Weird ice cream

Check out Smitten in Hayes Valley.

Top three reasons to go:

1. A strange, liquid nitrogen-using custom machine - the founder designed it herself to freeze fresh ingredients on the spot. He's called Kelvin. See below.

2. Interesting flavors. I recommend the meyer lemon. The salted caramel is also pretty special.

3. Entertainment value.  This ain't your mother's ice cream shop. Perhaps a bit pricey, at about $5 for a custom cup!  But part of that cost may be the pure entertainment value of watching them use this crazy machine ...





Smitten
432 Octavia Street, Suite 1A 
San Francisco
415.863.1518

Going to Moscow? Have Dessert at Cafe Pushkin

Best dining experience in Moscow, hands down, is Cafe Pushkin. Even Time Magazine concurs.


It's a taste of old world Moscow service and ambiance where you'll be surrounded by pretty young things.

Go, eat dinner - I'd recommend the blinchiki with caviar.


But definitely save room to split a few of their desserts. Especially the flammable ones! These are easily the best sweet eats in the entire city.


We thoroughly enjoyed an amazing strawberry and pistachio Pavlova, and some delicious creme brule-sugar crystal domed-caramel sauce coated concoction that was heaven set aflame on a plate.

Cafe Pushkin
26a Tverskoi Bulvar 
Moscow, Russia
7.495.229.5590

Bar Tartine's Chocolate Torte

Chocolate Dobos torte. Burnt orange carmel sauce. Hazelnut slightly-soured cream.  Two spoons.

Amazing.




Bar Tartine
561 Valencia St. 
San Francisco CA
415.487.1600