Little Buddha

The desserts at Little Buddah in Las Vegas were all amazing! This chocolate lava cake was perfect, warm, dark and oozing with filling.

This was their twist on bananas foster, which was incredible.  Anything deep fried is always that much better.  The spring roll design was a great touch.

Izakaya's Mochi Ice Cream & Chocolate Molten Cake

I always worry desserts at Japanese restaurants will be subpar, but this Mochi Ice Cream platter from Izakaya was not only super tasty, but beautiful! I loved all the colors and flavors, it felt very tropical.

The Molten Chocolate cake, however, was my favorite. It was perfectly done, warm and rich with vanilla ice cream.

NOLA

While in New Orleans, we had dinner at NOLA, a restaurant by Emeril Lagasse. All the food was amazing, from fried chicken to short ribs. I even tried grits for the first time. Of course, the dessert menu is what really did it for me...


Warm Ooey Gooey Cake with Layers of Moist Chocolate Cake, Marshmallows and Toasted Coconut served with Coffee Ice Cream * WINNER *


Banana Pudding Layer Cake with Graham Cracker Crust, Homemade Vanilla Wafers and Warm Fudge


Creme Brulée Trio - With Fresh Berries, Coconut and Chocolate

White Chocolate Truffle Lava Cake

On New Years Eve I had dinner at Tres, a chic yet cozy tapas style restaurant in the lobby of the SLS hotel. All the food was incredible, but one friend ordered the special truffle preset menu, which included this amazing little dessert. Don't let the size fool you, it was insanely rich. The chocolate lava cake was dense and dark, and it sat on top of a white chocolate truffle cream. It was to die for.

Taste of Beverly Hills

Last week Food & Wine Magazine hosted Taste of Beverly Hills to celebrate both the food of the city and the date, 9.02.10. There were hundreds of restaurants and vendors displaying all kinds of pastas, pizzas, meats, breads, cheeses, wines, and desserts!! Think of it as a classy all you can eat buffet - there was so much food it was scary. I don't think I've ever eaten this much in my life.

There was too much food to photograph, so I really kept it to desserts, but I had to share my two favorite savory foods of the night.

IL CIELO

Rotolini Pasta with Truffle Oil, My favorite non-dessert dish, I went back for this 3 or 4 times...

CABBAGE PATCH

Turkey Meatball with Peanut Cole Slaw, It's not on their regular menu but should be, it was so tasty.

THE PATISSERIE AT THE SLS HOTEL

Hazelnut chocolate squares, fruit gumdrops, chocolate chip cookies.


Chocolate drizzle lollipop with orange gummy fruit.


Chocolate covered Pop Rocks.

IL CIELO

Mini chocolate lava cake.

BOUCHON

Chocolate mousse with espresso caviar, sea salt brownie, peach custard.

MICKEY FINE

Assorted candies.

THE FARM

Their famous brownies, cubed.

CHEESECAKE FACTORY

Red velvet cake.

NEIMAN MARCUS

Giant chocolate chip cookie, recipe included.

CHOCOLATE BY M

Hazelnut chocolate with raspberry jam center.

AMERICAN TEA ROOM

Caffeine free chocolate tea.

PATINA

Green tea ice cream on a green tea sponge cake with white chocolate mousse.

PERSIAN SWEETS

Sugar!



HANSEN'S



Marble cake with chocolate buttercream.

Serafina

Serafina was staple restaurant for my friends and I in high school, so I thought it was the perfect place to meet up with friends the one night I had free in NYC. It's simple Italian food, but SO good. I think it's my ultimate comfort food. After two pizzas and pasta, we ordered three desserts: a tiramisu, an apple pie and dark chocolate Nutella soufflé.







They were all great, but of course I liked the soufflé best.