Chickalicious Dessert Bar!!!

So after visiting Chickalicious Dessert Club and feeling somewhat pleased with what I had, I was finally able to go with Mona to the dessert bar across the street (since I didnt want to go alone and they do a three course thing with an amuse bouche, choice of entree, and petit fours.) And it was a great meal, Chika, the owner was there and prepared some of the meals herself which I thought was really cool, and shes like the sweetest asian lady so we had a good time.

The amuse bouche to start us off was a mango pineapple sorbet with some chopped bananas which I'm sure something was done to it but I'm not sure what. The bananas were nice and tender and the sorbet went perfectly with them. I was impressed that you could taste both flavors equally because most combinations one outshines the other. Not in this case. The sorbet was definitely the best part! Fruity, sweet, and refreshing. Mona loved this dish even though she hates bananas!! That says something.

Sooo on the left is the noted Fromage blanc island cheesecake. Voted as one of the best things Johnny Iuzzini (former Jean Georges pastry chef- a big pastry chef star) ever ate (Better than Mine), I was expecting big things. I gotta say that this is unlike any cheesecake I have ever had. It was under some sort of milk? I don't know what it was exactly but it tasted like milk. The large dome is he cheesecake but it's so light and airy, almost like a foam. When you have the milk with the cheesecake it just melts in your mouth. Definitely the most unique cheesecake I've ever eaten texturally. We also had a special which was hot caramel sauce, butterscotch biscuits, and a green apple sorbet (right). When you combing all three, it tastes similar to an apple pie. The sorbet, like the mango pineapple, was ON POINT! Awesome! The caramel sauce was a bit too sweet for me but Mona really liked it. And the croutons were a nice somewhat crunchy sweet bread-y addition.

Finishing the meal, the petit fours. Their normal petit fours are some variation of a smore which has gelatin so we couldn't have that. They were so accommodating to our no pork/gelatin and alcohol bit! I honestly don't remember what each one was but I know the cookies were like a shortbread type and was crunchy end. Then the little squares were bites of a citrus pound cake that was super moist and really citrus-y. The thing on the spoon was some sort of agar agar which to my knowledge is like a replacement for gelatin. I think it was carrot agar agar, at least, that's what it tasted like to me. Very strong flavor. All in all, I love chika, and this place rocks. But perhaps when I have more money I will return as the meal costs about $20 + tax and tip per person.