HALAL

I love desserts. I can’t imagine a life without desserts. They are the epitome of temporary joy when insanity beguiles an exhausted mind or a depressed heart. Desserts and me, just throw ’em damn Tiffany’s and bring me a box of Thorntons. Yea, I know that. I’m easy to please.

But I love ‘em dark, rich and sinful. When we allow ourselves that one special meal to indulge in sweet treats, it has got to be satisfying, mood lifting…… and dare I say, close to orgasmic.

So, everytime these bright red exterior walls greet me as I enter the compounds of Casa Tropicana Condo, I murmur a silent disgust, ”Au natural. Blah!”

Curiosity, however, killed the cynic in me. A temporary moment of weakness. I succumbed to the bright cheerful “Happiness Naturally” signage that screamed out to my sweet tooth and decided to give it a try.

We started off with rum & raisin ice-cream, which was a tad bit icy for me. I suppose anything that is “home-brewed”, ”less fat” or ”less sugar” is less fulfilling than your favourite premium sundaes.

The Mangorita was refreshing. The lemon sorbet paired perfectly well with the mango mint sauce. They ran out of dragonfruit ruby water chestnuts so they replaced them with chunks of fresh mangos instead. Perhaps it would have tasted better with the water chestnuts because the mango pudding was heavy and tasteless. We finished the sorbet and left half the mango pudding and mango chunks untouched.

The Mocharita was a total disappointment. The menu read “crushed frozen coffee jelly with belgium dark chocolate ice-cream, coupled with a shot of protein-filled soy milk”. The coffee jelly tasted like bad coffee, you know, the sort of diluted coffee you get at an all-you-can-eat complimentary breakfast buffet at hotels. The belgium dark chocolate ice-cream was light-textured coupled with soy milk that just didn’t go well with my icy, crushed, frozen coffee jelly.

Berrydelicious was a firm favourite. I’d probably come back just for the vanilla panna cotta pudding. I wondered if it’s actually low fat. Most recipes I’ve seen uses double cream or whipped cream to make panna cotta. The rasberry jelly was sour but it paired well with the panna cotta and honey. The rasberries however, were too hard and frozen. Personally, I would have preferred a slightly sweetened rasberry sauce.

Not my kind of bar to dwell in sinful indulgences.  Perhaps I would, on a ‘I-feel-fat-today’ Day, but fat days should be Baskin Robbins days because miserable days are guilt-free indulgence days, whether it’s fat-free or not. It’s a vicious cycle I tell you.

Dessert’s Bar @ Casa Tropicana

B-0-12, Block B, Casa Tropicana, No 5, Jalan Persiaran Tropicana,

Tropicana Golf & Country Resort, 47410 Petaling Jaya.

Tel: +603 7885 0227

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