If you are drinking at St. Mark's or eating nearby at one of David Chang's restaurants, please save room for dessert. Walk pass the tempting frozen yogurt shops, Veniero's and stop by Chikalicious Dessert Club on 204 E 10th St (between 2nd Ave & 1st Ave). They offer a huge assortment of delectable goodies from Banana Milkshakes to Ginger Spiced Carrot Cake. I highly recommend the Espresso Ice Shot. These chefs are genuises, they combine hot espresso over vanilla soft serve with chocolate pearls. It's a perfect dessert that combines hot and cold. I know you're hesitant about your soft serve melting, but with this dessert it gets better as you eat it. The fresh espresso melts into the soft serve and creates another dimension of flavor. It suddenly becomes a sweetened coffee cream float. Don't even get my started with the chocolate pearls. These little crunchy chocolate flavored rice balls enhances the whole experience. I wish I had asked for extra. Make sure you order two with extra pearls for you and your date, I promise you won't want to share.
This sounds like it's based on the concept of affogato, that delicious classic Italian treat of a shot of hot espresso over gloriously creamy vanilla gelato (sometime made fancy with a biscotti stuck in and whipped cream on time, but trust me this simple work of perfection doesn't need any adornment).
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