Random Trips

As former a Washingtonian/DCist, I am certain that I do have every right to say a word about cupcakes since I gain enough fat from those deliciousness. Georgetown area has many options for cupcakes. A huge line is always waiting there for the  Georgetown Cupcake . Even though their cupcakes look cool, I am not a big fan of this place. It might be the result of I am not that into waiting in lines – honestly living United States is all about waiting in lines but I always do my best to avoid them – or I do not like small cupcakes with all about the sweets on top. I do really like the cake part more than its top. Baked & Wired  also located in Georgetown, serves Cupcakes which are a bit larger than the regular cupcakes that you used to. Actually they are not even called cupcakes. The Cakecups: “Individual cakes wrapped in parchment and topped off with a swirl of rich frosting.” Even reading this description reminds me my favorite cupcake/cakec...

I am a big fan of profiteroles. In my home country (Turkey) we have adopted them as a national dessert. We even have dessert shops that only sell profiteroles and it is often delicious. I have been living in the UK for three years now, I ate the abomination that the restaurants and patisseries in the UK call profiteroles many times, in everywhere I go where it is available, from the posh French restaurants to the Sainsbury's and every freaking time I was disappointed and even frustrated. There are two types of profiteroles in the UK: (1) Filled with vanilla ice cream that you may find in decent restaurants and chains like the ASK Italian and; (2) Filled with fresh cream that you may find in patisseries and supermarkets. The chocolate sauce is usually good, but the inside, is just wrong. So this is a cry for help from a profiteroles enthusiast to the people who have grown a similar hatred to the abomination that the restaurants and shops in the UK call profiterol...