Paradise on a plate
If you are a chocoholic like me, and you live in Orange County CA, run-don't-walk to Habana, the Cuban restaurant at The Lab Anti-Mall in Costa Mesa. This is my favorite dessert, the Cafe Cubana. It's a cute little coffee cup made of dark chocolate, filled with a layer of dense chocolate coconut (?) fudgy stuff and another layer of fluffy chocolatey moussey stuff, and maybe some espresso flavored stuff somewhere in there, drizzled with more chocolate sauce and surrounded by some gratuitous fresh fruit which is actually quite tasty but really, who needs it when you've got a plate full of chocolate? I mean, come on.
To be honest, the Cafe Cubano used to be even better because they used to puddle the plate with a vanilla bean sauce that was out of this world. And I think maybe there used to be three different layers of chocolatey goodness inside, not two. But these are minor complaints. I will still drive 60 miles round trip to eat this. And no, I probably don't want to share one with you. :) Get your own.
There ought to be some of law against showing scrumptious desserts on a blog! Looking at your cafe Cubana, I'm thinking chocolate bar instead of sandwich for lunch.
Posted by:Susan Williamson | October 17, 2007 at 09:13 AM
Whoa. That's pretty.
P.S. - Your sweet little kitty cats are so adorable!!!!
Posted by:Julie Molina | October 22, 2007 at 05:36 PM
does Felix know you're cheating on him????
Posted by:jenn | November 03, 2007 at 09:14 PM
Oh that looks sooo deliciously dangerous! I haven't been to the LAB in a while, but now I have a reason to go back! =)
Posted by:Angela | November 07, 2007 at 09:09 AM
That looks deliciously decadent and pure evil! I'm drooling over here!
It should most definitely be illegal to post a photo of something so positively sinful on a blog! :D
Found you through the NaBloPoMo Randomiser.
Posted by:jenirog | November 07, 2007 at 07:46 PM
That look so AWESOME. Thanks a lot--now I'm hungry with nothing anywhere near so delicious in sight.
Posted by:Kristy | November 08, 2007 at 08:26 AM
I was going around through the randomizer and found you. Foud this picture!
I'm pretty sure I want to go to Orange County just for that now.
Posted by:Jamie | November 08, 2007 at 02:02 PM
And I thought I wanted chocolate before...
That looks like a bit of heaven. And it has strawberries too, so it must be healthy.
Posted by:Giggles | November 18, 2007 at 11:41 PM