| November 3, 2006 :: E-mail Issue #542 |
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| Everyone knows that the best part of dinner is dessert. And now that you're all grown up, there is no one there to make sure you eat all your brussel sprouts before diving into this sweet stuff. |
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Room 4 Dessert: The bar at dessert-only Room 4 Dessert rivals that of any happy hour around town. Sugar lovers cram in five-deep for a taste of sweet "sushi," white chocolate margaritas, and mini cotton candy prepared by chefs who assemble the desserts right behind the bar. |
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Payard: World-famous pastry chef Francois Payard created a fabulous tribute to Paris with Payard, an Upper East Side bistro with high ceilings, butter-colored walls, whimsical glass lamps, and chocolate - lots and lots of chocolate. Shredded coconut is covered in dark chocolate in the bounty bar, and truffles are filled with everything from champagne to pralines. |
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Max Brenner: New York has its own Willy Wonka and his name is Max Brenner. The Israeli chocolatier has set up shop in Union Square and it's a chocoholic's dream come true. Melted chocolate streams through tubes traversing the room and is deposited into dispensers where truffles, ice creams, frappes, and covered nuts are born. |
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Bouchon Bakery: Located on the third floor of the Time Warner Center, this Thomas Keller creation serves up the best desserts ever to grace a food court. Munch on mini coffee cakes, hazelnut cream-filled choux pastry, irresistible bouchon-, or cork-, shaped brownies, and the mall staple - pecan sticky buns. Cinna who? |
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Veniero's: The sweet smells coming out of this East Village Italian bakery are tempting enough to make passersby forget where they are going and detour straight inside for a taste of legendary cheesecake, bite-size cannoli, and addicting rainbow cookies. If the sugar rush doesn't get you going, double espressos and spiked cappuccinos are sure to. |
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