Brie Ice Cream with Blueberry Sauce
A couple of weeks ago I had lunch with a friend at The Cafe and we discussed having dessert. I wasn’t super keen on any of the options (some were really good, but I’d had them before and didn’t need dessert), but she wanted to try the white chocolate brie cheesecake. Since I hadn’t had it before I agreed to split it with her. The cheesecake was brought out and it was topped with whipped cream (superfluous) and blueberry sauce (delicious). The cheesecake was… fine, taste-wise, good even, but the texture was just awful. Instead of creamy and rich, it was almost gritty and dry. I’m not sure whether the white chocolate was responsible for that or whether something else went wrong, but it was a rare misstep at a restaurant that, in my opinion, seldom suffers failures of execution. [...]
