Café Gourmand: a dessert for indecisive espresso lovers

#1: Post by **dominico** » June 13th, 2023, 6:32 am

I found myself in Toulon, France the other day. Stopping into a small Italian themed trattoria/café called "Manofica" for lunch I saw "café gourmand" on the menu, with no description.

They serve espresso out of a giant copper Elektra so I thought I'd give the "café gourmand" a go even though I had no idea what they were about to serve me.

It turned out to be an espresso with a bunch of different desserts all on one plate.
Lemon merengue pie,
rum cake,
Panna cotta, and
tiramisu.
Enjoy each dessert in between sips of espresso.
I decided to order a second espresso to help me get through all of them

#2: Post by HB » June 13th, 2023, 8:48 am

You had me at "dessert for espresso".

#3: Post by **TomC** » June 13th, 2023, 3:22 pm

That's a brilliant idea. I'd love to see some US based adopters.

#4: Post by **patrickff** » June 15th, 2023, 4:06 pm

dominico wrote:I decided to order a second espresso to help me get through all of them

Not quite what I would call a dessert - more like a full entrée to me

#5: Post by **nosduj** » June 22nd, 2023, 10:36 pm

I think desert could be an entree

, that looks delicious!

#6: Post by **TenLayers** » June 23rd, 2023, 9:59 am

That, my friends, is heaven on earth to me.

#7: Post by **chopinhauer** » June 23rd, 2023, 10:21 pm

Definitely a 2 espresso dessert!