Friday, 29 July 2011
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Simple and Sweet Pleasures
I am a person that loves desserts, whatever form it may be. There are a lot of desserts out there, some of which I haven't tried, but would love too!
I feel that after almost every meal, it is nice to indulge on something sweet and soft once in a while.
I didn't always like to eat dessert when I'm out having dinner with family and friends, unless it was fruits. However, things have changed and I've decided to pursue the chance to try other desserts. Here are some of my personal favorites:
frozen yogurt
Pinkberry and Red Mango are two of the main Frozen Yogurt shops in New York City. However, I do prefer Red Mango over Pinkberry.
There is almost an endless amount of toppings you can choose for your frozen yogurt, such as: strawberries, pineapple, mochi, blueberries, watermelon, mango, and a lot more.
They also have different flavors for frozen yogurts and smoothies. My favorite is tangomonium which is a mix of citrus and fresh fruit! It tastes quite tangy. Frozen yogurt is definitely refreshing and great to eat especially during the summer.
red bean soupRed bean soup is a popular Chinese dessert that is usually served after dinner at many Chinese restaurants. This is one of the main items I look forward to when eating dinner at a Chinese restaurant.
Red bean soup is one of my favorites because it's very creamy, sweet, and warm-filling. It's comfort food to me because it makes me feel warm inside after I sip on it and happy and that's what comfort food is suppose to do.
gelato
Gelato is no different than ice cream. However, gelato is an Italian frozen dessert. Gelato has a higher sugar level content than ice cream which is why I only indulge on this once in a while.
I love ordering gelato from Italian cafe shops, because that's where the best gelato is and my favorite flavors are: tiramisu, hazelnut, banana, chocolate, and strawberry! However, too much gelato is probably not good.
chocolate covered strawberries
I love chocolate. I love strawberries. I love chocolate covered strawberries. I don't care what kind of chocolate it is, because either way it tastes great! I always feel chocolate covered strawberries are very romantic especially when your giving it to someone you love.
As a matter of fact, chocolate covered strawberries are one of the first items my boyfriend gave me when we started dating. So I guess, to me that's why it's special. I really love dark chocolate and not only because it's healthy for you but also one of life's simple pleasures.
dou fu fa
I'm actually craving this right now. Anyway, dou fu fa is a common Chinese dessert often served in many restaurants during dim sum hours. I don't see a lot of dou fu fa in New York Chinese restaurants, mostly in the restaurants I go to with my family in Toronto, Canada.
Dou fu fa is a tofu dessert that is usually served warm with some sweet syrup. Dou fu fa are also available at many stores that specialize in making soy milk, rice noodle rolls, tofu, grass jelly, and Chinese desserts. This is a feel good dessert because after every time I eat it, I feel good.
strawberry ice cream
When I'm frustrated, sad, or just overly stressed out; somehow a few spoons of strawberry ice cream makes me feel better. I try to watch my weight at times even though I'm light weight.
Whenever I eat ice cream, I should feel guilty over eating something so fattening but, I don't care and I don't feel guilty at all. It's almost like a few spoons of ice cream wakes me up and inspires me. It's ironic how that works, but it does.
What are some of your favorite desserts? How do they make you feel when you eat them?
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Comments (19)
I love this whole list! I don't know many people who like strawberry ice cream but I love it, and frozen yogurt with strawberries and mango <3.
Ahhh dou fu faaa!! I loooove it, like how I love the rest of the stuff on this list! I'm lucky to live in Toronto where there's chinese restaurants everywhere with tofu pudding~ :D
@NKICRT3R@xanga - I've always been envious of people who love mango because I'm highly allergic to mango.
@theUglyDucklingEffect@xanga - Oh your so lucky! The best dou fu fa is from Toronto, at least that's how I feel.
Great list, glad to know someone has an appreciation for a simple flavor of ice cream like strawberry. Just sad to see people dump all kinds of cookies, candies, etc into ice cream instead of savoring the sweet, creamy texture and the flavor of the ice cream itself. I think the syrup that is used for the dou fu fa is made from rock sugar and ginger. That was the same syrup my grandma made tong yern (sp?)...you know the sticky little round dumplings made from rice flour/starch? I can't believe how popular frozen yogurt has gotten, there's one on every corner like Starbucks. I prefer Yogurt Land though, fruit and vanilla flavors, always topped with fresh fruit. I like pretty much something from every type of dessert, dessert always evokes a feeling of happiness and comfort. Other things I like are fluffy but moist chocolate cakes and fresh baked chocolate chip cookies. Love sweets!!! (Can you tell?)
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I love ice cream, pudding and dou fu fa! Yummy! I like to put peanuts and jelly beans on my plain vanilla ice cream. Mummy said if the ice cream doesn't have much flavor or don't have any fruits in them, it's nicer to put toppings on them. Pudding makes me happy. I like strawberry and also honeydew pudding.
Love, love, love!
Favorite dessert would be Strawberry Ice Cream, Chocolate Cakes, and Fruit Salads.
They make me feel happy and beautiful.
It's hard for me to narrow down my favorite desserts. I love all kinds of things, especially if they have chocolate in them.
hmm nom nom... omg all of them! <3
@methodElevated@xanga - I love chocolate very much too, all year long.
I eat all of these things, I'm actually craving dou fu fa. My family members say I'm weird for loving it but hey I can't help my taste buds!
strawberry ice cream, vanilla ice cream prefer soft type, liked the one from the ice cream vans whipped, Italian ice cream
Key lime pie, sample some nice ones in the USA, whilst on our coach tour of America and Canada in 2008
New York Cheesecake, best one tasted was in New York
strawberry mousse just add milk (one way I can some milk in me) as well as cereal and cheese.
@my_final_username@xanga - Where did you try the New York Cheesecake?
I like gelato and frozen yogurt.
love these desserts
I love of them. Dou fu fa is one of my favorite comfort food, along with gelato and chocolate.
I eat all these and I love cheesecake too.