Dessert for Dinner

In honor of Pi Day (3.14.12) we decided that the scientific community would want us to have dessert for dinner. Please don't question my logic here. It's an important day honoring an immeasurable mathematical symbol and an evening to eat dessert.

We started our dessert depravity at Dessert Club, ChikaLicious on East 10th street. We chose the blackberry yogurt souffle as our palate amuse. It was light, eggy and sweet with subtle yogurt flavor punctuated by the tart and sweet blackberry. Yum. Then onto the decidedly adult, rich, deep, dark chocolate lava cake perfectly cut by a cold scoop of vanilla bean ice cream. Amazing.

We moved our decadent party down the street to Spot Dessert Bar, a uniquely Asian dessert Mecca. We opted to skip the multi-course dessert omakasa because we thought our stomachs couldn't handle so much sweetness, however, from the looks and aromas coming from the kitchen, we might not make that same mistake next time. What we ultimately landed on was a final bite of the airy, light and delicately Soft Cheesecake with tart passion-fruit foam, blueberry compote, citrus segments and walnut granola. It was light and luscious and a perfect flavor to leave lingering on our tongues. We sipped our teas - green and black rose - and then giggled our entire walk home, our heads filled to the brim with sweet sugar energy. We arrived home in time for a night cap and then off to bed to dream about the decadent candy land adventure we had embarked on in honor of Pi Day. We'll surely look forward to the next opportunity to have dessert for dinner - March 14, 2013 can't come soon enough.

Dessert Club, ChikaLicious
203 East 10th Street btw 1st & 2nd Ave

Spot Dessert Bar
13 St. Marks Place btw 2nd & 3rd Ave