To take advantage of the annual October Good Food Month, the October DDT will take place multiple times... I mean, when the hotels around Sydney are putting up special Sugar Hits just for this month, it is sinful not to sample the ones that take our fancy!!
The first installment of the October DDT was held at the Hotel InterContinental, sweets on offer are presented on a tasting platter with Grand Marnier-Strawberry Infused Panna Cotta, Chestnut Timbale, and V.S.O.P cognac cream & White Chocolate-Raspberry Torte. Also each came with a choice of either a Browns Brother dessert wine or a Hennessy Cognac.
The panna cotta: creamy, rich, with a hint of fragrance of the liquor, and fantastic tangy sweet strawberry topping (better than ANY strawberry jam I bought! And as good as the strawberry conserve I brewed at home). Very lush.
The chestnut timbale: smooth paste of nutty aromatic chestnut, almost hazelnutty, served with a beautifully rich dark chocolate sauce
Cognac cream and white chocolate raspberry torte - Most subtle of the three, very delicate flavours, fine sponge that stayed fused to the other layers as we sliced the torte into bite-sized morsels. This one reminded me of the pistachio and raspberry torte at the Bather's Pavillion. Gorgeous.
I felt a pang of heartache when I placed the fork on top of each of the beautiful servings, feeling the guilt of destruction of beauty. But of course the heartache was quickly soothed by the luxurious flavours, or numbed by the cognac. One disappointment: the desserts were delicate, and petite (this is not the disappointment though I would have loved to have more!) but the spoon and fork were MEAL sized, meaning we couldn't get the spoons into the panna cotta cup to clean up the last streaks of the cream!!
Luscious and delicate, beautiful experience. Next installment of the October DDT will take place at Galileo on Sunday, 12th October. Stay tuned (or join in!)
CS
KT: Special mention to first time attendees Sabrina and Jim - did pretty well after an all-you-can-eat Brazilian BBQ dinner!
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