This weekend I made a quick trip to visit my parents in Philly and see my best friend since 4th grade for an early birthday dinner. My birthday is actually next Saturday, but the Husband and I have a wedding that night.
Carissa has been an amazing friend forever. Even more amazing is that she got me a new dessert cookbook for my birthday!
I think that my Dad was so excited to be featured on my “food” blog he wanted to include a grilled chicken skewer in the picture.
We decided to go to Seasons 52, one of the only chain restaurants I will voluntarily go to. I like the restaurant because they have a good selection of healthy food that tastes really good. Sometimes I feel like you have to get grilled fish or a salad with grilled chicken be healthy and eat out, but Seasons 52 is not like that at all. We shared a Ripe Plum Tomato Flatbread to start and I had the grilled scallops with extra veggies instead of pasta. As a result, I had plenty of room for their “mini indulgences”:-)
The waitress brings over the night’s selection of desserts, each served in a large shot glass. The best part is that you can have just 1 for the perfect “taste” of dessert, or choose a few to get tastes of a variety of desserts.
My selection was red velvet cake! Red velvet is my current favorite flavor as long as it is served with cream cheese icing. The top tier of our wedding cake was actually red velvet and I can’t wait for our 1st anniversary just so I can finally dig into that cake;-)
Of course we had to get a selection for the table to share
I think we had red velvet cake, mocha macchiato, blueberry cheesecake, key lime pie and pecan pie. I liked the red velvet cake the best but the blueberry cheesecake and pecan pie were also delicious. I like that you can get both cake and icing in every bite!
Desserts were enjoyed by all. I think this calls for future recipe inspiration!
I have to admit, I am usually let down by restaurant desserts and don’t think they are “worth it”. They usually look much better than they taste. These, however, were moist and flavorful. What restaurant desserts do you think are “worth it”?
OMG I’m so jealous I ate my dessert out of a cardboard box from the freezer. Please make the red velvet cake it sounds yummy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Looks great! What’s the name of the new cookbook?
And in response to your question–any kind of meringue with ice cream is always worth it 😀 What’s your take on meringue in restaurants?
I have to check what the name was but it is a book full of easy dessert recipes. I already picked some out to make soon! Oh I do like baked alaska-type desserts but don’t always see them at restaurants. I don’t always like getting ice cream desserts out, though, because I love the ones I make and would just as likely enjoy frozen yogurt!
Do you remember your first Seasons 52 experience in Fort Lauderdale? I do!!!
I do! I am so happy there is finally one near my parents.
Oooo–I wasn’t really thinking baked alaska! Maybe I’ve mostly found it in Argentina–they make meringues like you’d buy in the stores and they are often served with a little bit of ice cream or something cold…I’ll look for it online. 😀
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