Dessert at Vandaag (Closed)
Posted on | January 16, 2011 | 3 Comments
I was searching Googling for a place to bring a few family members for a late coffee & dessert around New Year’s & Vandaag ended up at the top of the pile. I’ve been there for lunch & dinner before, but I was worried that they’d be packed. It was still busy but luckily for us, there was a table available.
We ordered a large pot of coffee for the table & took a look at the dessert menu. Since Vandaag has a bakery in the back, I was expecting some really good stuff. Most desserts had descriptions, but a few of them needed explanation. Our waiter was very patient & in the end we ordered pretty much one of everything. Our coffee took a little longer than expected to arrive, so unfortunately our desserts came out beforehand. The Smoutballen is pastry filled with Nutella & topped with chunks of caramelized apple. It was light & airy, but nothing special.
My Aunt got a Beet Bread Pudding with bitter chocolate, hibiscus & winter berries. I tried the dish & really didn’t care for it myself, but I think she enjoyed it. The sweets & vegetable combination continued with Carrot Parsnip Cake which included cream cheese tonka bavarois & ginger. I had a bit of trouble identifying the ingredients (bavarois is Bavarian Cream & tonka is a bean; Thanks Wikipedia), but I do know that I loved this dish, it was by far the best dessert that night.
My brother ordered the Stroopwafel which out waiter described as a waffle. I think he had imagined something closer to a Belgian Waffle, but he was disappointed with what arrived as it was very thin & somewhat bland. Adding Nutella from the Smoutballen did improve the dish. I got the Ice Cream Sandwich which was savory coffee ice cream, cider peanut butter & berbis blanche . It was slightly salty which I really liked & in the end this was my second favorite.
There were some really interesting flavors on offer & some bold use of ingredients. For the large part we enjoyed dessert at Vandaag & I’d be happy to come back again!
Vandaag: 103 2nd Avenue @ 6th Street
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January 17th, 2011 @ 10:28 am
[…] We finished with a complimentary cherry candy. It was really sweet &delicious, I could have eaten a handful of those things by myself! The meal was not without flaws however, the waiter never told us the day’s specials & the braised lamb dish (not pictured) was a bit cold. Small errors though, easily fixed. All in all, it was a really enjoyable meal & I will be coming back to Vandaag & recommending it to anyone who will listen. Check out my review of dessert at Vandaag here. […]
January 17th, 2011 @ 11:45 am
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January 22nd, 2011 @ 10:37 am
[…] was at lunch, I’ve pretty much posted my reviews in reverse order; Dinner here, Dessert here. It was pretty empty (actually I think that there was only one other person in there), so we took […]