postres, desserts, sweets :)

** A few desserts worthy of mentioning: greentea mousse, lychee panna cotta, and black sesame cake.

greentea mousse- Usually i think mousses are too creamy but this one provided a good median between a watery consistency and being too creamy. The greentea was also extremely fragrant without overpowering with artificial flavors. A good light refreshing treat.. in small quantities of course.

black sesame cake( Picture 2)- After being in Hong Kong for 9 months, i believe my taste buds have sort of adjusted to more ethnic flavors and have come to really love the taste of black sesame. Black sesame is used in many Cantonese desserts especially glutinous rice balls filled with black sesame, black sesame paste, and Starbucks has even vamped their asian coffee shops to carry "Black Sesame Green Tea Soy Latte"... which i have actually had the pleasure of trying and it was delicious... but onto the black sesame cake. This particular cake, shaped like mickey's face was an east meets west creation. The consistency of the cake was more mousse like than cake like but the texture of the black sesame and the cake complimented each other quite well and while a problem many desserts have,this one did not. It was semi sweet without being too sweet and artificial tasting.

Lychee Panna Cotta(Picture 1)- My favorite, dessert of the night would have to be the lychee panna cotta. Perhaps, my taste buds were a bit biased because i love lychee, and i love panna cotta... so what's not to love about the combination of the two? Not too creamy and rich like most panna cottas tend to be but a light almost flan- like consistency although there are no eggs used to make panna cotta and a refreshing light lychee flavor with bits of lychee.yumm!