Crème Brulée

Benal · #1 10-12-2005, 05:23 PM

When prepared correctly in a fine French restaurant, crème brulée is by far the best dessert you can possibly have.

I'm taking my wife out to this restaurant for her birthday next weekend. I honestly can't wait to have their crème brulée again [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

astroglide · #2 10-12-2005, 05:34 PM

i've managed to get this far in life without trying it yet. i'm a custard/flan fan, it is custard with blazed sugar on top of it right? challenged to think i'd find it anywhere close to the best dessert, but hey, i hope i'm wrong.

B Dids · #3 10-12-2005, 05:36 PM

It's pretty good, but is basically just really fancy pudding with a nice hat.

I'm not sure I can support that place based on it's overly trendy name.

#4 10-12-2005, 05:37 PM

I've never had creme brulee, but I can't see how anything could be better than a good flourless chocolate cake.

Cancer Merchant · #5 10-12-2005, 05:37 PM

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It's pretty good, but is basically just really fancy pudding with a nice hat.

I'm not sure I can support that place based on it's overly trendy name.

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Ditto. The "celebrity chatter" would put me off my lunch. Pretentious gits.

[censored] · #6 10-12-2005, 05:39 PM

It's good, nowhere near the best. Cheesecake is much better.

ClaytonN · #7 10-12-2005, 05:39 PM

The creme brulee with strawberry tart at the soon-to-be closed restaurant Iris in Atlanta is the best desert I've ever had.

Like a lot of things, there are average Creme Brulee's, and some freaking amazing ones. A lot of it depends on the torching of the sugar on top and the mix between the warm hardened surface and the cold pudding'ish stuff below.

astroglide · #8 10-12-2005, 05:40 PM

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I've never had creme brulee, but I can't see how anything could be better than a good flourless chocolate cake.

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that's exactly what i was thinking of when contrasting it with other nice restaurant dessert options. flourless chocolate cake is so excellent that i'll almost always pick it, thus never trying creme brulee.

xadrez · #9 10-12-2005, 05:45 PM

The burnt sugar on top is the best part.

I like Flan better personally.

BottlesOf · #10 10-12-2005, 05:45 PM

I agree. It's a little boring as a desert item b/c it's so common, but I have ordered tons of these and consider myself a bit of a connoisseur. (sp?)