This papaya mousse had good texture, but lacked a dominant flavor and would have been better had the key ingredient been passionfruit instead.
For some reason, desserts were discouraging, perhaps because the presentation was often quite beautiful, but the actual flavors and texture of them left much to be desired. Cakes tended to be dry and crumbly. Cheesecakes lacked any cheese, even the flan was disappointly bland, with none of the bite of slightly burned sugar syrup that's the signature of the dish.
This papaya mousse had good texture, but lacked a dominant flavor and
would have been better had the key ingredient been passionfruit instead.
A chocolate pecan pie at the luxurious Tabacon Hot Springs restaurant was
both lovely to look at and a real taste treat. A+!
On Thanksgiving, we dined at a restaurant that tried to provide a traditional
Thanksgiving dinner for the American tourist trade. The hand-printed menu
promised "gravy sause" for the "baked turckey" and a "Christmas Trunk" for
dessert. This is the Christmas Trunk.
One more thing about the food ...
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