Dégustation Menu at Barat Mediterranean Vegetarian Restaurant
Dessert: Poached peach with red currant, coconut ice cream and chocolate cake, served with balsamic reduction.
Lin and I were too stuffed for the final pasta and jumped straight to dessert. Of course, like all women, we have special Dessert Stomachs which can hold prodigious quantities of sweets. This dessert trio made us want to stand up and applaud. The chocolate cake was in itself nice without being exceptional, but it paired very well with the balsamic reduction (I eat pretty much everything with balsamic reduction) and poached peach and red currant. The peach is still firm and warm, not squishy and soggy with syrup as with the canned variety. The smooth and fragrant coconut ice cream is light enough to stop a little short of being sinful, and is the perfect foil to the chocolate cake. I confess I licked the ice cream dish clean.