Poached pear with vanilla ice cream, chocolate sauce, whipped cream. $7.50
Le P’tit Laurent, San Francisco CA
This was the perfect dessert to end our meal. It wasn’t too sugary sweet and it had a great firm texture. And how can you go wrong with vanilla ice cream and chocolate sauce?!
Large chalk lettuce (Dudleya lulverulenta, Crassulaceae), West Field Road.
Candied almond and chocolate, apricot meringue. $8
State Bird Provisions, San Francisco CA
This was a really fun and delicious dessert! I liked that it wasn’t overly sweet and the components worked well together.
Pink crystalline ice plant flowers (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum, Aizoaceae), Great Highway.
This place gives you complimentary cookies when you arrive, mmm!
DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel, San Diego CA
Perhaps I would have prefered a complimentary bottle of champagne but I guess cookies will have to do, hehe.
Hotel room coffee machine with Wolfgang Puck coffee. Because cookies always taste great with creamy coffee!
View of downtown San Diego from the hotel room.
Creme fraiche and lemon ice cream, malt, brandy. Bloomspot 4-course chef’s tasting menu with cocktail pairings for two.
Maven, San Francisco CA
I liked this dessert because it tasted great, but it was really difficult to eat. The cookies were a bit too hard to break through so the chocolate mousse just kept oozing out every time you tried to cut into it. Hmm…
Maven’s Milk Punch Cocktail: rum, Maven’s bourbon, vanilla, milk, hazelnut.
Flourless chocolate cake with a molten hot center. A la mode with vanilla bean ice cream.
Roy’s, Waikoloa HI
Meh, this was boring and pretty standard as desserts go. I am glad that it was more moist than the pineapple upside down cake though.
Lololu Valley.
A la mode with vanilla bean ice cream.
Roy’s, Waikoloa HI
Ugh, this was probably the blandest pineapple upside down cake I’ve ever had. There was no enjoyment in this dessert. The cake was on the dry side and the pineapple portion was just boring. Even the vanilla ice cream could do little to liven up this sad dessert.
Recycle bin, Lololu Valley. Everybody should love to recycle!
Tropical Dreams Ice Cream. $3.50
Waimea Coffee Company, Waimea HI
This ice cream was gross! It was uber soft and had a nasty texture. If I wanted a milkshake, I would have ordered one. It’s a flat-out abomination to serve ice cream this soft! Lame.
White beach naupaka flower (Scaevola sericea, Goodeniaceae), Lololu Valley.
Tropical Dreams Ice Cream. $3.50
Waimea Coffee Company, Waimea HI
Mmm, this ice cream had a wonderful dense and milky texture with great vanilla bean flavor. SO good!
Driving the Mamalahoa Highway.
Strawbeery, banana, and vanilla. Small cup $2.15
Waiola Shave Ice, Honolulu HI
Mmm, this shaved ice was SO yummy! The ice is super fine and fluffy, unlike the the kind we get on the mainland. The syrup is also very good and not overly sweet. The service could use some improvement though.
Makua and Kila (Surfer Boy and Seal) statue, Waikiki Beach.
Caramel ice cream, caramel sauce and brittle. Family style supper $46 per person
Staple and Fancy, Seattle WA
Of the two desserts we received, I preferred this one. The brittle was really good, and the caramel ice cream helped to balance out the rich, dense cake.
“City Light, City Bright” Seattle manhole cover.
Vanilla ice cream and almonds. Family style supper $46 per person
Staple and Fancy, Seattle WA
I’m not a fan of super sweet desserts, but this was on the other end of the spectrum. It was bland and the dough was thick and undercooked. Perhaps this is why I rarely order desserts. Unfortunate since the rest of the meal was delicious up to this point. 😦
Christopher Columbus statue, Seattle Waterfront Park.
Warm brownie topped with Mitchell’s coconut ice cream. $7
Zadin, San Francisco CA
This was ok, but then I’m not a huge dessert person. I did love the Mitchell’s coconut ice cream though!
Tawny 10 year port. $5
Una Pizza Napoletana flyers, 16th Street. I love that restaurants in SF will canvas on flyer boards, lol.
Vittle Monster 