Posts Tagged ‘S’mores’
a fitting last meal
t says: Last meal? Really? Maybe I’m being a little dramatic, but let’s just say that I was really impressed with the meal that Talula’s Garden served up for my 32nd Birthday celebration! Maybe it’s a “fitting last meal before we go on vacation …”
June 2014, Wednesday Dinner, Party of 4. There were several more dishes than these … but here are the highlights … with one exception – we had these boquerones over herb-infused tomatoes that were absolutely amazing! We ate them so fast, I forgot to take a picture!
Talula’s Garden now has a “pasta” section on the menu. It’s pretty awesome, because now I can find the gnocchi dish even faster! (I used to have to search the mains and appetizers for it). While the crab-and-spaghetti wasn’t quite as good as pop-pop’s, the above gnocchi over peas and a pea puree were delectable pillows of heaven. So good.
g and my mom went for the tuna crudo (g? tuna crudo? surprised, right?) It hit all the right signature Talula’s crudo notes: herbs, veggies, bright accents, scrumptious fish. No wonder g falls into the crudo trap every time she goes.
yes, there’s still a scallop dish … yes, it’s still amazing … and no, there wasn’t any left.
but now … it is my honor to introduce the new pork belly champion of adsz. A title previously held by greats like Fond (I look forward to it on every Fall/Winter menu) and Bibou (it was one of those ephemeral Pierre Calmels specials that came and went in a blink of an eye), Talula’s healthily-unhealthy-sized portion has that oh-so-addictive crunch and sweet-sweet-pig-fat flavor that make this pork belly the poster boy of hedonistic meat (I know, I know … people like foie and caviar and wagyu … but come on – how you gonna dis’ pork belly like that? why you gotta be such a gold-digger with your deep, benjamin-lined pockets? think you’re too good for pork belly? that’s ok – more for me.) I’m sure there will come a day when I will not be able to consume such rich dishes like this … and that day will be sad indeed … but for now, I will count pork bellies on my way to sleep, ready to dream of the next opportunity to go back. Oh, did I mention that there were some superbly prepared greens and beans underneath? I ate all of those, too. So it’s healthy, right?
every time there’s a s’more-themed dessert, talula’s kills it. this one was called “s’mores cake”, and it was excellent. The moist, chocolate-laden cake melted in my mouth, giving way to the scorched marshmallow and smoke-infused ice cream. Desserts like this make me regret having eaten so well during apps and main courses (well … except for the pork belly above).
But this little bugger was the big surprise. Don’t be fooled by this slab of white sitting atop a pile of crumbs; this marscapone cheesecake was un-real. I would have expected Talula’s to try and make their cheesecake all light-and-fluffy with cutesy fruit accompaniments. But no. Forget that. They went for rich-and-delicious. ha declared it her new favorite cheesecake – and that’s with 28 years of cheesecake-tasting experience (inside joke).
You know, it’s meals like these that make me wonder why no one’s writing about Talula’s anymore. Hell – it makes me wonder why it’s been so long since the last time I’ve gone! But of course, we always come crawling back to beg for forgiveness for our absence … and Talula takes us in with open arms, feeds us delicious food, and sends us on our way with full bellies and obliterated expectations.
tastykakes misstep
t says: Anyone who knows me knows that I’m a sucker for Tastykakes. Mostly this is because that is what I ate for the majority of my childhood – we’d go to WaWa and I’d get some assortment of pies/krimpets/kandykakes … you name it, and I ate it.
When I saw that TastyKake was going to do some collaboration with Hershey’s, I was intrigued. Could it be that the joining of two of my favorite junkfoods of youth would result in some sort of unparalleled deliciosity? I wanted to find out … but just couldn’t for the love of me find out where they were sold …
And then one day in the cafeteria, they appeared!
Why buy one when I can fit two in my pocket?
So there we go – I bought one of each and shared with my colleagues.
My colleagues preferred the Reese’s …
Both of the cakes were surprisingly spongy – I thought they’d be denser, like a krimpet. I think the texture kind of threw me off because you’d think they’d be more “solid”. The choco+PB one tasted a little like a PB KandyKake, which is good, however, the ratio of chocolate and PB was all kinds of weird … There was too little PB, and the cake’s chocolateyness was underwhelming, leaving only the coating to provide any real chocolate texture/flavor. I don’t know – it just rubbed me the wrong way … in every possible way.
I preferred the S’mores
The S’mores was slightly more unique of a combination, but once again, the excessive amount of bland cake kinda-sorta-ruined everything. Give me one more stripe of marshmallow, another layer of graham, and a slightly thicker layer of chocolate, and then we’d be cooking with gas …
So what’s a chocolate-lover to do in light of these failures?
Well, I’ve been eating these:
as previously seen here … now over a year later and I’m hooked!
after dinner sneeze 