Entries tagged with 'Sugar Rush'
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The menu description doesn't do this dessert justice: "acorn squash slowly cooked in syrup served with vanilla scented whipped cream." The dessert is by Natalia Machado, the pastry chef at Tribeca's Industria Argentina, and it's named Zapallos en Almibar...
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"Asians love glitter." —Pichet Ong [Photo: Spot] Normally I'm not a dessert guy, but yesterday I stopped by Pichet Ong's Spot, which Kathy reviewed earlier today, for one of the chef's seasonal desserts: jackfruit cake with rum toffee and coconut....
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[Photo: Kathy Chan] Thanksgiving season means marshmallow season. And alongside the Vosges Caramel Marshmallows and the house marshmallow flavors at Three Tarts comes the new Momofuku Milk Bar cake. Meet the Chocolate Malt Cake, created from layers of densely...
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[Photo: Kathy Chan] Growing up, my sister and I referred to this as "The Eyeball Drink," served by Mom as an afternoon refresher on a hot day. But really, it was nothing more than basil seeds re-hydrated in water...
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The Zuccharinos ($3.75) at Locanda Verde lie at the perfect intersection of doughnut and a soft sugar cake. Baked, not fried, it does not intend to mimic a doughnut, yet it delivers all the flavor and nuances of one....
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[Photo: Kathy Chan] This is not for the serious coffee drinker. It's for people who, like me, embrace fatty, sweet frappuccinos and occasionally reheat coffee in the microwave. This drink is dessert, cake in liquid form. And whether that...
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[Photo: Carey Jones] If you're in need of an afternoon pick-me-up, stop off for a stout cake at Stumptown Coffee. The little loaf, made by Frankies and also served at Café Pedlar, is a fine autumn snack. It's spicier...
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[Photos: Kathy Chan] Ice cream at Lulu & Mooky's liquid nitrogen ice cream on the Lower East Side works something like this. First, take a look at the menu. Note the sheer number of options—more than 10,000 combinations, according...
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[Photo: Kathy Chan] Hands down, one of my favorite breakfast pastries in the city. I've had many, and I mean, many, morning pastries in the city, and Caffe Falai's Chocolate-Pear Turnover ($3) remains at the top of my list....
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[Photo: Kathy Chan] One square big enough to share. A banana cake with the slightest tang of sour cream. A smother of chocolate, closer to a ganache than frosting. And a single banana chip to finish. Thumbs up. If...
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