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Goodnight, My Sweet
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BY HAL RUBENSTEIN |
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Hot Chocolate
District
130 West 46th Street
212-485-2999
Velvety, though not too thick, far more drinkable than
famed Angelica's in Paris, and just light enough on the
finish to call for another.
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Bite-size
bliss: Sea Grill's petit-fours.
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Rhubarb-and-Mint
Soup
Blue
Hill
75 Washington Place
212-539-1776
One of those unexpected ideas that show up fresh as a
breeze and go down twice as pleasing.
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Chocolate Beignets
Le
Brasserie
100 East 53rd Street
212-751-4840
They disappear faster than the illusion of the perfect
blind date. Order them and hoard them.
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Petit Fours (The frozen mini-Popsicles)
Sea
Grill
19 West 49th Street
212-332-7610
If Ed Brown made them bigger and bought himself an ice-cream
truck, I'd wait dutifully on the corner every day until
I heard his bell ringing.
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Chocolate Bombe
Chicama
35 East 18th Street
212-505-2233
Nobody loves big flavors more than Douglas Rodriguez.
Yeah, I know it’s a cliche, but the damn thing explodes
in your mouth.
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Gratin
Tocqueville
15 East 15th Street
212-647-1515
This year's new thing, it's not destined to become a classic
because of poor execution. But the lemon gratin at Tocqueville
has the vibrancy and grace of Michelle Kwan on her best
days.
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Ice Cream Sandwich
Fresco
34 East 52nd Street
212-935-3434
Good Humor take note: If there's a slab of frozen dessert
that can put you in a better frame of mind, I'll eat it
in a deep freeze. It’s huge; it’s even kind of gross.
If you touch mine, I'll kill ya.
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Dessert Bonus (Sweet-Corn Ice Cream)
Orsay
1057 Lexington Avenue
212-517-6400
The roasted pears are pleasantly tangy, but the sweet-corn
ice cream on the side is a scene-stealer worthy of Zero
Mostel.
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