Showing posts with label desserts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label desserts. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Monday, January 9, 2012
Jacques Genin
The perfect breakfast in Paris: chocolate eclair, espresso, fruit pates at Jacques Genin. And chocolates to go.
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Boulangerie Eric Kayser
The pastries at Boulangerie Kayser are my hands-down favorite. The chocolate-filled, sugar coated beignet didn't last long enough for a photo; the pan au chocolate had a rich dark chocolat and the right amount of flakiness.
Friday, December 23, 2011
Monvinic
If you're going to Barcelona, go to Monvinic. The space is gorgeous, the cutlery brass, the food amazing. Amuse bouche of avocado gazpacho with crispy fish.
Truffled foie gras terrine with flowers.
Pumpkin soup with pumpkin crisps with chunks of pumpkin.
The lightest, most airy fried fish balls.
Cabbage stuffed with vegetables resembling the texture of ground beef in consomme.
The single best thing I ate: royal style hare. A 3-day preparation involving sous-vide, pancetta, foie gras, white truffles, blood sauce, and more white truffles resulting in the richest, most compact, concentration of meat.
Market fish with veggies.
Suckling goat with beans.
Grilled rockfish - the same fish the girl stepped on in The Blue Lagoon.
Pasta with mushrooms.
Veal with mushrooms and potato cake.
Lovely mango sorbet.
Chocolate mousse, with slices of chocolate, and chocolate crumbs.
A cloud of coconut goodness.
Truffled foie gras terrine with flowers.
Pumpkin soup with pumpkin crisps with chunks of pumpkin.
The lightest, most airy fried fish balls.
Cabbage stuffed with vegetables resembling the texture of ground beef in consomme.
The single best thing I ate: royal style hare. A 3-day preparation involving sous-vide, pancetta, foie gras, white truffles, blood sauce, and more white truffles resulting in the richest, most compact, concentration of meat.
Market fish with veggies.
Suckling goat with beans.
Grilled rockfish - the same fish the girl stepped on in The Blue Lagoon.
Pasta with mushrooms.
Veal with mushrooms and potato cake.
Lovely mango sorbet.
Chocolate mousse, with slices of chocolate, and chocolate crumbs.
A cloud of coconut goodness.
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Tickets
Tickets, the tapas bar opened by the Adria brothers in Barcelona after the closing of El Bulli, is a fun, over-the-top theatrical dinner production, with the inventive food as the star.
With more inventive things to come, an intro of iberico jamon and perfectly crunchy pan con tomate was a simple start.
The famous non-olive olives: they look like olives, taste like olives, but deflate entirely upon entering your mouth, with pickled mini mussels.
Fish rinds, like really good pork rinds but fishy.
Paper-thin slices of tuna belly painted with iberican jamon fat and pine nuts.
Cloud-like pastries with manchego cheese.
A quail eggs "nest" with each egg coated in cheesy breadcrumbs.
Oysters with chicken juice and lime seeds.
Galician crab cannelloni with avocado as the shell, with sour cream.
Prawns in a box.
Tuna belly and roasted vegetables.
Clams in green sauce.
Razor clams with ginger sauce, cayenne pepper and lemon foam.
Beautiful bundles of squid with caviar.
The fun cooked mushrooms that arrive in a pouch.
Fried rabbit ribs...mmmm.
Chocolate cake with hazelnut spread and ultra cute mini strawberries.
Cheesecake and sorbet reversed - the sorbet is the yellow globe and the cheesecake the creamy white scoop.
With more inventive things to come, an intro of iberico jamon and perfectly crunchy pan con tomate was a simple start.
The famous non-olive olives: they look like olives, taste like olives, but deflate entirely upon entering your mouth, with pickled mini mussels.
Fish rinds, like really good pork rinds but fishy.
Paper-thin slices of tuna belly painted with iberican jamon fat and pine nuts.
Cloud-like pastries with manchego cheese.
A quail eggs "nest" with each egg coated in cheesy breadcrumbs.
Oysters with chicken juice and lime seeds.
Galician crab cannelloni with avocado as the shell, with sour cream.
Prawns in a box.
Tuna belly and roasted vegetables.
Clams in green sauce.
Razor clams with ginger sauce, cayenne pepper and lemon foam.
Beautiful bundles of squid with caviar.
The fun cooked mushrooms that arrive in a pouch.
Fried rabbit ribs...mmmm.
Chocolate cake with hazelnut spread and ultra cute mini strawberries.
Cheesecake and sorbet reversed - the sorbet is the yellow globe and the cheesecake the creamy white scoop.
Sunday, December 18, 2011
Oriol Balaguer
The cakes at Oriol Balaguer in Barcelona are works of art - glossy, delicate toppings and layers of flavor inside.
Sunday, November 13, 2011
Coppelia
Coppelia is great for brunch; for dinner I could eat there all the time for dishes like their mac and cheese. It's spicy and has crispy pork belly and chicharron mixed in.
The fish tacos are also really nice with soft tortilla, crispy flounder, spicy chipotle slaw and guacamole.
As good as the savory part of the menu is, it's the desserts that really shine. The chocolate cake is rich, dense and is layered with dulce de leche frosting, covered in caramel, topped with chocolate spheres and served with chocolate sauce and powdered sugar.
Even better is the torrejas de oliva, a bread pudding served with blackberries, fresh cream, a couple dabs of olive oil and a crunchy/salty bread crumb mix.
My favorite was the angel food cake in a margarita glaze - toasted meringue with hints of lime and salt and an effervescent texture, served with blueberries - amazing.
The fish tacos are also really nice with soft tortilla, crispy flounder, spicy chipotle slaw and guacamole.
As good as the savory part of the menu is, it's the desserts that really shine. The chocolate cake is rich, dense and is layered with dulce de leche frosting, covered in caramel, topped with chocolate spheres and served with chocolate sauce and powdered sugar.
Even better is the torrejas de oliva, a bread pudding served with blackberries, fresh cream, a couple dabs of olive oil and a crunchy/salty bread crumb mix.
My favorite was the angel food cake in a margarita glaze - toasted meringue with hints of lime and salt and an effervescent texture, served with blueberries - amazing.
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Dominique Ansel Bakery
The newly opened Dominique Ansel Bakery is dangerously close to my office - dangerous because the pastries and desserts are amazing and I want to go there every single day. There are beautiful slices of Torta de Santiago, a Spanish almond cake; glossy espresso tarts; lemon poundcakes; rich flourless chocolate cookies...the list goes on and on!
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