July Amuse Bouche - Recent Dining Highlights

Let me start with apologies to my regular readers (all six of you) for my lack of posts recently. My real job (the one that pays for all these meals) has kept me pretty busy lately.

So, I'm taking the easy way out and doing an Amuse Bouche post - little bite-size treats to keep you busy until the main course is ready.

Here are some of my dining highlights in and around Kansas City recently:

Sofa King: Sweet - New Desserts at Cafe Provence

A little eye-candy to jump start your weekend.

Café Provence has a new spring menu that includes two new and decadent desserts that must be tried.

My personal favorite is the Passion Fruit Tarte. It's pretty. It's sweet. It's tart. The whole package.

Chocolate addicts will appreciate the new Chocolate Bombe. get your chocolate fix without an actual overdose. Chocolate mousse center keeps it light

Tarte aux Fruits de la Passion
Passion Fruit Tart with raspberry coulis, chantilly

Bombe au Chocolat
Chocolate ganache covered chocolate mousse with raspberry coulis center,
flour less chocolate cake and creme anglaise

This Month I Learned - January Roundup

Despite my best intentions (and probably for the good of my readers) sometimes I just don't get around to writing about everything I eat or drink. Maybe the photos turned out lousy or I just don't have enough words that want to be shared. Anyway, herewith are some January tidbits I didn't get around to posting for one reason or another:

(Still) Crushing on Cafe Provence

I have a crush on Cafe Provence. I wanted to get that out of the way lest my readers start developing their own theories about my relationship with this Prairie Village gem.

It started several years ago when my wife and I wandered into this relatively obscure little French restaurant for lunch. Shelly and I have always been fans of eating out but we never (honestly, never) made any single restaurant a habit. So we certainly weren't looking for anything like that when we ventured out for lunch that day. A lot has happened between then and now, not the least of which is the fact that we eat at Cafe Provence almost once a week.  Usually for lunch but also for an occasional dinner.

So, generally I have a lot of great things to say about this place.  But know this... I don't love it because I eat there every week.  I eat there every week because it is an exceptional restaurant.