Question!
...so, is it wrong of me to pick out what Alex should have as a dessert at a restaurant so that I can try two desserts then? Haha! Just asking!
I told Alex that he is to order this:
Double Chocolate Flourless Grand Marnier Cake with Homemade Toffee, Raspberry Coulis and Fresh Berries
That way I can pick something else. He just laughed. I think he believes I'm joking. Should I wait until later to inform him that I am not?
It reminds me of eating out with the whole family when I was younger. My brother Mark would turn to my sister Rose and say, "Ok, Rose, what on this dessert menu would you NOT eat?" That way he prevented the fork from sneaking half his dessert and he was a happier man.
I guess that what I'm looking for is a tapas DESSERT concept, you know? Little dishes of desserts you can order in smaller portions to try more than one food? Hmmm, there we go, Hoss can use that one to help make his pile...
I told Alex that he is to order this:
Double Chocolate Flourless Grand Marnier Cake with Homemade Toffee, Raspberry Coulis and Fresh Berries
That way I can pick something else. He just laughed. I think he believes I'm joking. Should I wait until later to inform him that I am not?
It reminds me of eating out with the whole family when I was younger. My brother Mark would turn to my sister Rose and say, "Ok, Rose, what on this dessert menu would you NOT eat?" That way he prevented the fork from sneaking half his dessert and he was a happier man.
I guess that what I'm looking for is a tapas DESSERT concept, you know? Little dishes of desserts you can order in smaller portions to try more than one food? Hmmm, there we go, Hoss can use that one to help make his pile...
posted by Kira | 5:36 PM
18 Comments:
No, I KNOW you are serious and that is fine dearest.
I will just enjoy looking at you instead of eating my dessert.
Je t'aime.
Tapas dessert! That is genius! What a concept, I think you could make a million with it.
I plant ideas into Gav's head so that he think he's ordering the food that he wants - but it's me who decides for both of us! A girl's gotta do these things...
mmmmm...chocolate! what was the question?
Wrong?? HELL NO!! Why? Because we, as women, have THE BEST desert a man could want!! So if they want the good desert, they'll order which ever desert we tell them too!!
I always like to organize food sharing, especially with Chinese food, just as long as it's decided in advance with no head games. When I bought a soda, my mother refused my offers to buy her one, gave me a hard time for drinking them, and then insisted on sharing. She liked having the best of both worlds (free soda AND something to bitch about).
Order all the desserts you want. Taste each one to the extent you want. Alex rubs your tummy afterwards so you don't feel queasy. All is well with the world. What, you really wanted all ten desserts? Go, Kira, it's your birthday.
At the logging camp, the cook would always say, "If anybody wants any pie, I'll cut it." She made one pie last a long time that way.
I'm struck by the tapas desert idea, too. Pure genius.
Men don't really want desert anyway. Their desert comes AFTER they leave the restaurant.
It's ok to pick for them as long as it is something they will like if you don't.
Especially if they are only doing deep eye contact with you anyway to get you all excited.
Does Alex have an older brother?
Yeah, Kira, like I'm going to let you pick my dessert. I don't think so. You girls are all wack. Maybe that's why I'm single. :(
If you're ever out near San Francisco, you should go to Heidi's Pies. All kinds of pie, all the time. Boysenberry? Got it. Chocolate Cream? Got it. Coconut? Got it. Big fat waist? If you don't got it now, you will soon. :)
I like Jezzy's plan the best.
I'll be in San Fran soon... must remember Heidi's Pies...
Actually, there are so many better places to eat in the Bay Area than Heidi's. My favorite was Piperade, a small Basque restaurant. You can do tapas-like foos there, but I don't really remember how the desserts work.
Alex--see? that's why I love you, darling!
Juanita--yes, it's a great idea, and I wish I could sell it since I'm too broke to do anything with it!
Doc-t--the only problem with that is that nobody who knows me would ever believe that the other dessert was Alex's. I eat more per inch than any female, period. Especially of my weight. Trust me on this :)
Jezzy--great idea! I like it. Make 'em think it's their idea to order what you want...
Amanda--if chocolate is the answer, then the question must be what would you like to eat?
April--well, it seems like all I need to do is use positive reinforcement whenever he hands over the dessert, yes? That should keep him always doing the same? haha!
Grant--amazingly, your mother is the single most manipulative woman I've ever heard about, and getting her out of your life was the smartest thing you've ever done.
FW--ten desserts? Aw, why not. I can do that! I just need to eat less of the other stuff is all!
Hoss--yes, but were you allowed to ask for seconds?
Laura--see, I think that's a fair trade: dessert for Dessert.
Valerie--haha! No, he just has a younger brother. We're working on the clones, however. And yes, I would never suggest he order something he didn't like anyway. Although Alex, like myself, will eat just about anything. Hum. That sounded plain wrong. Oh well!
Joe--oh come on, you're usually pretty great about dessert, Joe! I remember you making that delicious chocolate mousse for me years ago...mmmm....
Angie--San Fransisco is great! Always cold, even in the summer, but great! I think the ghiardelli factory is there too...mmmmm....
I say skip Ghirardelli and head straight for Scharffen Berger. You could go to both, but there's other stuff to do in the Bay Area besides eat chocolate. Come to think of it, the last times I've been in the Bay Area, I've headed straight for See's and gotten as many "Butterscotch Squares" as I could haul home.
But, for professional-level chocolate comsumption (which is what you fine ladies sound like), the truly decadent person orders 3 kg. of 56% Valrhona from, oh, say, here. With that much chocolate crank, you won't have to leave the house for anything for at least a couple of weeks. :)
I remember going to Ghirardelli as a child, I guess, and being awed, so I'm going to stick with my fond memories and say it's worth it :)
I first tried Valrhona chocolate from you, Joe, and it's great. Obviously, I was able to pick up more the last time I was in France. Yum!
Love that first comment! I can't wait for Alex and Paul to meet. They are as much like each other as you and I are! Scary!!
Kira -- then go, girl! My first return to SF, we planned a visit to the De Young museum, not knowing it was closed. So we re-routed to the nearby Fleishhacker Aquarium. I remembered liking it as a kid, but felt like returning as an adult would ruin that: I felt like the place would seem trashy to me now. Thankfully, it wasn't, and I wish I'd had a few days to wander through Fleishhacker's still-wonderful exhibits. So Ghirardelli it up! :)
BTW, if any of you who see me in the flesh go to the Bay Area, please pick me up some of this Gallo Salame. It's what I grew up on, and it's too cheap to make it too far out of the state. You don't have to refrigerate it, so you can buy a few chubs and throw them in your bag for the flight home. And I'll repay you, of course. :)
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