Last night in our review of
the savory delights at Epicerie Boulud we promised to post about the mostly remarkable pastries to be found there—so here we go.
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National Rice Pudding Day? Hey,
we've heard of sillier holidays. The unimaginative might hit up a certain Soho emporium dedicated to the stuff, but we've got a few other favorites—from rice pudding tempura to a mango-coconut version.
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Ice cream, sorbets, and gelati. They're hardly the main focus of restaurant desserts, but often play an important supporting role, without which the dessert would not be nearly as good. From a quenelle of bold sake ice cream to pair with tempura rice pudding at 15 East, to ginger-lime ice cream and sticky toffee pudding (finished with fresh grated lime zest!) at Veritas, click through to find the five restaurant desserts we love where the ice cream is just as good as the star of the plate.
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Luckily, its brushes with stardom haven't deterred it from being one of the best uptown spots for late-night treats. Lalo could easily find itself in the pages of fellow SE:NY columns
Date Night and
Sugar Rush—it guns hard for European quaintness with its Christmas-lit trees and numerous Leonetto Cappiello posters and over 100 different cakes, 29 cheesecakes, and numerous fresh fruit tarts.
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Forget about cheesy commercial chocolates and roses; this Valentine's Day, go with the good stuff. Here's your guide to triple-layered chocolate cakes, the classiest brownies in town, and locally made chocolate truffles miles more exciting than Godiva. Believe us: your Valentine will be impressed.
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We've got a tartufo with silky hot fudge, my favorite blueberry tart in the city, a tiramisu to die for, and an equally divine chocolate eclair—as well as a soft-serve stuffed eclair in the East Village. There's hot breakfast ensaimadas and a classic on Aquavit's dessert menu. And don't forget the Whoopie Pie!
Today, our Top 10 Desserts of 2010.
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Picking just five restaurant desserts is no easy feat—but in this list, you'll find plated desserts that are both delicious and accessible. At most places, you can just drop in at the bar or during off hours for dessert alone; and for the Chocolate Ricotta Tortino at Del Posto, make it the your dessert selection for their excellent $29
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Today, the Top 5 Restaurant Sweets of 2010.
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Bakeries and sweet spots open and close (sometimes both in a matter of months!), and in 2010 we've seen more than our fair share. A few were bad, some were delicious—and others were downright amazing. Today, we present you our top five new dessert spots of 2010.
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At the recently opened
Café Kristall inside the Swarovski Crystallized Boutique, the Austrian desserts are kept in glass cases, not unlike the crystals for sale just a few feet away.
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[Photo: Kathy YL Chan] The availability of the dessert offerings at Rhong-Tiam Express is spotty, but what I've had has always been delicious. On one visit they were out of everything but one dessert, and one another visit, everything...
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