I'm obsessed with Pizelles, baklavas and anything red bean in Chinese desserts.
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Sopapillas! Tiramisu! Churros! Granizados!
*ETA* who am I kidding? what I really love is...SUGAR!
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Mmmm baklava is pretty much the best thing about being Greek. My auntie always makes me a HUGE pan of it every time I see her : )
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I like all of the Chinese dim sum desserts! Egg custard tarts!
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baklava, gelato and chinese sweet buns!
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@MamaMoose: mmmm so jealous. Be my friend!!! Haha
Are there different varieties that most places just lump into a generic "baklava" category?And oh I don't know if this is a NYC thing but I love Japanese bakery takes on Italian desserts! There's this place in the village that makes an awesome tiramisu!
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I loove portuguese custard tarts and churros. Mmmm!
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@caffeinated: love, love, love Portuguese custard tarts too!
off the top of my head:
baklava
flan
ensaymada
kheer
Japanese tofu cheesecake
snow iceI'm sure there's much more, but I can't think of them right now.
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Anything with red bean, green tea, and taro!
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I'm a sweets fan so I don't discriminate any except for cheesecake or anything with cream cheese in it.
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@caffeinated: @NYCaliMama: what makes them different from egg custard tarts found in Chinese bakeries? Looks a little different but sounds the same.
And ensaymada looks so good!
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@Mrs. High Heels: I love love taro in sweets! My birthday cake every year when I was younger was a taro cake from the Chinese bakery!
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Baklava and Tiramisu! Oh, I could take some of both right now!
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Chinese egg custard tarts and Indian rice pudding (I think it's called rasmalai?)!
@regberadaisy: Are you talking about Chikalicious? I love that place
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Chinese milk buns
baklava
churros
tiramisu
ensaymada
leche flan
halo halo!
those little Japanese balls with a delicate crust and chestnuts in it! -
Everything named above!
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Tiramisu, trifle, gelato.... who invented cupcakes, I want to be one of them!!
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@regberadaisy: The crust is different (it's a bit chewy/flaky) and the tops are a bit caramelized. Mmmm...
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@betsyboop: I think Indian rice pudding is called kheer... I love it too. I've had rasmalai before too... the dessert with balls made of cheese/cream and usually very sweet!
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@Crumbs: what's halo halo?
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@regberadaisy: I love Chinese egg custard tarts and grew up eating them! But yeah the Portuguese kind, which I discovered last year, are sooo good too. The tops are more sweet/carmelized... And the pastry cup is more flaky.... just like the pp described. Oh and the inside is more fluffy.
In NYC, check them out at Choco Bolo. They are called Pastel de Nata. Best thing on the menu there, even though their specialty is chocolate cake.
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I love Indian dessert! Don't know what it's called.. But it's a rice pudding! And I love Korean patbingsoo!!! (Shaved ice)
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I keep reading the thread title and getting excited because I love ethnic foods.... I just don't eat dessert.
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@NYCaliMama: Oops, I've been calling it rasmalai for years! So ignorant! Is rasmalai the balls in super sweet syrup?
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@caffeinated: It's a Filipino dessert of shaved ice, milk and candied what-not's in it, topped with ice cream and a piece of flan and crispy rice for crunch. Halo-halo literally means "mix, mix" in Tagalog. It's what you do before you eat it
The purple stuff is a purple yam flavored ice cream, but you usually get to pick which flavor you want.
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I never was this much of a sweet tooth pre-pregnancy!
- creme brulee (esp green tea ones at japanese restaurants)
- halo halo!!
- baked mango tapioca pudding (dim sum restaurants have this)
- baklava
- shaved ice with ice cream and condensed milk!! (singapore/malaysian/haiwaiian -- any style really)
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Here's a (less colorful) version of Dale Talde's halo halo from a season of Top Chef.
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I am so sheltered. I haven't heard of 90% of the stuff above!
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@regberadaisy: first of all....We are totally friends!! Secondly, yes different regions of Greece and different families use varying nut and spice combinations but normally it's dripping in so much honey that most taste the same : )
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@caffeinated: @NYCaliMama: mmmm that sounds delish. Where is Choco Bolo? Must remember for February!
@MamaMoose: yay! So send me some homemade baklava! Hahha jk
@Mrs. Lantern: omg how can I forget about chendol?! Love it. Get it every single time we go for Malaysian, sans green peas!
@betsyboop: hm I don't think so. I haven't been there in years so who knows if it's still open. It's a teeny tiny shop on a side street.
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@regberadaisy: there's a few Choco Bolo locations... I know the ones in the UWS and Soho.
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Arroz con leche
Flan
Creme Brulee
Baklava
Crepes!I must find some of these egg custard things you guys are talking about, I'm a sucker for anything remotely custard-y!
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Baklava
Native American fry bread with butter and cinnamon sugar -
@betsyboop: I think the balls in syrup is called
Gulab jamun and I looove it! I also love the Indian kulfi ice cream and do italian cannelloni count as ethnic dessert? Yum. -
@MamaMoose: I have always wanted to try baklava! my ex-boyfriend was going to make it for me once and didn't finish it before I had to leave so I never got to try it
He always told me it tasted like heaven in your mouth lol
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I love trying new foods and consider myself an adventurous eater, but haven't had many of these desserts (and I loooove sweets), especially the Asian ones - maybe because I'm always too full from dinner to order dessert when we go out to eat?
I've got to work on this! Man, what an awful mission to undertake.
I do love crepes, baklava, creme brûlée, and cannoli's!
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Does tiramisu count? Also russians make this delicious gingerbready kind of cookie, what is it called? I've just got to remember this.
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@regberadaisy: I love western pastries made by Japanese and Chinese bakers too!
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@LemonLong: oh I love the fry bread too. Every year Navajo women would come to my school for a rug show, and they would make fry bread for us
so yummy!
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I had a Lebanese friend of a friend make M&M Baklava a few years ago. It was so amazing I kept getting up to get more
He always told me it tasted like heaven in your mouth lol
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