Sunday, July 24, 2011

Sugar Rush

Spot Desser Bar, Manhattan, New York
There was a time when I used to call myself a 'dessert fan'. That was untill I discovered that 'dessert' does not equal 'chocolate'. Sigh! 

Now, towards the end of every meal, if Im asked, do you want dessert, my response more often than not is to shake my head horizontally (unless I know for certain, there's chocolate somewhere!) But what do you do when you land up at a an all-dessert bar, that is the talk-of-your-town, and that doesn't have *any* all-chocolate dessert? Guess, you find out over one disappointing meal that nothing, and I mean nothing, comes close to chocolate!

So there we were, at this Spot Dessert Bar, after a heavy dinner of Thai cuisine.  

Maybe the expectations were set too high - by the accompanying friends, the pictures of the desserts on the walls of the eatery or the reviews I'd heard/read. But I was left sorely dissappointed. Small bite-sized portions of fruit and a few chocolate shavings on a plate don't do anything to satiate my appetite for 'dessert' for sure. 
No complaints with Spot though. They did what they claim to do best - combine innovative Asian sweets with classic American dessert to creat one-of-a-kind desserts. Sample this - Soft Cheesecake (Pic in the center) which is essentially cheesecake cream topped with passion fruit foam and  served with walnut crumble, blueberry compote, and grapefruit; Coconut macaroon with nutella almond cookie (top right), ovaltine icecream with a topping of caramelized popcorn, orange jelly squares and what-not (bottom left), green tea ice cream (bottom right), coconut foam with blackberry (top left) and again some stuff I couldn't decipher even though the lady who served us mentioned it.

Full marks to the presentation and to the ambience too.

Just that...I miss my chocolate cake! 

2 comments:

Radhika Mohandas said...

Woh Team India, Team India nahi- Jissmein Sachin na ho
Woh Kerala tour Kerala tour nahi- Jissmein Cochin na ho
Woh DDLJ DDLJ nahi-
Jissmein Simran aur Raj naa ho.
Aur woh dessert dessert nahi Jisske upar Chocolate ka taaj na ho.

Feel free to ask for my autograph the next time we meet.

Pooja said...

Mohandas, I got one for you!

Dessert toh khate hai sab, wah wah!
Dessert toh khate hai sab, wah wah wah!

Woh dessert kya khaya, agar uspe chocolate na lagaya!