own because it’s easy.

I’ll generally get whatever looks creative if they have a real pastry chef, which is how I ended up with the lemon gelato and custard “pillows” at Al Forno in Providence. Still the best dessert I’ve ever eaten out.

If I had my druthers? '70 Fonseca with Stilton and either pears or apples.

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Savarin, oeufs a la neige [worship.gif]

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  1. creme brulee
  2. NY cheese cake
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Brown Butter Banana Tart from Herbsaint in NOLA

recipe here:
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caveat: I don’t even like dessert/sweet things but this dessert makes me swoon. Tres Leches too.

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Thai dessert: Mango, warm sticky rice, and coconut ice cream.

I like a lavender creme brulee too.

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Banana’s Foster! Made tableside and flaming. Tooo good. flirtysmile
Creme brulee.
Recently, I had the BEST slice of lemon meringue pie, which I normally don’t care for, at Gulfstream. To die for!
Warmed fruit pie with vanilla bean ice cream. Yum!!!

Why am I so hungry now?

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My initiation of creme brulee was in Paris (the one in France). I must admit I haven’t tasted its equal yet.

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I have had this, tremendous use of sugar for sure.

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We used to have an Italian restaurant in Yountville that made the best Tiramisu, I haven’t found one I like as well. Other than that, a warm bread pudding w/warm caramel sauce and a little Crème anglaise, just a bit underneath, also a good chocolate dessert but really depends on the restaurant.
Sometimes I will ask for a small chunk of chocolate & some raspberries to have w/my port.

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Carrie, the next time you’re in SoCal, let me know and I’ll direct you to a place with outstanding Tiramisu!

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direct me? If I’m there you better plan on being there too so I can bash you in person about your baseball team neener

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Deal - you better hurry down here while you’re still ahead of us in the standings! neener

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Depends on the restaurant, but I tend to like citrus-y desserts.

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All over desserts that are hot & cold (i.e. molten lava cake with a scoop of vanilla ice cream). Also into anything creamy like puddings and mousses. The chocolate souffle at Press in Napa is really, really good.

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Poppy,
Is that one of the desserts we had when we where there? I knew we had a chocolate dessert but couldn’t remember which one. Hopefully you’ll feel better soon so we can do it again.

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Huge fan of

Panna Cotta
Pot de Creme
Chocolate Semifreddo

also, as of late there is a restaurant group in the area, which has the greatest coconut creme pie ever…

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Which one? [He says hopefully.]

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A cheese course is a cheese course, no? Meant to be served before dessert (though I’ve attended a lunch of a mostly Aussie populated club that serves cheese after dessert)?

In any event, I’ve no sweet tooth either, but, unless I know for a fact that it is no good, if there is tarte Tatin or tarte citron/lemon merengue pie on a dessert menu, I will surely order it even just for a bite or two. The tarte Tatin because I love it, and the latter two more because they remind me of my late mother who used to bake them for us.

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I do enjoy a good Tres Leches every now and then.