new york desserts!!!
 

best creme brulee in manhattan?

No best anything in NYC. Just lots of great stuff.

You mean in a restaurant - or for taking home?

in a restaurant preferably

This is a couple of years old, but...
http://www.sweetsimplicitygroup.com/...-the-city.html

For dessert and coffee I love Cafe Lalo on the Upper West Side. I don't remember them having creme brulee, but more than 50 other dessert options!!

My apartment, it gives a chance to use my blow torch.

The reputed best, or at least the most famous, is at Le Cirque:


http://www.lecirque.com/caffe-dessert.php

I certainly agree with ekscrunchy about the most famous creme brulee in NYC. It's definitely Le Cirque.

They often serve the Le Cirque creme brulee at L'Ecole, the restaurant operated by the French Culinary Institute.

I also like the creme brulee at Marseille.

But you're asking about a rather old-fashioned and somewhat pedestrian dessert these days. There's a lot more great stuff going on in pastry and desserts right now, particularly in NYC. I know people have their old-time favorites, but if you're looking for the "best" of anything, it helps to have a mind that's open to new things.

if you think creme brulee is pedestrian, you havent tasted a properly prepared one...

i thought these forums were for suggestions or ideas, not editorials. am i wrong???

Good luck with that.

I have not seen creme brulee on an upscale restaurant menu in many years. But then, It has been that long since I've eaten in Le Cirque! Surely it is a delicious and decadent dessert, but like other dishes, desserts go in and out of fashion. Of course you can find it, but you will not find it on the menus of most of the "better" NYC non-French restaurants ...and perhaps not at the French ones, not sure about that..

You can get a creme brulee doughnut at the Doughnut Plant, though!

Wait long enough and it will come back into fashion. But again, when was the last time anyone had baked Alaska?

Remember tiramisu?

creme brulee donut sounds good actually! and gotta love tiramisu. looks like le cirque's the place. anyone know if you can go for dessert only?

Actually, that may very well be possible if you are willing to go to the "cafe" where you can get the famous Le Cirque creme brulee there. Though even then I think you'd have better luck at an off-hour like 10pm. I think that would be your best bet. You would not be allowed to dine in the main restaurant and have only dessert.

Chikalicious is an excellent restaurant that serves only dessert, but it doesn't usually have creme brulee on its menu (if ever) all for the same reasons I've stated above. But it's a great place if you love dessert.

Artisanal claims to serve creme brulee "Le Cirque". I'm sure you could go there and eat only at the bar and have dessert and coffee, particularly at an off-hour. They also have a great menu of grilled cheese sandwiches.

You can try their cafe for dessert. Call them and ask if you can order only dessert there.


http://www.lecirque.com/caffe-dessert.php

Also, look:


http://dt-works.net/

I just had an excellent Creme Brulee last week at "Wall & Water" in the Andaz Hotel located at....Wall & Water Streets. One of the better business lunch locations in the neighborhood.

Just to support Starrs's observation (good luck with eliminating editorials): Creme brulee by any other name is just custard. Burn some sugar with your mini blowtorch and you, too, can create a 1980's era, eggy, watery dessert, no? Waste of an egg, imo. blech. I'm with Doug on this one....

And the Catalans go insane because they claim to have invented the forerunner, Crema Catalana.

i give up!!!!

I actually like and often eat creme brulee, but it's just not an exciting dessert anymore. I've had many wonderful creme brulees over the years and quite a few mediocre (and even many awful) versions, but I've never said even once "wow ... that was sublime". It's a very good, lovely, justifably popular dessert, like tiramisu, but it just doesn't say much about the thrilling state of desserts these days.

Adriang

You have been posting here for almost 15 minutes and when something does not conform with your pre-conceived notion of what this board should be, you are experated.

Besides Doug, everyone who posts here does so as a volunteer because they want visitors to have the best experience in NYC. At lest according to their own vision.

These topics often veer in different directions and often interesting information arises from that, somrtimes not.

If you stick around and are more opened-minded as to what others think and post, not only may you like it but you may learn something beyond what you asked.

now that was sublime....thank you

look, all i'm saying is I find it frustrating when a simple question turns in to, well, this. of all the posts only 2-3 people actually gave me a suggestion. if you don't have anything constructive to say, i don't want to talk to you. i'm sorry that my dessert selction is boring, pedestrian, uninteresting. i just like it. why anyone would want to get involved in a discussion they know nothing about is beyond me. thanks to the people that helped. ag

I understand what you are saying. You like creme brulee and you want to find an excellent, perhaps even "the best" creme brulee in NYC. Nothing wrong with that.

I had no idea creme brulee was "pedastrian" or tiramisu was considered "out of fashion". Who knew?! :-)

But I do agree that the doughnuts at the Doughnut Plant are great!
http://www.doughnutplant.com/

Enjoy your trip!

awesome.....thanks alot!

What's the difference between a good creme brulee and a bad one? I just don't know.

Enjoy your visit adriang177. I would be willing to bet you'll expand your dessert horizons and try something new while you're in NYC. If they're still around, you might find something lovely at the Guerrilla Ice Cream cart. Happy eating! :)

Wait! What? Tiramisu is considered "out of fashion"

I LOVE Tiramisu!

We are going to Cafe Lalo when we are in NYC because 'You've got Mail' is my favorite movie and I hear that have LOTS of desserts - and now I want creme brulee... because I love that too!

where is Cafe Lalo? sounds great!

Upper West Side: 201 West 83rd Street. Here's the website:

http://cafelalo.com/cafe/

You can see this place in the movie, "You've Got Mail". It's the place where Meg Ryan is 'stood up' by her internet buddy but has tea with Tom Hanks, etc.

Other places for non-creme brulee desseerts

Veniero's-Italian pastries and they make an excellent tiramisu among everything else

Sabarsky-Viennese style

http://www.neuegalerie.org/cafes/sabarsky

Bookmarking! :)

love it! thanks again everyone!

I'm really confused here. Adraing you said:
"why anyone would want to get involved in a discussion they know nothing about is beyond me"

Yes, I agree with that -- for example posting here suggesting that editorials on a discussion forum are not welcome! That's essentially what a discussion board is -- a group of people editorializing about a variety of topics.

By the way there is a current off Broadway play called "Dreams of Flying, Dreams of Falling" in which the lead character serves the ultimate dessert at her dinner party -- a creme brulee made with lion's milk. If you can find that -- then you've really got something.

touche!

Sinfully good desserts:


http://gulluoglucafe.com/

tiger's millk custard. hohum...been there. eaten that. Just kidding, but really, who would know the difference once you add the eggs, sugar, vanilla and burnt sugar? You could be eating milk Weed and it would taste the same.

Looks good Eks.

Try Chickalicious. They're open late and the menu changes daily. Delicious:

http://www.chikalicious.com/menu.htm