I first need to apologize for not posting in over two months. Schoolwork and activities got the best of me and I couldn’t find the time to keep updating my blog. Now that the semester is over, I find myself with more free time than I could have imagined. I plan on keeping up Sam Eats Food much better. I hope to be able to have at least a couple posts every week. I have a lot of pictures to upload and posts that need to be written from places around DC, and plan on accumulating more as I visit some great spots in Philadelphia, New York City, Chicago, Gainesville, and hopefully a few cities in the Pacific Northwest. It should be a great summer of eating. Thanks for being so patient!
I will begin with my last post from my New Orleans trip. My last night in New Orleans some of us went to Sucré, located uptown on Magazine Street, which has miles of shops, boutiques, and eateries. “Sucré” is French for sweet, and Sucré really does have everything that is sweet. They have a wide variety of pastries, desserts, chocolates, confections, coffees, gelatos, sorbets, and specialty cakes.
Within minutes of arriving I met Ashley (see picture below), Sucré employee and fellow foodie. We instantly bonded after I told her I was starting a blog and she told me about how good the food porn is on epicurious.com. She hooked me up with a fantastic dessert plate.
The plate consisted of some gelato, Sucré’s Bread Pudding, and their famous French macaroons.
The bread pudding was fantastic. I am so glad Ashley recommended it because it would not have been my first choice. They use much better pastries than a typical bread pudding would use and I could taste the difference. It was buttery and had strong, sweet flavors. It was also perfectly gooey. The cold gelato complemented the warm bread pudding perfectly. A la mode was definitely the way to go.
After the bread pudding I moved on to the macaroons. It’s kind of embarrassing, but I didn’t know there were macaroons different from the dense, coconut-tasting, constipation-inducing balls I consume every passover. Thanks to Wikipedia, I’ve learned that those are coconut macaroons, one of many different varieties. Sucré makes French macaroons, “delicate French cookies filled with luscious cream or rich mousseline” (shopsucre.com). I was initially reluctant to try the macaroons because of what I was accustomed to, but once again, Ashley knows best. She had me try three different flavors: almond (white), mint (green), and hazelnut (brown), all of which were mousseline-filled. The cookies were similar to meringue cookies and were quite light. The mousseline fillings were all delicious. The almond macaroon even had a few crushed almonds on the top. I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed these. They are a great little dessert that you don’t have to feel guilty about. I’ve seen French macaroons a lot lately. They seem to be pretty popular right now. Overall I really enjoyed my dessert at Sucré. Thanks Ashley!
This is one of Sucré’s cakes…looks like Ace of Cakes and Cake Boss can suck it!
Check out their website: www.shopsucre.com
