364363 Thu Jan 25 23:46:04 -0800 2007 8 18 Manhattan 0 2228526 I arrive on Monday and have 3 1/2 days to eat my way through NYC. We have some great reservations (at least I think we do) - Babbo, L'Atelier, Eleven Madison, Prune. We also want to do some late night dessert tastings. I am particularly interested in plated desserts -How would you rank the following places: Kyoto-fu Chikalicious Room 4 Dessert Varietal (side question, do they have a bar that we can order only desserts?) Falai (same side question as above) Too bad Sam Mason's place will not be opened yet. Oh well, I'll have to come back. Thu Jan 25 23:46:04 -0800 2007 21931 sugarNspice 1 2228704 Haven't been to all those places, but don't forget WD-50 as a dessert destination. Fri Jan 26 05:02:24 -0800 2007 2228526 13747 Mazzer 2 2234351 We care going to WD-50 before dinner at Prune. My friends are getting apps and I will be getting dessert. Sat Jan 27 20:20:04 -0800 2007 2228704 21931 sugarNspice 1 2228941 Room 4 Dessert is excellent. I recommend the Choco Bubbles and Whisky Coca desserts. Voyage to India and the Apple tasting menus are very good too. Chikalicious, in my opinion, is too precious, and, if possible, more difficult a room to be comfortable than R4D. Kyotofu is on my list of places to try, and a friend recently noted that it isn't "precious" so I would put that somewhere between Chika and R4D. The desserts at WD~50, at least when Sam Mason was there, were fantastic. Haven't been to Varietal yet (and I stress "yet") nor Falai. Also, Nicole Kaplan former pastry chef at Eleven Madison Park is now at Del Posto. You could probably go to the lounge area and just have dessert there(?). Enjoy, you've got some great meals coming your way. Fri Jan 26 06:50:50 -0800 2007 2228526 20586 dkstar1 1 2229423 Another factor to take into consideration is that IIRC Chikalicious (which is tiny) and Kyotofu do not take reservations, whereas Room 4 Dessert and WD-50 do. Oh, and R4D opens for dessert service early, like 6pm, so you do could a late afternoon dessert tasting before dinner, then go elsewhere. I believe that Varietal is so new that you shouldn't have a problem just dropping in and eating at the bar. Posts on other food-boards have confirmed this although I haven't done it myself (yet). Fri Jan 26 09:00:17 -0800 2007 2228526 10936 kathryn 1 2231949 bread pudding at blue ribbon bakery, chocolate fondue at blue ribbon on sullivan..... both open late... palacinka for crepes. Fri Jan 26 19:19:08 -0800 2007 2228526 45043 POTsticker 1 2233388 creme brulee at blue ribbon bakery (i am not sure it is served at blue ribbon proper). less fancy desserts (but nonetheless delicious): cupcakes at sugar sweet sunshine or rice pudding at rice to riches. i LOVE chikalicious. i despise room for dessert. Sat Jan 27 12:33:36 -0800 2007 2228526 46729 abr269 1 2234372 Thanks for your replies, but now I think I have more of a predicament. I want to squeeze Blue Ribbon in some how. Sat Jan 27 20:27:56 -0800 2007 2228526 21931 sugarNspice 2 2234492 I believe Blue Ribbon Bakery is open until midnight Monday through Thursday, and, better yet, its sister restaurant, Blue Ribbon is open until 4am. Perhaps a post-dinner nap and then a late night snack is in order? Sat Jan 27 21:38:51 -0800 2007 2234372 10936 kathryn