2929 Fifth Avenue
San Diego, CA 92103
Ph: (619) 294-2132
It is impossible for Delicacheena to motor down to San Diego without visiting the beloved Extraordinary Desserts. Bold name choice, but it's true. We find sustenance just staring at the refrigerated cases.
With two locations, our favorite is the one in Downtown. Whenever we first walk in we are immediately challenged to take in the volume of vibrant and delicate flowers atop layers of sweet cream, fresh berries and rich chocolate. A long wine bar lines the right side of the room with a huge relief of Buddha at the end. But we haven't experienced that yet, we save our calories for other delights.
There is an interesting (picked by monkeys!), but expensive (those monkeys charge a premium) tea menu. INK went for the regular iced tea which comes garnished with a bamboo pick of berries and a rose leaf. She considered paying the dollar for a refill, but one refreshing glass was enough.
Now for the food. The panini (why are all sandwiches Italian now?) are pretty to look at, but not pretty to eat. INK would like to be both official cake taster and menu consultant. The first thing she would do is tweak the sandwich presentation. It is physically impossible to pick up and bite the caesar panini and the butter knife was not up to the task of slicing through the pressed bread. Maybe it should have stuck to being a salad of grilled eggplant, red peppers and romaine lettuce with the bread on the side. It was accompanied by three types of delicious olives, two green and one gigantic black.
JM ordered the goat cheese that came with a side of potato salad made with a tapenade type dressing. It was good, not extraordinary, but at least she could pick it up!
UE had the egg salad panini that also came with a side of potato salad. Her panini also failed the "pick up" test since it was topped with a layer of the same tapenade type dressing. The paninis were good, but not really worth the work.
After watching the designated cake lady continuously walk out with new floral creations from the kitchen to the front, it was finally extraordinary dessert time! Selecting a dessert always starts with a trip to the front cases. We selected two eye pleasing cakes. The tres leches cake was one of the daily specials. This shredded coconut topped cake rested perfectly on tangy kiwi and sweet mango sauces. It arrived with a scoop of homemade white chocolate ice cream. Each favor resulted in a wonderfully different experience. This was the reason we came here!
The second dessert was a decadent chocolate brownie. Almost tasting like a flourless cake with a rich and thick milk chocolate frosting, it was offset with fresh berries and a light "very vanilla bean" ice cream. This is strictly for professional chocolate lovers, but amateurs would delight in the cake as well!
As expected, the ending is never ordinary. (Or as INK would say, "Muy yum")
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